A report has found that police demand has increased significantly over the last decade. With crime rates rising, workloads are reported to be too high. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and ...

The Crown Court, which deals with the most serious criminal cases, has reached an unprecedented number of open caseloads according to the criminal court statistics report published today. The backlog ...

The Law Society has criticised plans to create ‘intermediate courts’ to address the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial in England and Wales. The interim report on the continuing crisis in courts ...

The Home Office is set to end their contract with Stay Belvedere Hotels, who currently provide around a quarter of hotels used to house migrants waiting for decisions on asylum applications. The Home ...

The Chief Inspector of Probation, Martin Jones CBE, has voiced concerns about the probation service having ‘too few staff, with too little experience and training, managing too many cases’ which could ...

Deerbolt prison and Young Offenders Institute has been found to be ‘not safe enough’ by the prisons watchdog. During its latest inspection of the prison, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons found ...

MPs spoke out against the ‘cruel’ and ‘inhuman’ miscarriage of justice compensation scheme which rejected more than nine out of 10 applications. In a Westminster Hall debate earlier this week, Plaid ...

The prisons inspectorate has reported that prison officers largely respond poorly to applications for basic requests, leaving prisoners feeling ‘frustrated’ and disrespected. The survey, based on ...

Thames Valley Police have agreed to pay compensation to an anti-monarchist protestor, accepting that his 2022 arrest was unlawful. Symon Hill has been paid £2,500 after being arrested in September ...

There have been multiple calls for a halt in the inquiry into the alleged murders of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital including from the forming nursing director at the trust where Lucy ...

Poor language interpreting in courts ‘could lead to miscarriages of justice’ according to a new report by the House of Lords. The House of Lords Public Service Committee has detailed how the current ...

Back in the 1970s and 1980s, there were only a limited number of ways to mount an effective challenge to a conviction, especially once the Appeal Court had rejected any approach on traditional grounds ...