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- 2024
- Time Better Spent: Improving Decision-making in Prisons 21 March 2024
- Ongoing problems with EU settlement scheme affecting millions 13 March 2024
- Building the infrastructure for a fair, accessible justice system 8 March 2024
- Mental health, human rights & criminal justice bodies unite for reforms to address the “stain” of the IPP sentence 26 February 2024
- New guide to help evidence the role of racism in state-custody deaths 21 February 2024
- Government seeks to routinely redact names in judicial review cases 24 January 2024
- Police challenged over attempt to withhold Prevent data 19 January 2024
- 2023
- Court finds against Government in win for transparency, ruling fear of publicity is no justification for routine redaction of names, after successful JUSTICE intervention 17 November 2023
- Courts regularly not following the law when jailing people awaiting trial, new evidence finds 9 November 2023
- R (IA & others) v Secretary of State (S/S) Home Department & S/S Levelling up, Housing and Communities (November 2023) 8 November 2023
- Modern-day ‘ASBOs’ highly discriminatory and fail to protect victims according to report from JUSTICE 20 September 2023
- The UK’s longstanding commitment to the Rule of Law is under grave threat according to landmark report from JUSTICE 11 September 2023
- JUSTICE launches report calling on Government to double down on efforts to relocate Afghans who supported Britain 15 August 2023
- JUSTICE announces new Council members 3 March 2023
- U3 v Secretary of State for the Home Department 1 March 2023
- 2022
- Supreme Court declares Northern Ireland Abortion Services ‘safe zones’ law compatible with European Convention on Human Rights 7 December 2022
- JUSTICE announces new Board and Council members 20 October 2022
- JUSTICE publishes report on Improving Access to Justice for Separating Families 12 October 2022
- JUSTICE refers Greater Manchester Police to equality and police watchdogs following their refusal to abandon racist entry policy at the Caribbean Carnival of Manchester 12 August 2022
- JUSTICE joins with 11 organisations to condemn Greater Manchester Police’s racist Entry Policy at the Caribbean Carnival of Manchester 29 July 2022
- Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland – Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill 5 July 2022
- JUSTICE responds to the Government’s legislation to repeal the Human Rights Act 22 June 2022
- Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe announced as new Vice-Chair of JUSTICE Scotland 20 June 2022
- JUSTICE issues statement on the Home Office attempts to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda and condemns the Prime Minister’s attacks on lawyers 15 June 2022
- Almira Delibegović-Broome QC announced as new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland 6 June 2022
- JUSTICE Scotland seeks Chair and Vice-Chair 8 April 2022
- JUSTICE and Linklaters announce new Fellowship positions for graduates 8 April 2022
- JUSTICE calls on the Government to abandon its plans to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights 8 March 2022
- JUSTICE and Centre for Women’s Justice call on Home Office to urgently reopen ‘Spy Cops’ code of practice consultation 2 March 2022
- JUSTICE calls for the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London to ensure the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner is committed to rooting out racism 16 February 2022
- JUSTICE writes to Dame Elish Angiolini and Home Secretary on the Sarah Everard inquiry 8 February 2022
- JUSTICE publishes landmark report on reforming the Parole Board and system 20 January 2022
- 2021
- Fiona Rutherford appointed new Chief Executive of JUSTICE 22 November 2021
- JUSTICE publishes report on the Windrush Compensation Scheme for victims of the Windrush Scandal 15 November 2021
- JUSTICE writes to the Prime Minister on establishing a COVID-19 inquiry fit for bereaved people and survivors 16 July 2021
- JUSTICE and the Administrative Justice Council launch report on reforming the benefits system 7 July 2021
- R (Begum) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 26 February 2021
- JUSTICE launches timely report on racial disparities of children in the youth justice system 25 February 2021
- 2020
- JUSTICE press release on extending custody time limits 7 September 2020
- JUSTICE launches timely report on urgent reform for major inquests and inquiries 24 August 2020
- JUSTICE pilots first ever worldwide virtual mock jury trial 29 April 2020
- JUSTICE launches “Solving Housing Disputes” report 5 March 2020
- JUSTICE launches report “Increasing Judicial Diversity: An Update” 29 January 2020
- 2019
- JUSTICE launches report “A new model for challenging school exclusions” 11 November 2019
- Victor Nealon and Sam Hallam file application with European Court of Human Rights 9 July 2019
- New JUSTICE Working Party Report – Prosecuting Sexual Offences 10 June 2019
- Supreme Court rejects Strasbourg Court reasoning on the presumption of innocence 30 January 2019
- New JUSTICE Working Party report ‘Understanding Courts’ 25 January 2019
- 2018
- The Administrative Justice Council holds its first meeting 13 July 2018
- New JUSTICE Working Party report on immigration and asylum appeals 2 July 2018
- Joint Statement on the report by the Intelligence and Security Committee into Detainee Mistreatment and Rendition 29 June 2018
- Suspects in police detention need effective access to legal assistance 12 June 2018
- New JUSTICE report on preventing digital exclusion 5 June 2018
- Nealon & Hallam v Secretary of State for Justice 8 May 2018
- Supporting Exonerees: ensuring accessible, continuing and consistent support 17 April 2018
- 2017
- JUSTICE to host successor to the Administrative Justice Forum 6 December 2017
- People with mental illness and learning disabilities let down by criminal justice system 27 November 2017
- Lord Dyson and Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd join JUSTICE Council 25 October 2017
- ‘We as a nation must not be terrified’ – Max Hill QC gives 2017 Tom Sargant lecture 24 October 2017
- JUSTICE responds to news that Lady Hale appointed next President of Supreme Court, alongside three new Justices 21 July 2017
- Diversity: JUSTICE responds to the latest Judicial Appointments Commission statistics 6 June 2017
- Increasing judicial diversity is vital to a fairer justice system – a JUSTICE working party gives its recommendations 25 April 2017
- Supreme Court rules torture and rendition claims against UK government should proceed 17 January 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- Building a surveillance law fit for purpose – new JUSTICE publication 3 November 2015
- JUSTICE publishes ‘Law for Lawmakers’ – a new guide to the law for MPs 8 July 2015
- In the dock: Reassessing the use of the dock in criminal trials 2 July 2015
- Snooping law fit for a digital age? Let’s rip up RIPA and start again. 11 June 2015
- Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity: a JUSTICE Working Party responds to the crisis 23 April 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- Supreme Court reaffirms ancient right to liberty 31 October 2012
- Prisoners’ votes: Lord Chancellor must support legislation 25 October 2012
- Carloway Consultation on Criminal Justice – too much, too soon 24 October 2012
- JUSTICE announces appointment of new director 3 October 2012
- Lords should dismiss Government request for unfair, unnecessary and unjustified exemption from open, adversarial justice 19 June 2012
- The right to vote is not a privilege: Time for Parliament to act says JUSTICE 22 May 2012
- ‘No case for secret courts’ 4 April 2012
- JUSTICE urges states to treat UK European Court proposals with caution 13 March 2012
- JUSTICE criticises UK shopping list of reforms for the European Court of Human Rights 6 March 2012
- Judicial appointments: Ministers should decide on recommendations not participate in process 9 February 2012
- JUSTICE calls on the Prime Minister to show “moral leadership” on torture inquiry 6 January 2012
- 2011
- Strasbourg Court ruling on Hearsay 15 December 2011
- Winners of the JUSTICE Human Rights Awards 2010 10 December 2011
- Carloway reports: Safeguards enhanced at the police station but removed at trial 17 November 2011
- Freedom from Suspicion 4 November 2011
- European Directive on Access to a Lawyer 30 September 2011
- Baha Mousa’s death ‘a stain on our values’ 8 September 2011
- Doubt over UK support for right of access to a lawyer EU directive 6 September 2011
- UK Supreme Court rules against secret evidence in civil claims 13 July 2011
- Landmark human rights rulings extend scope of the Human Rights Act outside the UK 7 July 2011
- Government rules muzzle Torture Inquiry 6 July 2011
- UK Supreme Court rebuffs government over restrictions to judicial review 22 June 2011
- ‘Legal aid reform: Danger of ‘economic cleansing’ of the civil courts’ 21 June 2011
- ‘The UK Supreme Court has a proper role in Scottish appeals’ 31 May 2011
- UK centre of legal excellence in commercial matters: what about domestic? 16 May 2011
- ‘Our system of justice is innocent until proven guilty’ 11 May 2011
- JUSTICE challenges the membership of the bill of rights commission 30 March 2011
- ‘A serious abuse of power’: UK Supreme Court rules against secret Home Office detention 23 March 2011
- JUSTICE response to the Bill of Rights Commission 18 March 2011
- Policy Exchange report is ‘muddled’ on European Court of Human Rights 7 February 2011
- Counter-terrorism review: ‘A promise eroded’ 26 January 2011
- Report calls for major change to youth justice system 5 January 2011
- 2010
- JUSTICE welcomes coalition emphasis on rehabilitation in Sentencing Green Paper 7 December 2010
- Changes to arrest warrant rules will undermine universal jurisdiction for war crimes and torture 1 December 2010
- Attorney General urged to act on Public Bodies Bill 12 November 2010
- Public Bodies Bill threatens parliamentary sovereignty and human rights 8 November 2010
- Scottish emergency legislation restricts Supreme Court ruling on right to a lawyer 29 October 2010
- UK Supreme Court upholds the right to legal representation at the police station 26 October 2010
- We need a written constitution, says eminent QC 14 October 2010
- Legal aid cuts must be guided by principle 26 July 2010
- Proposed changes to arrest warrant rules ‘a free pass to suspected war criminals’ 22 July 2010
- Much to welcome in coalition programme of reform 31 May 2010
- Scottish convictions should be based on fair policing 21 May 2010
- Court of Appeal rules secret trial of torture claims would be ‘pyrrhic victory’ for government 4 May 2010
- A bill of rights for the UK? 20 April 2010
- Independence must be maintained in decisions on legal aid 11 March 2010
- Court of Appeal to hear appeal against use of secret evidence in civil claim for damages against government 5 March 2010
- Court of Appeal restores substance of paragraph in the Binyam Mohamed judgment 26 February 2010
- Court of Appeal rules against the government in the Binyam Mohamed case 10 February 2010
- Report on devolution and human rights warns of major difficulties ahead 8 February 2010
- UK Supreme Court quashes ‘draconian’ and ‘oppressive’ terrorist financing orders 27 January 2010
- JUSTICE questions Attorney General on arrest of suspected war criminals 6 January 2010