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‘Our system of justice is innocent until proven guilty’
May 11, 2011
‘Our system of justice is innocent until proven guilty’: UK Supreme Court rules against government on compensation for miscarriages of justice. Press release related to JUSTICE’s intervention in the case of Adams v Secretary of State for Justice. By a majority of 5-4, the UK Supreme Court rejected the government’s arguments that only people who could prove their innocence would […]
JUSTICE challenges the membership of the bill of rights commission
March 30, 2011
JUSTICE questioned the appropriateness and legality of the commission appointed by the Lord Chancellor to consider a UK Bill of Rights. And, in a letter to Mr Clarke, JUSTICE queried the appointment of a membership so lacking in diversity. Press Release, Membership of the bill of rights commission JUSTICE letter to Ken Clarke
‘A serious abuse of power’: UK Supreme Court rules against secret Home Office detention
March 23, 2011
Press release related to JUSTICE’s intervention in the case of WL (Congo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. The UK Supreme Court held by a 6-3 majority that a secret detention policy operated by the Home Office was unlawful, giving rise to liability for false imprisonment. Press Release, Secret Home Office detention