Our online community will now be called the JUSTICE Student Network as opposed to the JUSTICE Student Human Rights Network. We hope this new label will open up the breadth and variety of topics discussed on the network. As many of you know, JUSTICE works to improve the UK justice system and ensure that the rule […]
PH and HH v Deputy Prosecutor of Italian Republic, Genoa; FK v Polish Judicial Authority
September 21, 2015
Facts These two cases involved the extradition of parents of young children under the Extradition Act 2003. In PH and HH, an Italian Court issued a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) in respect of both parents of three children who had been convicted of drug trafficking and fled Italy while on bail. In FK, a Polish […]
Michael and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and another
Facts On 5 August 2009 at 2.29am, Ms Michael dialled 999 requesting police protection from her historically aggressive ex-boyfriend. Ms Michael told the call handler that her ex-boyfriend had come to the house, found her with another man, bit her ear and had taken the other man away in the car saying he would come […]
Nunn v Chief Constable of Suffolk Constabulary
July 30, 2015
Facts This case concerned the extent of any continuing duty upon the police or the Crown Prosecution Service to assist a convicted person in gathering and examining evidence post-conviction, with a view to challenging that conviction on appeal. The appellant, Kevin Nunn, was convicted in November 2006 of the murder of his former girlfriend. Nunn […]
More on the Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity Report
May 8, 2015
The JUSTICE Working Party on Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity was tasked with the question: how best to maximise justice for everyone, not simply those who can afford the cost of legal advice and representation? Its recent report provides an answer, setting out proposals for systemic change to the way our civil courts […]