Peter Joyce KC has prosecuted or defended several hundred alleged murderers and sex abusers over a career spanning 56 years.

A woman who was assaulted by her husband was unable to find a legal aid lawyer in Scotland to handle her case.

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Shortages of prison staff, mental health problems among inmates, and overcrowding, fuelled by court delays, have pushed the prison system to the brink. Now frontline workers from prison officers to ...

An asylum seeker has been awarded £100,000 by the Home Office after claiming she was ‘treated like a criminal’ after overstaying in Britain. Nadra Almas came to the UK from Pakistan on a ...

Peter Joyce KC said years of under-investment has turned the justice system into 'a shambles' - and warned the criminal justice system could be 'on the brink of collapse'. Mr Joyce spoke out after ...

(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images ... common in large urban areas. Among UK-born patients, TB is more common in those who are homelessness, drug or alcohol dependent and are involved with the ...

As Britain becomes the first country to pledge to make AI-generated child abuse images illegal, London’s victim commissioner ...

Mrs Long said delays in the justice system, with women locked up for crimes committed years ago, could be one explanation.

Researchers have raised concerns that people from Bradford could be on the wrong end of possible bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of regional accents.

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A University of Cambridge study sought to understand people’s perceptions of 10 different accents across the UK – and concluded ... role in the criminal justice system and police officers ...