CWJ welcomed the announcement by the Solicitor General, Lucy Rigby, and the Crown Prosecution Service to introduce a pilot which gives victims of rape and serious sexual violence an opportunity to challenge a decision to offer no evidence and end the case.

We welcome key recommendations on women in contact with the criminal justice system but raise concerns on early release of domestic abuse and sexual offence perpetrators.

We are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and Centre for Women’s Justice Award.

The government has today (7 May 2025) introduced a new Victims and Courts Bill aiming to better protect victims and improve access to justice.

‘Sam’, a client of Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ), who supported the CWJ case in relation to the disclosure of historic convictions for street prostitution has won another court victory.

We welcome the government’s announcement today (23 April 2025) that they have created new powers enabling chief constables to sack officers if they fail vetting standards.

On 4 March 2025 at a renewal hearing at the Court of Appeal, Annabel Timan (Doughty Street Chambers) will argue that Amanda O’Shaughnessy’s 2015 murder conviction is unsafe due to new psychiatric evidence supporting the defence of loss of control.

Lawyers acting for the Attorney General were forced to answer questions in the High Court, after it was revealed that a deputy director of MI5 made a false statement in proceedings about an MI5 recruit who terrorised his girlfriend, ‘Beth’.