The President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has handed down a judgment on the implications of MI5 relying on false information in proceedings about its abusive agent, ‘X’.

The Law Commission are today (22 July 2025) publishing a report on their consultation examining the law, guidance, and practice relating to the use of evidence in sexual offences cases.  

In our new research report, ‘Doing his job for him’: how the criminal justice system fails victims of coercive control who are accused of offending’, we present the accounts of seven victims of coercive control who were unfairly criminalised as a result of their own experience of abuse and recommend reforms in law, policy and practice.

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.