CWJ welcomes new Victim’s Right of Review Pilot
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.
CWJ welcomes new Victim’s Right of Review Pilot
CWJ responds to Independent Sentencing Review
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.
CWJ responds to Independent Sentencing Review
Nominations are open for the 2025 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and CWJ Award!
We are now accepting nominations for the 2025 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and Centre for Women’s Justice Award.
Nominations are open for the 2025 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and CWJ Award!
Ban ‘bad character’ evidence in rape cases, say experts
The government has today (7 May 2025) introduced a new Victims and Courts Bill aiming to better protect victims and improve access to justice.
Ban ‘bad character’ evidence in rape cases, say experts
Courageous CWJ client secures conviction of rapist 23 years after attack
‘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.
Courageous CWJ client secures conviction of rapist 23 years after attack
CWJ responds to new powers to sack officers who fail background checks
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.
CWJ responds to new powers to sack officers who fail background checks
Pregnancy and Prison. Do not mix.
The second in a series of guest blogs from Dame Vera Baird DBE KC.
The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed
The ITV documentary The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed reveals how undercover officers infiltrated political protest movements and formed intimate relationships with women under false identities. Told through the voices of five women who were victims of this deception, the series follows their journey to expose the scandal and seek justice. In this blog Harriet Wistrich reflects on the legal battle they fought.
Fresh Evidence Challenges Safety of Amanda O’Shaughnessy’s Conviction
Fresh Evidence Challenges Safety of Amanda O’Shaughnessy’s Conviction
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.
Prosecuting perpetrators for manslaughter when domestic abuse leads to suicide
The first in a series of guest blogs from Dame Vera Baird DBE KC.
MI5 misled multiple courts about informant who abused women
MI5 misled multiple courts about informant who abused women
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’.
