APPEAL @we-are-appeal.bsky.social As this #BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end, we celebrate former APPEAL trustee Margaret Obi, recently appointed to the High Court of England and Wales. 🖤⚖️ Her judicial journey continues to inspire. appeal.org.uk/former-appea...

Ricky Tomlinson is standing up for justice — and so can you. The brutal test for compensation has gone on too long. Join Ricky and sign to show your support today. ✍️ 👉 appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeForAll #SupportTheCause #RickyTomlinson #PayUp4TimeSpent

Drawing on six months of observations at the Old Bailey, APPEAL's Racial Justice Team’s article in @counselmagazine.bsky.social exposes how joint enterprise prosecutions continue to disproportionately target young Black defendants. Read “Joint enterprise on trial”: shorturl.at/v1IEW

🚨 Decades of failure to tackle police racism in the UK. APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable. The time for systemic reform is now. 📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #PoliceAccountability #Justice

JOIN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE APPEAL is hiring: ✊🏽 Racial Justice Lawyer 📚 Racial Justice Researcher Help overturn wrongful convictions & challenge racial injustice in the legal system. Apply now 👉 appeal.org.uk/careers #JusticeForAll #RacialJustice #LegalCareers

Justice must be fair — and funded. Between 2016–2024, fewer than 7% of those wrongfully convicted received compensation. This is a systemic failure. Join APPEAL in advocating for change. 🔗 appeal.org.uk/compensation #PayUp4TimeSpent

Shit Lawyer: Comedy for a Cause 🎭 One night only! Abigail Rolling’s ★★★★ Fringe hit Shit Lawyer comes to The Bill Murray (Sun 2 Nov, 5:30pm) raising funds for APPEAL. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/ShitLawyerfo...

🚨 New Report Out! APPEAL’s Impact Report 2024-25 is here: appeal.org.uk/impact-repor...

The 2025 BBI Retreat in May brought our members together for a weekend of rest, reflection & healing. 🌿 It was a space to re-energise and connect. Read all about it here 👉 appeal.org.uk/bbi-retreat-... Thank you @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for making this happen!

Ray says...the just is out on court reforms. Read about it here 👉 insidetime.org/ray-says/the...

Gareth Jones’s life was shattered by a wrongful conviction. Ten years later, he finally cleared his name — but because of a change in the law, he won’t receive a penny in compensation. A devastating miscarriage of justice. Read more here ➡ shorturl.at/hcplx

"I had faith in the system, it would protect me...we're fighting for accountability, to put the system right." – Seema Misra OBE. Join Seema in calling for fair compensation for those wrongly convicted ✊: shorturl.at/jll7C #PayUp4TimeSpent #PostOffice

📢 Former journalist and charity campaigner Jill Morrell agrees: the wrongfully convicted deserve compensation. Justice must restore lives, not just freedom. 👉 Join her by adding your name: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent

Sir Brian Leveson’s jury trial proposals risk more racial bias & wrongful convictions. APPEAL’s Alannah Burdess explains why dismantling this centuries-old safeguard would deepen injustice. ⚖️ Read more: appeal.org.uk/jury-on-trial/

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 APPEAL is recruiting: ⚖️ Lawyer – fighting wrongful convictions 🗝️ Trustees – guiding our mission for justice Be part of change that matters. Apply now 👉 appeal.org.uk/careers/

🚨 Were you (or your client) a woman convicted in England or Wales in the past 10 years—who maintains innocence and is not in prison? Join our research focus group on Tues 27 Aug (online/in-person). Travel covered. 🔗 appeal.org.uk/womens-justi...

"This was never about the money. Those in charge have made it." – Patrick Maguire, one of the Maguire Seven. Join Patrick in demanding justice and compensation for everyone who has been wrongly convicted. appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent

🚨 Justice at Last: Errol Campbell—framed by corrupt & racist Det Sgt Derek Ridgewell—has had his conviction posthumously quashed by the Court of Appeal after almost 50 years. He was represented by @mattfoot2.bsky.social 📖 Read more: shorturl.at/XbS4P 📸 Photo credit: Jess Hurd, 2025

Amanda Hack MP agrees — the wrongly convicted deserve compensation. No one should lose years of their life to a system that failed them without acknowledgment or justice. It's time to #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✍️ Add your name to show your support: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... @amandahack.bsky.social

🚨 Wrongly convicted - No compensation. Brain Buckle, Dr. Dennis Eady (@cardiffuni), and Margaret Gardener (FASO) have signed. It’s time the government did the right thing. ✊ ✍️ Add your name for fair compensation for the wrongly convicted: 👉 appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...

Powerful moment in PMQs: @benlake.bsky.social stood up for Brian Buckle, wrongfully convicted, and called for compensation. He supports the cause—join him. Sign here: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent

🗣️ Matt Foot, Co-Director: “Reducing jury trials will inevitably increase miscarriages of justice. Prisons are overcrowded — and the backlog is caused by underfunding and overcharging, not juries.” 📖 Read our full response to the Leveson review: 👉 appeal.org.uk/levesons-out...

We welcome this resignation, which we at APPEAL have long called for. Ultimately the CCRC needs a completely fresh senior leadership team, made up of individuals with a track record of challenging injustice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 We’ve launched Joint Enterprise on Trial — a report exposing the racialised misuse of joint enterprise law, based on 6 months of court observation at the Old Bailey. ➡️ Read and take action now, by emailing your MP using our template letter: appeal.org.uk/racial-justi...

Our Patron Ian Hislop shares exactly why you should support #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✍️ Add your name and help us demand fair pay for time spent. appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...

🚨 1 week to go! APPEAL launches Joint Enterprise on Trial — a landmark report on how joint enterprise is used in serious cases at London’s Old Bailey. 📍 Conway Hall 🗓️ 26 June | 🕡 6:30 PM 🎟️ Limited tickets: appeal.org.uk/jointenterpr... #JointEnterprise #CriminalJustice

We did it! 💪 Thanks to all who donated to APPEAL for the #LondonLegalWalk. We walked for justice — and for fair compensation for the wrongfully convicted. ✍️ Add your name to call on @ShabanaMahmood to scrap the cruel 2014 test: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...

We’re lacing up for the #LondonLegalWalk this afternoon! 👟💥 Walking for pro bono + justice – and we’re this close to our fundraising goal. Help us get over the line 👉 londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/appeal-2025 #TeamAPPEAL #AccessToJustice #LegalWalk

🚨 Lord Charlie Falconer backs the call for justice! He supports the need to #PayUp4TimeSpent — because the wrongly convicted deserve compensation. ✍️ Add your name: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeMatters #WrongfulConvictions

🗣️ Powerful voices for justice: Sam Hallam, Seema Misra , Patrick Maguire and Brian Buckle spoke directly to MPs this week, standing up for the wrongly convicted and demanding fair compensation. It's time to #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✊ appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...

🗣️ Last night, APPEAL and Justice launched the #PayUp4TimeSpent campaign in Parliament. We’re demanding fair compensation for the wrongly convicted. Time lost to injustice must be paid back. Get involved: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeMatters #WrongfulConviction #PayUp4TimeSpent

Our Co-Director @mattfoot2.bsky.social spoke yesterday at QMUL's event on Understanding Miscarriages of Justice, highlighting the CCRC, Court of Appeal & the broken compensation system. Thanks to @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social for an inspiring day of vital conversations. #JusticeReform #CCRC #APPEAL

📢 “JOINT ENTERPRISE ON TRIAL” Join us on 26th June for the launch of our groundbreaking court watch study on joint enterprise at the Old Bailey 17 cases, 76 defendants Limited tickets, register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/joint-ente...

APPEAL Co-Director @mattfoot2.bsky.social joined sculptor Nicole Farhi to discuss her striking J’Accuse…! exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor&Gallery-a powerful dialogue on injustice, resistance&protest through art. Hosted by @torindouglas.bsky.social Read more: shorturl.at/SibOH #ArtAndJustice

Why was Peter Sullivan not freed earlier? @bbcdomc.bsky.social reports: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peter Sullivan conviction overturned after 38 yrs: exoneration has been called the longest miscarriage of justice in British justice, comes 16 yrs after first applied to CCRC. The watchdog expresses 'regret' for not having referred case first time around thejusticegap.com/peter-sulliv...

Peter Sullivan, who has spent 38 years in jail for murder, has conviction quashed

Yesterday, MPs slammed the CCRC over its mishandling of Andy Malkinson's case. CE Karen Kneller dubbed "Karen Invisible" faced scrutiny for absentee leadership and £50k spent on luxury business courses Along with Andy, we call for root and branch reform. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

Survivors of miscarriages of justice in the UK have very little support upon release. Our Cath Snow (@churchillfship.bsky.social Fellow) is now embarking on a journey of discovery in the US - what lessons can we learn from across the pond? Read more 👇 appeal.org.uk/in-conversat...

Are pre-sentence reports part of the judicial sentencing process? Or is their deployment a question of policy for ministers and parliament? It’s a question that has upset the delicate balance between the major institutions of the state over the past few weeks. rozenberg.substack.com/p/policy-or-...

Our Co-Director @MattFoot2 writes in @CounselMagazine that the integrity of our justice system is at stake under proposals by Sir Brian Leveson to effectively water down the centuries-old principle of trial by jury. appeal.org.uk/the-courage-...

​The decision by Justice Sec Shabana Mahmood to halt the Sentencing Council's new guidelines is a setback for justice. The reforms aimed to tackle bias based on e.g. age, sex & ethnicity. Blocking them makes unfair sentences / miscarriages of justice more likely. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

Tune into @benlake.bsky.social at Westminster Hall yesterday representing his client Brian Buckle - one of the many denied compensation following a miscarriage of justice. He explains how the brutal compensation test goes against our principles of justice. It is time to #PayUp4TimeSpent

""I just burst out crying," says Brian Buckle, recalling the moment he read the rejection letter from the Ministry of Justice after applying for compensation." The brutal miscarriage of justice compensation test must be scrapped #PayUp4TimeSpent www.bbc.com/news/article...

APPEAL welcomes key Law Commission reform proposals today but urges bolder changes to fix our broken appeals system. Wrongly convicted people need access to evidence, a robust CCRC & proper compensation. lawcom.gov.uk/law-commissi...

Our @mattfoot2.bsky.social says - “The paper identifies that the brutal compensation test needs to be changed. The Ministry of Justice doesn’t need to wait any longer to sort that out.” The gvnt must act now. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...

We will be tuning into this evidence session on 1 April via Parliament TV. committees.parliament.uk/committee/10...

We agree that reducing prosecutions under joint enterprise would be a clear way to reduce the backlog of cases in the crown courts (and is something that needs doing anyway). We have written about it here 👉 appeal.org.uk/defend-our-juries/ www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...

Malkinson stood outside the Court of Appeal in 2023 wearing a t-shirt that read ‘Innocent, and not the only one’, highlighting the plight of those who fight for years to have convictions overturned. Ironically he now becomes one of the only ones to receive any financial redress for what he suffered.

Payouts have collapsed since a law change in 2014 forced applicants to prove they are innocent ‘beyond all reasonable doubt’ – a drastically insurmountable hurdle for the vast majority of the wrongfully convicted. Full story 🔗 www.thejusticegap.com/andy-malkins...