We have a system of justice which is secretive, known to be flawed and unfair, and week-by-week lands very vulnerable people with harsh criminal convictions And we have a government which is content for that to keep happening www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Teenagers charged over TfL cyber attack www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon sentenced to 14 years in prison each for killing their baby while on the run www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

TV presenter Jay Blades gets an apology from a judge, as his trial on rape charges is set for 2027. "It's not a proper justice system....", admits the judge www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/j...

Dutch football legend Edgar Davids' art collection raided by fraudster www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/e...

An offer to plead guilty to ABH charges is sent to the CPS on September 2 Six days later, it's the plea hearing in court And the case is then adjourned for a week, because no one actively reads emails sent to that account Efforts bringing defendant to court, lawyers & judge in court Total waste

Got an FOI back from the Ministry of Justice It came with a curious addition - a couple of (irrelevant) lines from an MoJ press release Either press officers are intervening in FOIs to insert quotes Or the FOI team is doing it of their own volition Neither option is good

Comedy writer and activist Graham Linehan faces trial today over claims he harassed a trans activist online and broke a mobile phone during a confrontation www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/g...

TV licence conviction for 'homeless' man caring for disabled and partially sighted friend #SingleJusticeProcedure www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

'Shame' of judge who had sex in Chambers www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/judg...

Breaking news on the Epping hotel: A High Court judge has granted an injunction on the Bell Hotel, which will see it cleared of asylum seekers Victory for the local council www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/eppi...

In-depth: The 'Jekyll and Hyde' celebrity osteopath jailed for spying on women in their own homes www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

It's still happening A criminal conviction for a mentally ill man who didn't pay car insurance when hospitalised and in crisis #SingleJusticeProcedure www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d...

Pensioner, 72, with dementia is convicted of not paying her TV Licence when she was recovering from a stroke www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/b...

Inside London's youth courts, and the battle to turn teenage boys away from knife crime www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/l...

BBC at loggerheads with magistrates over Single Justice Procedure reform Sick & grieving people have been convicted of not paying bills Beeb says magistrates are to blame, the Magistrates Association accuses the BBC of trying to 'outsource' responsibility www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-...

A fact: More than 3,000 people were convicted in the last month of fare dodging in London Cases all brought to court by TfL More could be done, sure But let's not pretend nothing is done Also a fact: The last government invented a court system which hides these cases from the public

Another day, another widow being convicted in the Single Justice Procedure just after her husband had died standard.co.uk/news/crime/w... Tune in at 3pm today to Radio 4's The Law Show for an in-depth discussion of the SJP system and all its flaws www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Celebrity osteopath admits 2,000 voyeurism and upskirting recordings in ten years of perverted offending www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

Jurors in this trial had to watch, repeatedly, some horrendous video footage They don't even get the resolution of delivering verdicts I sincerely hope they have been offered access to counselling after being discharged. But somehow I doubt that happened www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

Exciting times, as a prosecutor refuses to give journalists his opening note for sentencing He missed out key details when opening the case, while liberally referring the judge to paragraphs from his note He's insisting that he doesn't know a single barrister who would provide a note to the press

Rogue prosecutors should be banned from using Britain's fast-track courts, says Magistrates Association Push for #SingleJusticeProcedure overhaul www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/rogu...

Mother whose baby died has been convicted over an £8.75 car bill which went unpaid while she was in mourning This is the #SingleJusticeProcedure www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d...

Disagree with Simon here Jury trials are essential for maintaining public trust in justice Last line of this piece is telling & alarming Radical reform is more likely because system is broken & we've no money, not necessarily because reform is any good www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pensioner 'murdered by neighbour in row over shutting the gate at their Covent Garden estate' www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

Pensioner, 81, in care home gets criminal conviction over unpaid car insurance Another #SingleJusticeProcedure horror, from a courts system in need of immediate reform www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

Mother wins High Court go-ahead for DNA tests on dead husband's sperm www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/sper...

As always, an honour to be involved in the Paul Foot Award. Check out this year’s wonderful longlist

Congratulations to all on this exceptionally broad and exciting longlist fill of cracking stories and sharp injustices www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

Absolutely over the moon to be longlisted for the Paul Foot awards for my investigation into military sexual abuse for @opendemocracy.net and a huge thank you to the survivors who told their stories. www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

From broken legs caused by falling Lime bikes to lead poisoning lurking in our homes and soil, the Paul Foot Award longlist shows the strength and range of journalism in 2025. ➡️ Find out who made the list: www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

An osteopath caught spying on half-dressed students has now been charged with eight further counts of voyeurism over 12 years, including allegedly secretly recording his clients www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

An IT worker hacked the Wifi systems of major UK train stations to spread an anti-Islam message, court hears John Wik admitted the offence and now faces a possible jail term www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

County Court delays - particularly in London - are harming Britain's economy, Justice Minister tells MPs www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/coun...

80 per cent of emails sent to a national contact centre for the county courts are chasing information about their case

Double murderer's human rights breached, says ECHR Particularly, there was a year delay for one of his retrials This was in 2019, when govt had slashed judicial sitting days Tories outraged the failing has been highlighted, not at the failing itself standard.co.uk/news/crime/c...

Journalists are being blocked from entering a London youth court, by a team of security guards, a list caller, and a legal adviser. One reporter has been made to ‘sign in’ twice already. For no obvious reason. There’s a security guard who is particularly adamant it’s his job to keep us out

Disabled woman in mourning after the death of her sister is criminal convicted for not paying her TV Licence It is heartless & a direct result of the way the system is currently operating #singlejusticeprocedure Your constituent, @melanieonnmp.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d...

"The role of the prosecutor in SJP hearings is also the same as it would be if the same cases were held in open court" insidehmcts.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/31/m... This isn't true In open court, prosecutors can answer questions, decide to withdraw cases In SJP, they can't. Because they're not there

The criminal justice system is in a right state, and politicians on all sides won't do what's needed to truly rescue it standard.co.uk/comment/just... Inside this week's London Standard

The criminal justice system is in the toilet And both political parties are spending all their energy seeing off the imagined threat of 'two-tier justice' It's beyond frustrating

Loud buskers on loop in Leicester Square akin to 'psychological torture', rules judge www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/busk...

Grieving relatives are regularly convicted in our courts for not keeping up with household bills when they are in mourning. It's hard to believe. But it's true. And it's happening almost every week. www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/d...

Freebies for Ministry of Justice senior officials: Tickets to watch Wales play in the Six Nations Dinner and a show courtesy of the National Theatre A while ago, one took a few ticket to the Brit Awards I always wonder, what made those bodies decide an MoJ official would be good for an invite?

Violent crime and robbery cases now make up a third of the Crown Court backlog in London, new figures reveal www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/v... Delays are endemic and victims, witnesses, and defendants are having to wait years for their day in court

A grieving widow has been convicted of not paying for insurance on her husband's car after he died from cancer #SingleJusticeProcedure www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/g...

Joey Barton guilty of assaulting his wife www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/j...

Work as a journalist for even a small amount of time and you’ll accidentally receive an illuminating email that wasn’t meant for you. This, however, is next level www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Heartless rogue lettings agents swindled hundreds of victims, leaving them jobless, destitute, and sometimes homeless Report from court as the culprits face prison www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/r...

Former trader Tom Hayes on his time in prison, the 'cruel' way he was jailed, and his take on the 'witch hunt' that led to his conviction On Tuesday, he goes to the Supreme Court in a final bid to clear his name He spoke to @thelondonstandard.bsky.social www.standard.co.uk/business/tom...