Appeal - Centre for Criminal Appeals

15/10/2026

Will Mellor investigates wrongful convictions in the new Crime+Investigation documentary series Convictions Gone Bad, meeting people whose lives have been changed forever by miscarriages of justice.

The series explores murder convictions and other criminal cases, including r**e, where innocent people were wrongly imprisoned.

📺 Watch Convictions Gone Bad on Crime+Investigation

The case of APPEAL's client Andy Malkinson featured in episode 2.

07/10/2026

📢 Join us for the Criminal Appeals Lawyers Association (CALA)/APPEAL Conference this November.

Past Mistakes and Future Challenges.

This November, CALA and APPEAL are bringing together lawyers, campaigners, journalists and people who have fought the system to challenge wrongful convictions for a day of discussion, debate and learning.

⚖️ Hear from leading voices working on miscarriages of justice
💬 Explore the challenges facing the criminal justice system
🤝 Connect with practitioners, campaigners and others working for change

Whether you work in criminal law, are involved in the fight against wrongful convictions, or simply want to understand more about this vital area of justice, we’d love you to join us.

🎟️ Tickets are available now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/criminal-appeals-past-mistakes-and-future-challenges-tickets-1992435639633?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*1815s12*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjE1NTU0NTQ3LjE3ODM2MDM1NTI.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODM2MDM1NTEkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODM2MDM1NTEkajYwJGwwJGgw

28/09/2026

What happens when the Court of Appeal corrects a miscarriage of justice — but refuses to examine how it happened?

Read Matt Foot's article in the London Review of Books:

The judges might argue that the Court of Appeal is a court of review, whose job is simply to assess whether a conviction...

23/09/2026

Today, two more convictions linked to the racist and corrupt police officer Derek Ridgewell have been quashed by the Court of Appeal. Like Winston Trew's case, it has taken decades to achieve justice.

This is why we are calling upon the Government to urgently enact Trew's law so that when a bent police officer goes to prison, their cases are automatically reviewed.

Support our campaign here:
➡️ appeal.org.uk/trews-law

In May 2024, APPEAL published a report on the hidden racist and classist intent behind the 1967 introduction of majority jury verdicts in England and Wales, finding links between majority verdicts and wrongful convictions.The principle of jury unanimity – which insists that all 12 jurors must agre...

17/09/2026

What happens when a police officer is jailed for corruption, dishonesty or abuse of their position?
Right now, there is no automatic review of the cases they worked on.

That’s why APPEAL and York Law School, University of York are campaigning for Trew’s Law — to make sure potential miscarriages of justice don’t go unnoticed.

Read more from We are the Justice Gap. 👇

Lawmakers are being urged to enact a new piece of legislation that would see police officers who are sent to prison for corruption and other offences immediately having their past cases reviewed to prevent miscarriages of justice.

16/09/2026

People wrongly convicted of crimes can spend decades fighting to prove their innocence. Trew’s Law would give them a fairer route to justice. APPEAL and York Law School, University of York is campaigning for Trew’s Law.

Watch the Channel 4 coverage and find out why reform is urgently needed:

Winston Trew: Man framed by police in campaign to change case revie...

15/09/2026

When police officers are imprisoned for serious misconduct, the cases they worked on shouldn’t go unchecked.

APPEAL and York Law School, University of York launched Trew’s Law, calling for automatic reviews of those cases.

No one should have to spend decades uncovering a miscarriage of justice alone.

🎥 Watch our animation to learn why reform is needed.

The Case for Automatic Reviews of Imprisoned Police Officers’ Files

14/09/2026

🚨 Justice shouldn’t depend on luck.

When a police officer is convicted of corruption, their past cases must be independently reviewed. No more innocent victims waiting decades for justice.

✍️ Sign the petition for Trew’s Law and help make it happen. Share this post. 👇

Winston Trew was framed by a racist and corrupt police officer in 1972. It took nearly 50 years to clear his name. Thirteen people framed by the same officer spent a combined 623 years wrongfully convicted because his police work was never independently investigated — even after he was sent to pri...

10/09/2026

⚖️ The campaign for Trew’s Law launches this evening! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/10/trews-law-corrupt-police-bent-copper-convictions-report

Join us and York Law School, University of York today for the launch of Trew’s Law at Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton – our campaign to prevent future miscarriages of justice. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trews-law-right-bent-cops-wrongs-tickets-1990572321398

Speaking today: Winston Trew, Kim Johnson MP, Matt Foot, Mattia Pinto, Jeffrey Campbell and Jonathan Bartley

Trew's Law: The Case for Automatic Reviews of Imprisoned Police Officers’ Files for Miscarriages of Justice

02/09/2026

🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/1awH50ZIiTB

Join us for the launch of Trew's Law, a new campaign and policy report calling for automatic reviews of convictions linked to police misconduct.

Fifty years after the Oval 4 campaign first gathered at Lambeth Town Hall, we'll bring together victims, legal experts, academics and campaigners to discuss accountability and justice.

🎟️ Free places, registration required.