Peter Joyce KC has prosecuted or defended several hundred alleged murderers and sex abusers over a career spanning 56 years.

Shortages of prison staff, mental health problems among inmates, and overcrowding, fuelled by court delays, have pushed the prison system to the brink. Now frontline workers from prison officers to ...

We’ve responded to Sir Brian Leveson's call for evidence for the independent review of the criminal courts.

Around 2.3 million people suffered domestic abuse in the 12 months to last March, but less than a fifth of victims report to ...

Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is ...

“Setting up an intermediate court will waste money, time and energy and will not tackle the problem of supply and demand. “The extra personnel, physical and financial resources that this new court ...

Peter Joyce KC said years of under-investment has turned the justice system into 'a shambles' - and warned the criminal justice system could be 'on the brink of collapse'. Mr Joyce spoke out after ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Research highlights bias in the UK criminal justice system linked to stereotypes about working-class and regional accents. Non-standard accents are often ...

More than a quarter of recently convicted young criminals in Thames Valley reoffended within a year, latest figures show.