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In this section of our website we offer an occasional insight into our views, and comment, on the issues that we meet in our work. Whether you agree or disagree with us, we’d be pleased to hear your views on the matters discussed. Get in touch with us through our “contact” page.

June 8 2026

First Annual Paddy Hill Memorial Lecture

On 30 December 2024, just ten days after his eightieth birthday, we lost our founder and our hero, Paddy Joe Hill. Paddy was one of six men wrongfully arrested, tortured and framed for the 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings. Paddy meant so much to so many people across the world and left behind far more than […]

September 23 2025

Victims, Complainers & Not Proven

Comment, News

Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the passing of the long-in-the-making Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, it is time to take stock of what this “landmark” exercise in law-making actually delivers. The purpose of this legislation, we’re told, is to place the interests of victims at the heart of the […]