After years of being ignored, Jimmy Boyle is given the opportunity to tell his story. What is most shocking is the fact that, even after being exonerated by the High Court, the General Teaching Council (GTC), an unelected quango, is able to ignore the verdict. They claim that on the “balance of probability” (in other words, their unfounded opinion) he is guilty.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-man-who-suffered-miscarriage-7649205#OQZ3Rjr7ya5bHPg8.97
Born 20 December 1944, Belfast, N. Ireland Died 30 December 2025, Ayrshire, Scotland On 30 December, with great sadness we shared the news that our founder and director, Paddy Hill died peacefully, cared for by his wife Tara at their home in Ayrshire – Paddy determined to leave hospital to be home in his last […]
The Independent has today published an article which, whilst dealing with English law, highlights a major weakness in how we do justice in Scotland also. The article, which we publish below, draws attention to the appalling consequences of a failed experiment introduced by section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (with effect from 2005) by the […]
The Telegraph of 11 September carried a shocking story exposing the failure of the criminal justice system in England and Wales to compensate victims of miscarriage of justice. The system in Scotland is scarcely better. Although the tests applied in Scotland are marginally less restrictive, both systems are founded in a piece of legislation, section […]