Challenging injustices
Last week, my colleague Helen Mills spoke at an event organised by JENGbA (Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association).
Last week, my colleague Helen Mills spoke at an event organised by JENGbA (Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association).
Earlier this week, our Head of Programmes, Helen Mills, spoke at an event organised by JENGbA (Joint Enterprise, Not Guilty by Association.
Thank you for the opportunity to join you today.
We have a number of reports due out in the coming months.
Our friends at JENGbA are holding an online event on Tuesday, 1 February, to launch a new push to change the law on 'joint enterprise' convictions.
As mentioned in our last bulletin, our friends at JENGbA are holding an online event on Tuesday, 1 February, to launch a new push to change the law on 'joint enterprise' convictions.
Joint enterprise refers to the principles governing how more than one person can be held responsible for the same crime relating to a single incident.
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been operating without a formal strategy for over a year, with lockdown disrupting our normal planning cycle.
Last week our reseach analyst Matt Ford attended the campaign organisation JENGbA's demonstration against the joint enterprise doctrine in Parliament Square.
Ten years ago the House of Commons Justice Select Committee set up an inquiry into the common law doctrine of joint enterprise after concerns were raised about its operation in the courts.
Joint enterprise refers to legal principles on the use of the law of complicity.
A few weeks ago my colleague Helen announced our new project on joint enterprise and briefly covered the activities we’ll be carrying out over the next 15 months.