APPEAL
A non-profit law practice committed to fighting miscarriages of justice and demanding reform of a broken justice system. appeal.org.uk/donate
- A quick look back: We were honoured to receive an award at UEL’s 50 Years in Law event last November, recognising our pro bono justice work. Huge thanks to UEL Legal Advice Centre and RDSBL
- Hey everyone! 👋 This is our new Facebook page, so be sure to follow us here for updates. facebook.com/APPEALcharity/ All of our other social channels are the same pages, just with a new handle.
- Lammy's plan to scrap juries for lower-level & complex fraud cases is sparking concern. APPEAL Co-Director Emma Torr explains why it could hit women — especially women of colour — hardest and weaken fair-trial protections. 🎧 Listen: youtu.be/_OZmMOAaGjs
- Your gift to our Big Give campaign helps us continue the work that truly changes lives. Every contribution—big or small—pushes us forward. 🙏 Thank you for standing with us. ➡️ Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
- Day 3 of The Christmas Big Give! 🎄 We need your help to reach our target! Every donation makes a real impact. 👉 Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
- A win for legal aid is a win for justice. ⚖️ This step forward in appellate support ensures more people have access to the legal help they need. Read more: appeal.org.uk/a-win-for-le... #LegalAid #AccessToJustice #AppellateJustice
- 🎄 Day 2 of the Christmas Big Give! Your donation today can make double the impact thanks to matched funding. Join us and help make a difference this Christmas ❤️ 👉 Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
- ✨ Big Give Week starts today! ✨ For one week only, every donation you make will be doubled by a match funder — meaning your generosity goes twice as far. 💙 If you’re able, please donate now and help us unlock vital support: 👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
- "removing the right to be tried by peers for the vast majority of cases would inevitably lead to more miscarriages of justice, especially for people of colour" - Matt Foot, Co-Director at APPEAL. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
- Proposals to restrict jury trials to only the most serious offences pose a serious threat to fairness and public participation in justice. Jury trials are a cornerstone of democracy — and must be protected. Read our stance 👇 appeal.org.uk/defend-our-j... #DefendOurJuries
- Today is the first-ever #ChildrenWithAParentInPrisonDay. 💙 These children face huge challenges — they deserve our support & the chance to thrive. Read the blog by APPEAL’s Survivors’ Advocate here: appeal.org.uk/children-wit... @childrenhands.bsky.social
- 🎥 Earlier this week, Lord Berkeley raised the issue of joint enterprise in the context of the Sentencing Bill in the House of Lords. He cites the recent research by APPEAL, led by Dr Nisha Waller, Joint Enterprise on Trial. appeal.org.uk/jointenterpr...
- Earlier this month, Abigal Rolling (aka Shit Lawyer) brought the laughs at a comedy gig to raise funds for our charity! 🎭 A HUGE thank you to Abby, Siobhan & sponsors: @mountfordchambers.bsky.social @angelcomedy.bsky.social @wegottickets.bsky.social #ComedyForACause
- 93% of wrongly convicted people are denied compensation under a law that flips “innocent until proven guilty.” Alastair Logan OBE fought for justice for decades—now he calls to scrap this brutal test. ✍️ Add your name: appeal.org.uk/act-now/compensation-postcard
- We’re hiring a Lawyer! Join APPEAL and help fight miscarriages of justice. 📄 Details: appeal.org.uk/careers/
- APPEAL @we-are-appeal.bsky.social As this #BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end, we celebrate former APPEAL trustee Margaret Obi, recently appointed to the High Court of England and Wales. 🖤⚖️ Her judicial journey continues to inspire. appeal.org.uk/former-appea...
- Ricky Tomlinson is standing up for justice — and so can you. The brutal test for compensation has gone on too long. Join Ricky and sign to show your support today. ✍️ 👉 appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeForAll #SupportTheCause #RickyTomlinson #PayUp4TimeSpent
- Drawing on six months of observations at the Old Bailey, APPEAL's Racial Justice Team’s article in @counselmagazine.bsky.social exposes how joint enterprise prosecutions continue to disproportionately target young Black defendants. Read “Joint enterprise on trial”: shorturl.at/v1IEW
- 🚨 Decades of failure to tackle police racism in the UK. APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable. The time for systemic reform is now. 📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #PoliceAccountability #Justice
- JOIN THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE APPEAL is hiring: ✊🏽 Racial Justice Lawyer 📚 Racial Justice Researcher Help overturn wrongful convictions & challenge racial injustice in the legal system. Apply now 👉 appeal.org.uk/careers #JusticeForAll #RacialJustice #LegalCareers
- Justice must be fair — and funded. Between 2016–2024, fewer than 7% of those wrongfully convicted received compensation. This is a systemic failure. Join APPEAL in advocating for change. 🔗 appeal.org.uk/compensation #PayUp4TimeSpent
- Shit Lawyer: Comedy for a Cause 🎭 One night only! Abigail Rolling’s ★★★★ Fringe hit Shit Lawyer comes to The Bill Murray (Sun 2 Nov, 5:30pm) raising funds for APPEAL. 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/ShitLawyerfo...
- 🚨 New Report Out! APPEAL’s Impact Report 2024-25 is here: appeal.org.uk/impact-repor...
- The 2025 BBI Retreat in May brought our members together for a weekend of rest, reflection & healing. 🌿 It was a space to re-energise and connect. Read all about it here 👉 appeal.org.uk/bbi-retreat-... Thank you @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for making this happen!
- Ray says...the just is out on court reforms. Read about it here 👉 insidetime.org/ray-says/the...
- Gareth Jones’s life was shattered by a wrongful conviction. Ten years later, he finally cleared his name — but because of a change in the law, he won’t receive a penny in compensation. A devastating miscarriage of justice. Read more here ➡ shorturl.at/hcplx
- "I had faith in the system, it would protect me...we're fighting for accountability, to put the system right." – Seema Misra OBE. Join Seema in calling for fair compensation for those wrongly convicted ✊: shorturl.at/jll7C #PayUp4TimeSpent #PostOffice
- 📢 Former journalist and charity campaigner Jill Morrell agrees: the wrongfully convicted deserve compensation. Justice must restore lives, not just freedom. 👉 Join her by adding your name: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent
- Sir Brian Leveson’s jury trial proposals risk more racial bias & wrongful convictions. APPEAL’s Alannah Burdess explains why dismantling this centuries-old safeguard would deepen injustice. ⚖️ Read more: appeal.org.uk/jury-on-trial/
- 🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 APPEAL is recruiting: ⚖️ Lawyer – fighting wrongful convictions 🗝️ Trustees – guiding our mission for justice Be part of change that matters. Apply now 👉 appeal.org.uk/careers/
- 🚨 Were you (or your client) a woman convicted in England or Wales in the past 10 years—who maintains innocence and is not in prison? Join our research focus group on Tues 27 Aug (online/in-person). Travel covered. 🔗 appeal.org.uk/womens-justi...
- "This was never about the money. Those in charge have made it." – Patrick Maguire, one of the Maguire Seven. Join Patrick in demanding justice and compensation for everyone who has been wrongly convicted. appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent
- 🚨 Justice at Last: Errol Campbell—framed by corrupt & racist Det Sgt Derek Ridgewell—has had his conviction posthumously quashed by the Court of Appeal after almost 50 years. He was represented by @mattfoot2.bsky.social 📖 Read more: shorturl.at/XbS4P 📸 Photo credit: Jess Hurd, 2025
- Amanda Hack MP agrees — the wrongly convicted deserve compensation. No one should lose years of their life to a system that failed them without acknowledgment or justice. It's time to #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✍️ Add your name to show your support: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... @amandahack.bsky.social
- 🚨 Wrongly convicted - No compensation. Brain Buckle, Dr. Dennis Eady (@cardiffuni), and Margaret Gardener (FASO) have signed. It’s time the government did the right thing. ✊ ✍️ Add your name for fair compensation for the wrongly convicted: 👉 appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...
- Powerful moment in PMQs: @benlake.bsky.social stood up for Brian Buckle, wrongfully convicted, and called for compensation. He supports the cause—join him. Sign here: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #PayUp4TimeSpent
- 🗣️ Matt Foot, Co-Director: “Reducing jury trials will inevitably increase miscarriages of justice. Prisons are overcrowded — and the backlog is caused by underfunding and overcharging, not juries.” 📖 Read our full response to the Leveson review: 👉 appeal.org.uk/levesons-out...
- We welcome this resignation, which we at APPEAL have long called for. Ultimately the CCRC needs a completely fresh senior leadership team, made up of individuals with a track record of challenging injustice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- 🚨 We’ve launched Joint Enterprise on Trial — a report exposing the racialised misuse of joint enterprise law, based on 6 months of court observation at the Old Bailey. ➡️ Read and take action now, by emailing your MP using our template letter: appeal.org.uk/racial-justi...
- Our Patron Ian Hislop shares exactly why you should support #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✍️ Add your name and help us demand fair pay for time spent. appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...
- 🚨 1 week to go! APPEAL launches Joint Enterprise on Trial — a landmark report on how joint enterprise is used in serious cases at London’s Old Bailey. 📍 Conway Hall 🗓️ 26 June | 🕡 6:30 PM 🎟️ Limited tickets: appeal.org.uk/jointenterpr... #JointEnterprise #CriminalJustice
- We did it! 💪 Thanks to all who donated to APPEAL for the #LondonLegalWalk. We walked for justice — and for fair compensation for the wrongfully convicted. ✍️ Add your name to call on @ShabanaMahmood to scrap the cruel 2014 test: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...
- We’re lacing up for the #LondonLegalWalk this afternoon! 👟💥 Walking for pro bono + justice – and we’re this close to our fundraising goal. Help us get over the line 👉 londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/appeal-2025 #TeamAPPEAL #AccessToJustice #LegalWalk
- 🚨 Lord Charlie Falconer backs the call for justice! He supports the need to #PayUp4TimeSpent — because the wrongly convicted deserve compensation. ✍️ Add your name: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeMatters #WrongfulConvictions
- 🗣️ Powerful voices for justice: Sam Hallam, Seema Misra , Patrick Maguire and Brian Buckle spoke directly to MPs this week, standing up for the wrongly convicted and demanding fair compensation. It's time to #PayUp4TimeSpent. ✊ appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp...
- 🗣️ Last night, APPEAL and Justice launched the #PayUp4TimeSpent campaign in Parliament. We’re demanding fair compensation for the wrongly convicted. Time lost to injustice must be paid back. Get involved: appeal.org.uk/act-now/comp... #JusticeMatters #WrongfulConviction #PayUp4TimeSpent
- Our Co-Director @mattfoot2.bsky.social spoke yesterday at QMUL's event on Understanding Miscarriages of Justice, highlighting the CCRC, Court of Appeal & the broken compensation system. Thanks to @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social for an inspiring day of vital conversations. #JusticeReform #CCRC #APPEAL
- 📢 “JOINT ENTERPRISE ON TRIAL” Join us on 26th June for the launch of our groundbreaking court watch study on joint enterprise at the Old Bailey 17 cases, 76 defendants Limited tickets, register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/joint-ente...
- APPEAL Co-Director @mattfoot2.bsky.social joined sculptor Nicole Farhi to discuss her striking J’Accuse…! exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor&Gallery-a powerful dialogue on injustice, resistance&protest through art. Hosted by @torindouglas.bsky.social Read more: shorturl.at/SibOH #ArtAndJustice
- Why was Peter Sullivan not freed earlier? @bbcdomc.bsky.social reports: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
