Jon Robins
Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap, and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. He is a special adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice and vice chair of the Legal Action Group. Jon is the author of Justice in a time of Austerity (Bristol University Press, 2021), Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The crisis in our justice system (Biteback, 2018) and The First Miscarriage of Justice: The “Amazing and Unreported” Case of Tony Stock (Waterside Press, 2014).
Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap, and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. He is a special adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice and vice chair of the Legal Action Group. Jon is the author of Justice in a time of Austerity (Bristol University Press, 2021), Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The crisis in our justice system (Biteback, 2018) and The First Miscarriage of Justice: The “Amazing and Unreported” Case of Tony Stock (Waterside Press, 2014).
Jon Robins asks whether the CPS is telling us all it knows about disclosure failures
Jon Robins laments the state of a criminal justice system beset by legal aid cuts, unconscious bias & miscarriages of justice
Legal aid lawyers are undervalued, underpaid & under pressure, as Jon Robins explains
The Director of Public Prosecution’s disclosure nightmare seems to be getting worse by the week. Jon Robins reviews the evidence
Jon Robins pays tribute to Sir Henry Brooke—a tireless & effective campaigner
The Government should heed calls to make legal aid available for bereaved families at inquests, says Jon Robins
If the Legal Aid Agency is to have a future it should be focused on enabling access to justice not refusing legal aid, says Jon Robins
Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education
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