APL has provided a detailed response to the consultation on changes to the Civil Procedure Rules to accommodate the “top tier” release referral decisions that are due to be implemented under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024. You can read… Continue Reading
The Parole Board published its Transparency Review on June 5 2025 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/publication-of-parole-board-transparency-review. Following our session with members and the Parole Board on 9 June 2025, the APL wrote to the Chair of the Parole Board on 30 June 2025 setting out our… Continue Reading
Link to APL response here. The details on how to respond are here: https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/criminal-legal-aid-proposals-for-solicitor-fee The deadline is Friday 4 July 2025.
This paper outlines how some of the changes, together with Government plans around their implementation, may affect people in prison and their access to justice: Read the paper here.
In May 2025, David Gauke published a review on sentencing. In June 2025 APL published an initial analysis of the proposed changes with a particular focus on the impact for prisoners and their representatives, which can be found here
Last month the APL and LAPG made a short joint submission to the Sentencing Review which is due to report “soon” according to a speech made by the Lord Chancellor last week. The short submission highlights that proposed changes may have an… Continue Reading
The APL welcomed proposals issued today, 9 May 2025, by the Ministry of justice to increase the fees in legal aid prison law cases. The consultation document acknowledges that prison law was left out of the increases in criminal legal aid… Continue Reading
When: Tue 8 Apr 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Where: No.5 Chambers, London. WC2R 0EX Book your space at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/associationofprisonlawyers/1563405 As the latest Parole Board annual report acknowledges, the number of compensation claims is on the rise. The report suggests that “this may be a result of additional pressures and… Continue Reading
When: Friday 31 January 2025 from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm (followed by drinks!) Where: Doughty Street Chambers, London Cost of tickets: £100 for non-members; £50 for Members (reduced to £40 for bookings of three or more from any one firm) You… Continue Reading
When: Wednesday 4th September, 4:30pm to 5:30pm Where: Online To book your space please visit our Tailor Ticket page here. Overview: In response to severe lack of capacity in prison, various new rules around when certain determinate prisoners are released have been introduced.… Continue Reading