Joint Enterprise

A new study has raised serious concerns about the use of joint enterprise prosecutions, with researchers documenting the routine charging of individuals with murder despite minimal connection to the underlying crime. The report, published by the miscarriage of justice charity Appeal, is the result o

Labour is being urged to reform the law on joint enterprise, which is leading to “systemic injustice”. A report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) states that the law on joint enterprise, in which two or more defendants are accused of the same crime in respect of the sa