Court hearing EVAW & CWJ against CPS

[Imnobody4]

twitter.com/centreWJ/status/1239600355303972865?s=19
Tuesday 17th 10.30 Hearing about CPS failure to prosecute rape.

twitter.com/EVAWuk/status/1239863657900716034?s=19
Tweeting from court now

Judges decision on whether to allow judicial review will be at about 4.00 PM today. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the link

Crossing fingers

Bloody hell they've lost. I feel absolutely gutted, we're going backwards.

EVAW tweet:

"AND, in the most undignified part of the whole day - after permission was denied, the CPS then argued really hard for huge costs from us - even though most of the money we have for this case is clearly small donations from rape survivors deeply concerned abt justice...
...pushing for big costs, their lawyer said we had made a significant attack on the CPS' integrity - well excuse us for using the rule of law and being alarmed at the state of a system that does not protect women #RapeJusticeNow "

WTAF

The CPS & integrity?? The organisation that tells little girls that if they refuse to undress in front of a boy who self identifies as a girl they're guilty of a hate crime. That CPS??

threads:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3809302-CPS-school-hate-crime-guidance-we-must-complain

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3804613-New-Year-New-Judicial-Review-CPS-Hate-Crime-Guidance-for-schools

I despair!

oh no

EVAW press release www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/we-are-hugely-disappointed-to-be-refused-permission-to-pursue-judicial-review-of-cps/

New update on case issued today

Update on Help stop women being denied justice after rape

Dear Supporters

We are so delighted that the Court of Appeal recently overturned the previous High Court decision and AGREED OUR JUDICIAL REVIEW SHOULD GO AHEAD in our case against the Crown Prosecution Service for their failure to prosecute rape. However, now more than ever we need your help.

We feel we have arrived here against all odds, and as a small charity taking on a big legal institution that is the CPS, we could not have done it without you.

But the CPS, who have aggressively pushed for costs throughout proceedings, have challenged our efforts to get the costs 'capped' at £30,00. They argue that their costs of defending the case will be in the region of £115,000. A costs cap is therefore essential to protect ourselves from the significant amount of money they are spending to defend their position.

As a result, the Court of Appeal have now decided to cap this amount at £75,000. This means that if we lose the case at the next hearing the amount EVAW would be liable to pay the CPS would be limited to this. In addition to the risk of being made to pay this, EVAW will also need to pay for unavoidable expenses including expert fees and court fees.

With what we have spent so far in preparing the case it means that we are still short of the amount required, and we need your support in ensuring the case can go ahead.

Our incredible lawyers at the Centre for Women's Justice and our wonderful Counsel are all working on this for ’no win, no fee' because they believe so strongly in the case. They only get paid if we win and the CPS are ordered to pay our legal costs.

We need to raise a new target of £90,000.

Thank you so much for all of your help, support and solidarity so far.

If you aren't already do follow us and Centre for Women's Justice on Twitter and/or Facebook to stay up to date with our work and campaigns.

Twitter @EVAWUK @CentreWJ

Facebook @endviolenceagainstwomen @centreforwomensjustice

And sign up here for EVAW bulletins on campaigning, legal challenges, research projects and fundraising moving forwards.

The EVAW Coalition and the Centre for Women's Justice

Really important case, I will definitely be digging.

If people wanted to dig, where should they do it?

Find them on twitter etc and you’ll find a link to it

Bloody well done EVAW!

And jeez, it's getting expensive to be a female wanting rights in the UK in 2020 when justice and fairness is wholly dependent on personal digging.

The bastards!

There was a small trowel hanging around as I was weeding... as Michelle says, funding all these crowd finders is getting expensive.

I know Fair Cop are keeping track of some of this. Seriously, do men have to crowdfund for their cases?

All power to you, for what I lack in £ I make you for in wishing you good luck.

Just dug a small hole. The location of the hole is readily googleable, if anyone else feels like doing likewise.

I'm glad to see the hole has reached the size of the cap on costs in the worst case scenario that the CPS wins - keeping digging people, for the actual costs of the legal team for EVAW.

Delighted that the court of appeal overturned that disheartening decision by the high court and the judicial review is now going ahead.

I do wish the religious right in the USA would hurry up and process my cheque, all this gardening is wearing me out!

@MichelleofzeResistance

Bloody well done EVAW!

And jeez, it's getting expensive to be a female wanting rights in the UK in 2020 when justice and fairness is wholly dependent on personal digging.

Just about to re-mortgage the house

We women appear not to equal before the law, because laws to protect us can be fluffed around a bit to suit others rights

I do wish the religious right in the USA would hurry up and process my cheque, all this gardening is wearing me out!

Wry memories of hearing that socialism was funded by Moscow gold or Peking gold, when I was a teenage leftie. Never saw any of that, either ...

More power to EVAW....off to do some digging