Jan Cunliffe
Co-Founder of the campaign group JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association), now campaigning for acquittals for the wrongly convicted and achieving further legal reform.
Jan is one of the co founders of the campaign group JENGbA (Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association). Their tireless campaigning was undoubtedly instrumental in the 2016 Supreme Court victory, where senior judges acknowledged the law had taken a wrong turn in 1984. That’s 32 years of injustice. Now they have been vindicated the campaign leads the way in gaining acquittals for the wrongly convicted and achieving further legal reform in several different areas, such as abolishing life sentences for children and the mandatory life sentence that takes away the discretion of the judge when it comes to sentencing.
'Developing as a spokesperson is so important to me. The voice and the message I had yesterday is a very difficult one to the voice I need to have now and in the future.'
In the Media
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Jan Cunliffe and JENGbA contributed to the creation of “In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast,” a four-part series hosted by Maxine Peake, exploring the complexities and human impact of Joint Enterprise law.
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Six members from our Spokesperson Network were selected as part of Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers for 2025: Lady Unchained, Emma Pears, Expert Citizens (Darren Murinas), Families in Harmony (Sharon McPherson and Johanna Bernard), My Life My Choice (Benjamin McCay) and JENGbA (Jan Cunliffe).
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Jan Cunliffe and JENGbA gave evidence at the new Westminster Commission on Joint Enterprise to support their campaign to reform the use of Joint Enterprise law.
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Jan Cunliffe was on BBC Radio 4’s The Law show discussing the parliamentary inquiry and the Law Commission reviewing Joint Enterprise.
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Jan Cunliffe and JENGbA played a pivotal role in challenging the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to monitor joint enterprise cases for racial bias, highlighting how these prosecutions disproportionately affect young Black men. Jan was quoted in The Guardian.