Criminal Cases Review Commission

What the inquiry looked at

“The Justice Committee took oral evidence (PDF 193 KB) from the Criminal Cases Review Commission on its work on 14 January 2014. Following that it sought comments on the work of the CCRC from certain academics and lawyers, and then offered the CCRC a chance to respond to those comments. Written evidence from the CCRC Written evidence on the CCRC Supplementary evidence from the CCRC Previous inquiry page: The work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission The Committee now proposes to follow up this subject by holding a short inquiry into the work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. It would therefore welcome written submissions on the work and effectiveness of the CCRC. These submissions may address any aspect of the CCRC’s work, but those making submissions should note that the Justice Committee may not examine or consider individual cases which are currently before the Commission or the courts.”

The committee's words, from the inquiry page on parliament.uk ↗.

What the government said

How the inquiry ran

What it recommended

The committee's recommendations are not listed here yet. Read them in 12th Report - Criminal Cases Review Commission ↗ on parliament.uk.

Evidence

Oral evidence sessions 3