Amend Criminal Procedure Rules for firearms court applications
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: Ministry of Justice
Government responseCriminal Procedure Rule Committee: Not accepted (Oct 2022)
DeliveryNo statement from Ministry of Justice found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.21
There should be an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Rules which govern the process in applications for a firearms presence in court – a requirement for witness statements, sworn evidence and the taping of proceedings should all be included.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In October 2022, Lord Justice Holroyde, deputy chairman of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, stated on behalf of the Committee that the recommendation was not accepted, noting that while it would be content if the Senior Presiding Judge proposed amending relevant Criminal Practice Directions currently under review, members unanimously considered Practice Directions the more appropriate authority and agreed that "Criminal Procedure Rules should not be substituted for those Directions" (Lord Justice Holroyde response, Oct 2022). The record holds no update since the Committee's response of October 2022 (Lord Justice Holroyde response, Oct 2022).
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Government response
●Criminal Procedure Rule Committee · Not accepted · 31 Oct 2022
As explained in the paper, the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice presently are under review. If in the light of the Inquiry report the Senior Presiding Judge were to propose the amendment of the relevant directions, then the Committee would be content. However, members were unanimously of the view that the Practice Directions remain the more appropriate source of authority for the arrangements concerned and that Criminal Procedure Rules should not be substituted for those Directions.
Response document: Criminal Procedure Rule Committee: response to recommendation of the Public Inquiry into the death of Jermaine Baker
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Ministry of Justice has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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