UK Law reform body to look at criminal appeals: ‘root and branch reform is vital’ (Copy)

Patrick Maguire from Proof issue 4

The government’s official law reform body has confirmed that it will look at the controversial law around criminal appeals and the statutory test applied by the miscarriage of justice watchdog before referring a case back to the Court of Appeal. The long awaited review by the Law Commission in its 14th programme, called for in last year’s report by all the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice (APPG) as well as the House of Commons’ justice committee in 2015, was reported in the Observer in an article that focussed on post-conviction disclosure although it is understood the review will be broad in scope.

For more information: https://www.thejusticegap.com/the-governments-law-reform-body-has-confirmed-that-it-will-look-at-controversial-law-around-criminal-appeals/