Law Commission issues paper on criminal appeals – Law Society response

The proposals

The paper sought to:

• identify areas of the law where reform is required to enable the correction of miscarriages of justice
• ensure that appeals can be dealt with efficiently, effectively, appropriately and fairly

Our view

The Law Society considered it was unnecessary to reform the law relating to appeals from magistrates’ courts and looked at issues such as:

• the retention of evidence by police
• the tests used by the Court of Appeal and the Criminal Cases Review Commission

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