Committees

Private prosecutions: safeguards

Inquiry

This inquiry examined the safeguards that exist for private prosecutions brought by organisations who act as the investigator, prosecutor but are also the victim of the alleged offence.

It looked at:

  • Whether existing safeguards are enough to limit the potential for private prosecutions by large organisations to cause miscarriages of justice
  • The merits of additional safeguards that could be used.

Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Tuesday 25 May 2021
2:30pm Public
Private prosecutions: safeguards - Oral evidence 25 May 2021
2:30pm
  • Helen Pitcher (Chair at Criminal Cases Review Commission)
  • Karen Kneller (Chief Executive at Criminal Cases Review Commission)
  • Miles Trent (Case Review Manager at Criminal Cases Review Commission)
3:30pm
  • Stephen Wooler CB (Committee Member at Criminal Law Reform Now Network)
  • Paul Jarvis (Committee Member at Criminal Law Reform Now Network)
  • Andrew Marshall (Partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon)
Virtual meeting
Tuesday 7 July 2020
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
Private prosecutions: safeguards - Oral evidence 7 July 2020
2:30pm
  • Mr Ron Warmington (Managing Director at Second Sight Support Services Ltd)
  • Ian Henderson (Director at Second Sight Support Services Ltd)
3:00pm
  • Alison Levitt QC (Barrister, 2 Hare Court, at Private Prosecutors' Association)
  • Gareth Minty (Legal Director (Barrister), Mishcon de Reya LLP at Private Prosecutors' Association)
  • Sandip Patel QC (Managing Partner at Aliant Law)
3:45pm
  • Dr Jesse Elvin (Senior Lecturer, City Law School at City University of London)
  • Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch (City Law School at City University of London)
  • Dr Jonathan Rogers (University Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Faculty of Law at University of Cambridge, and Director at Criminal Law Reform Now Network)
  • Professor Claire de Than, University of London and Jersey Law Commission
Virtual meeting

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