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.
Witnesses 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), Paul Jarvis (Committee Member at Criminal Law Reform Now Network), Andrew Marshall (Partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon), and Stephen Wooler CB (Committee Member at Criminal Law Reform Now Network)
Witnesses Mr Ron Warmington (Managing Director at Second Sight Support Services Ltd), Ian Henderson (Director at Second Sight Support Services Ltd), Alison Levitt QC (Barrister, 2 Hare Court at Private Prosecutors' Association), Mr Gareth Minty, Sandip Patel QC (Managing Partner at Aliant Law), 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), and Professor Claire de Than, University of London and Jersey Law Commission (University of London and Jersey Law Commission)