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Letter to the Editor of the Sunday Times
CCRC complains to IPSO about Times article on the independence of the Commission
We were very disappointed about the recent article in The Times headlined “Watchdog’s work was not independent, court rules” (page 56 of The Times 23rd July*).
CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher’s letter to The Spectator, submitted 23/08/2019
Pitcher OBE to The Spectator, submitted on 23/08/2019. It relates to Matthew Scott’s online article of 16/08/2019.
CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher’s letter to The Times re: “Ministers bullied justice watchdog” article
This letter was submitted to The Times on July 30 in relation to an article that appeared the day before. It was not published so we have made it available here.
Six new Commissioners appointed to Criminal Cases Review Commission
Six new Commissioners have been appointed to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
CCRC disclosure review update
The second phase of the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s internal review of disclosure is now well underway with more than twenty detailed reviews completed.
CCRC Chairman Helen Pitcher welcomes independent scrutiny of Commission from publication of Government’s Tailored Review and new academic research
It is a stroke of good fortune for me that within a few months of my starting as Chairman of the Criminal Cases Review Commission there should be two separate and independent accounts scrutinizing how the organisation does its job.