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The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has today referred Hanif Patel’s conviction for an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007 to the Court of Appeal.

Six further ‘Post Office’ cases have been referred by the CCRC. The cases of Mohammed Aslam, Amanda Barber, Norman Barber, Anthony Gant, Balbir Grewal and David Hughes, will be heard at Southwark Crown Court at a date yet to be confirmed.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) has referred the conviction of Ms G to the Crown Court.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘CCRC’) has referred to the Court of Appeal the sentence which Mr Trendell received for causing grievous bodily harm with intent and false imprisonment.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”) has today referred Mr Texo Johnson’s 1972 conviction for assault with intent to rob to the Court of Appeal.

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has managed to trace a missing member of ‘The Stockwell Six’ after launching a recent appeal to find two more men they believe were also wrongly convicted.

Today, three more men finally had their names cleared as the Court of Appeal quashed their convictions after they were jailed nearly 50 years ago on the word of a detective with the British Transport Police who was later found to be corrupt.

Today, three more men finally had their names cleared as the Court of Appeal quashed their convictions after they were jailed nearly 50 years ago on the word of a detective with the British Transport Police who was later found to be corrupt.

Following its recent response to the University of Sussex report on legal aid, the CCRC has also fed into the consultation on the same topic – led by the Independent Criminal Legal Aid Review (ICLAR).