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CCRC releases response to Independent Criminal Legal Aid review

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Published on: 17 June 2021

Published by LNB News

LNB News 17/06/2021

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Issue Date: 17 June 2021

Published Date: 17 June 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England and Wales

Article summary

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has published its response to the Independent Criminal Legal Aid review (ICLAR). This follows its recent response to the University of Sussex report on legal aid. The CCRC has identified similar themes to the Sussex report and ‘has thrown its weight behind ICLARs latest review’. The CCRC has said that many of its applicants have applied without exhausting their appeal rights. The CCRC has further said that it remains concerned that the current legal aid syndrome has ‘led to a marked decline in the number of practitioners who are able and willing to assist with applications made to the official body investigating potential miscarriages of justice’.

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