CPS: Disclosure of Evidence Debate

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CPS: Disclosure of Evidence

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Monday 18th December 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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My Lords, the terms of any review are yet to be determined, but it will be an internal review into the particulars of this case.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab)
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But that is where the problem lies. The noble Lord’s question is relevant: what about all the other cases? I have handled a lot of cases over the years in which people have been accused of rape. What about those cases in which a mistake or error of judgment was made?

Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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My Lords, here is a criminal cases review board, which was set up to address the sorts of issue to which the noble Lord refers.