Criminal Cases Review Body ‘Must Win Back Trust’ as Interim Chairwoman Announced

Criminal cases review body ‘must win back trust’ as interim chairwoman announced

Dame Vera Baird KC will carry out an urgent review into the running of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.A former victims commissioner has been appointed ...

Dame Vera Baird appointed interim Chair of Criminal Cases Review Commission

THE CRIMINAL CASES REVIEW COMMISSION has welcomed the appointment of Dame Vera Baird DBE KC as its interim Chair, following an announcement by the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday (June 3). Dame Vera, a distinguished KC and former Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, brings with her decades of experience in the criminal justice system, having also served as Solicitor General and as Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria. In a statem…