Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) The Criminal Cases Review Commission is the independent public body set up to investigate possible miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Commission assesses whether convictions or sentences should be referred to a court of appeal.
 

Case Library

Other information in this section:


 Cases we have referred
 Case statistics
 Legislation
 
 

Case Statistics

Figures to 30 June 2008

 10894
 201
 414
 10279 (including ineligible) 392 referrals
 365 (255 quashed, 108 upheld, 2 reserved)


*Total applications includes 279 cases transferred from the Home Office when the Commission was set up in 1997.

 

 
 



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