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Clause 27 should be amended so that victims and their families can request investigations after...

Conclusion
Clause 27 should be amended so that victims and their families can request investigations after the five-year time-limit on the same terms as public authorities, namely where an investigation is necessary for the purposes of ECHR compatibility, or where new evidence (known or reasonably suspected to exist) means there is a realistic prospect of information obtained through the investigation being provided to a prosecutor. (Recommendation, Paragraph 140) The Independent Commission on Information Retrieval
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Report published 07 Sep 2026