Inquiries Jermaine Baker Inquiry Reported

Reports & recommendations

26 recommendations, each with the government response on the record. Filter by government response or delivery status.

Title Volume Publication Date Recommendations Links
Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker - 05 Jul 2022 26

Recommendations (1)

JB-15.21
Not accepted

Amend Criminal Procedure Rules for firearms court applications

Recommendation

There should be an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Rules which govern the process in applications for a firearms presence in court – a requirement for witness statements, sworn evidence and the taping of proceedings should all be included.

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In October 2022, Lord Justice Holroyde, deputy chairman of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, stated on behalf of the Committee that the recommendation was not accepted, noting that while it would be content if the Senior Presiding Judge proposed amending relevant Criminal Practice Directions currently under review, members unanimously considered Practice Directions the more appropriate authority and agreed that "Criminal Procedure Rules should not be substituted for those Directions" (Lord Justice Holroyde response, Oct 2022). The record holds no update since the Committee's response of October 2022 (Lord Justice Holroyde response, Oct 2022).

Criminal Procedure Rule Committee · 31 Oct 2022 Not accepted
Words of: Lord Justice Holroyde, deputy chairman of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, on behalf of the Committee, in a letter to HH Clement Goldstone KC, 31 October 2022
As explained in the paper, the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice presently are under review. If in the light of the Inquiry report the Senior Presiding Judge were to propose the amendment of the relevant directions, then the Committee would be content. However, members were unanimously of the view that the Practice Directions remain the more appropriate source of authority for the arrangements concerned and that Criminal Procedure Rules should not be substituted for those Directions.
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