Policy Reports and Submissions to Policy Inquiries

FEATURED SUBMISSIONS

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Submissions to Select Committee inquiries

‘Judicial Review and Courts Bill’ – Public Bill Committee
Dr Rebecca Helm submitted evidence on the impact that remote hearings may have on guilty plea rates, especially in children.
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‘Investigation and prosecution of rape’ – Home Affairs Committee
Dr Rebecca Helm submitted evidence on difficulties faced by juries (and even experts) in cases where evaluations of competing testimony are central to determinations of guilt
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‘Open Justice: Court Reporting in the Digital Age’ – Justice Select Committee
Dr Rebecca Helm submitted evidence on the impact that remote hearings may have on guilty plea rates, and the implications of this impact for open justice.
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Submissions to Post Office Inquiry (the Williams Inqiuiry)

‘Responding to Notice of Preliminary Hearing’ – Williams Inquiry
Our team submitted this feedback in response to the Notice of Preliminary Hearing from the Williams Inquiry
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‘Oral Submissions’ – Williams Inquiry
Delivered in Parliament by Professor Richard Moorhead
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Incentivized Admission Reports

‘Guilty Pleas in Children’ – Rebecca K. Helm
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‘Cautions in Children’ – Rebecca K. Helm
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Submissions we have supported

‘Judicial Review and Courts Bill’ – Fair Trials
We endorsed Fair Trials’ submission on the proposed introduction of online and written plea procedures for child defendants
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