Tag: Courts and Tribunals Bill
Briefing: Discontinuance and Victims Right to Review (Amendment 49)
It details calls by the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, Claire Waxman OBE, for enabling the CPS to end proceedings at a later point, allowing for a case to be reinstated where a Victims Right to Review concludes that the prosecution was ended in error.
Briefing: Courts Inspectorate
This document sets out proposals for an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill to establish HM Inspectorate of Criminal Courts Administration.
Briefing: Section 28 Pre-Recorded Evidence
This document sets out proposals for an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill for an automatic right to provide pre-recorded video evidence.
Briefing: Automatic Special Measures (Amendment 52)
This document sets out proposals for an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill for an automatic right to access certain special measures in court.
Briefing: Jury Directions (Amendment 50)
This document sets out proposals for an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill requiring Judges to give jury directions in sexual violence and domestic abuse cases.
Briefing: Courts and Tribunals Bill – Second Reading (October 2026)
This document outlines proposed amendments to the Courts and Tribunals Bill, designed to address the Victims' Commissioner's three main priorities for the Bill.
The King’s Speech offers a chance to rebuild victims’ trust in the justice system
Delivering meaningful reform would be one of the clearest signals that this government is serious about its commitment to victims.
Letter to the Chair of the Courts and Tribunals Bill Committee, Sir John Hayes
The Chief Executive of the Office of the Victims’ Commissioner, Susannah Hancock, wrote to the Chair of the Public Bill Committee on the Courts and Tribunals Bill to formally raise concerns about conduct during the Committee’s evidence session on 25 March 2026.
Written submission to the Public Bill Committee: Courts and Tribunals Bill
This page contains the Victims' Commissioner's written submission to the Public Bill Committee on the Courts and Tribunals Bill.