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What is a Criminal Defence Review?

A Criminal Defence Review is a thorough and comprehensive review and examination of all aspects of a criminal case. Resolve Legal Solutions are engaged during these reviews to support the defendant’s legal teams in a number of ways. These reviews are crucial to ensure that every defendant receives a fair trial and that their legal rights are protected.

How Resolve Legal Solutions can help

We are skilled in the procedures necessary to undertake an effective case review on behalf of the defence and are able to support their legal teams in a number of ways.

  • Witness Statements: RLS can attend the addresses of witnesses in order to obtain witness statements from people who may be able to provide evidence relating to the case. We are also able to trace witnesses for the defence team.
  • CCTV: We can make visits to sites in order to find out if there is any CCTV evidence that can be used. We can also recheck any CCTV that has been entered by the prosecution to ensure that nothing has been missed or misinterpreted. If it is thought likely that CCTV may have a role to play it is crucial we get this evidence as soon as possible to make sure that it is not lost or recorded over.
  • Scene Reports: RLS can attend the scene of the alleged crime and gather photographs, sketches, and any other information that may be pertinent to the case and which can be used to reconstruct the crime scene at a later date. This helps people to visualise the setting and see if the incident could have happened as alleged.
  • Non-attending Witnesses: Once the trial is underway we can help tracking down any non-attending witnesses and serve them with a summons ensuring they attend court.

Why are Criminal Defence Reviews Needed?

There are key values that underpin the justice system in England. Independence, Impartiality and Integrity are the main principles that justice is built on and this means that everybody, no matter the circumstances or the alleged crime, should have access to a fair, impartial trial based on the rule of law.

If a legal team is representing somebody who has been accused of a crime then they are duty bound to ensure that all of the relevant evidence is put forward and every effort has been made to collect, collate and disclose that evidence.

Resolve Legal Solutions are here to support legal teams do the best job they can for their clients by helping to collect that evidence. There have been several high-profile miscarriages of justice in recent years and it is imperative that any mistakes of the past are not repeated.