As I reported in some detail yesterday afternoon, the chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has decided to leave her job after an independent panel concluded by a majority that she should no longer head the body that reviews suspected miscarriages of justice. Successive justice secretaries had lost confidence in Helen Pitcher because of her handling of the Andrew Malkinson case.
Pitcher made some pretty punchy comments in the resignation letter I published yesterday. And the panel that advised the King to sack her didn’t mince its words either. In this exclusive interview for A Lawyer Talks, Pitcher reveals why she stayed, why she went and why she is resisting calls to step down from her role at the Judicial Appointments Commission.
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