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Information From Jordans LLP To Help You Through the Legal Maze
The biggest decision you can ever make which is your choice of Solicitor . You may have been lucky with your random lottery of duty solicitor but if not act now because the consequence of having the wrong representation may effect your whole case .
You should contact the Law Society who will give you the names of suitable solicitors who you should grill about their experience . Alternatively if you have been reccomended to a good firm go with the reccomendation .
Applying to the CCRC
Innocence Projects What's it all about ?
Applications to the CCRC can seem to be a rather informal affair , with a user friendly application form .
There are however quite a lot of important matters that you need to give consideration to .
Research indicates that you will fair considerably better if you are represented and in doing so you need to be really clear on the submissions you are making .
Visit our guide on how to make an application to maximise your chances of the application proceeding swiftly and efficiently .
Innocence Projects are now becoming a key part of the miscarriage Landscape .
The innocence network is a collection of universities employing students to work on investing miscarriages of justice .
This is a well established formula brought to the UK and set up by Bristol and Leeds University through Dr Michael Naughton . Mark Newby was proud to be one of the legal supporters upon its foundation .
Give it a try .
Will I have to serve more time if I lose my appeal ?
A common misconception is that the Court of Appeal will order that all of your time served whilst waiting your appeal will have to e reserved if you lose your appeal .
This is wrong . If you pursue an appeal without any merit especially if you are unrepresented then the Court will consider loss of time orders ut it will rarely e in excess of 28 days . If you have a good argument thne run it the Court may be a tough tribunal but it will rarely punish you for pursuing an appeal which is at least arguable .
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