CCRC chronology
CCRC submission timeline
Every filing on the public record in the Lucy Letby CCRC application, as recorded in the chronology the Criminal Cases Review Commission itself published on 13 February 2026 — an unprecedented step by the Commission, taken to limit possible misunderstandings about the time it has spent reviewing the case. The last filing on it is dated 21 January 2026.
Why the CCRC published the chronology
The Commission’s own statement accompanying the chronology emphasised: “We make impartial, evidence-based decisions. We do not make decisions on the basis of external pressure from anyone.” The CCRC clarified that its role is to identify potential miscarriages of justice for appellate-court referral, not to determine guilt or innocence itself. The Commission has since said that further comment on the review will not be provided while the review is under way.
Preliminary application received
The CCRC received the preliminary application on behalf of Lucy Letby on the evening of Monday 3 February 2025.
CCRC requests legal waiver of privilege
The CCRC requested a legal waiver of privilege over the defence files held by Lucy Letby's trial legal team.
Experts' reports received
Independent experts' reports filed in support of the application.
Additional expert reports received
Further independent experts' reports filed.
Main submissions received
The main written submissions from Mark McDonald KC's legal team received.
Further expert report on new topic
Further expert report on a topic not previously covered received.
Notice of forthcoming submissions
Notice from the defence team of forthcoming submissions on an expert report and additional topic.
Further submissions received (not on previously-mentioned topics)
Further written submissions received from the defence team, on matters separate from those previously notified.
Waiver of privilege and defence material received
The legal waiver of privilege over the original trial defence files, and the underlying defence material, received by the CCRC.
Further submissions and expert reports received
The tenth and most recent filing recorded on the Commission's published chronology. The chronology itself was published three weeks later, on 13 February 2026.
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The CCRC review remains active. Receipt of an application is not a finding; the CCRC refers cases on a “real possibility” test under section 13 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, and refers roughly 3% of applications it receives. The Commission has said the review will be lengthy: a source quoted in The Justice Gap indicated the process could take “years, not months”.
Source: the Chair’s statement of 13 February 2026 on the Commission’s own site; reporting by The Justice Gap and the CCRC’s own announcement of 4 February 2025.