Context
A letter signed by senior barristers and legal academics, coordinated via the Bar Council and published in The Times in April 2025. The letter called on the Criminal Cases Review Commission to prioritise an urgent review of the safety of Ms Letby’s convictions in the light of the February 2025 Panel report.
Key passages
Bar Council signatories
We write as senior barristers and legal academics with no shared position on the ultimate guilt or innocence of Ms Letby. We write because public confidence in the criminal justice system requires that when material new expert evidence is placed on the record, it is examined promptly and independently. The Shoo Lee Panel report is such evidence.
Bar Council signatories
We call on the Criminal Cases Review Commission to treat this application as a priority, and we call on the Lord Chancellor to give the Commission the resources it needs to do so.
What to read alongside this
See our summary of the Panel press conference and the CCRC application entry on the timeline.