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Committee on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases: Evidence and Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 280
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HO 280
Papers of the Committee under the chairmanship of Lord Devlin on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases. They consist of files of evidence, correspondence, notes and minutes of meetings, and transcripts of judgments in the Court of Appeal...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 280
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases: Evidence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Committee under the chairmanship of Lord Devlin on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases. They consist of files of evidence, correspondence, notes and minutes of meetings, and transcripts of judgments in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases, 1974-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 81 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The committee was appointed by the Home Secretary on 1 May 1974, under the Chairmanship of the Rt Hon Lord Devlin. Its terms of reference were: "To review, in the light of the wrongful convictions of Mr Luke Dougherty and Mr Laszlo Virag, and of other relevant cases, all aspects of the law and procedure relating to evidence of identification in criminal cases; and to make recommendations."
The Committee's report was made as a Return (numbered 338) to an Order of the House of Commons dated 26 April 1976. A result of the Committee's report was the publication by HMSO of Home Office Circular No 109, 1978, Identification parades and the use of photographs, which reviewed procedures and gave administration guidelines which reflected the Committee's recommendations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9144/
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Committee on Evidence of Identity in Criminal Cases: Evidence and Papers