On the day of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Unaoil case, the Attorney General Suella Braverman has commissioned an independent review of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) failings identified in the case, including disclosure failings.
Sir David Calvert-Smith - a former director of public prosecutions and High Court judge who has led several independent reviews including one into racism within the police service - will lead this review.
The review will look at what went wrong in the Unaoil case and what changes are needed at the SFO to ensure that the failings identified in the judgment cannot happen again, especially in relation to contact with third-parties and disclosure.
