The former solicitor general and conservative peer Lord Garnier has said the situation at the miscarriage of justice watchdog is “beyond a joke” and leaves “a big hole in our criminal justice fleet”.
Following revelations in the Guardian about the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)’s spending on expensive French business courses for its chief executive and allegations about its “absent” leadership, Garnier said it was time to ask the justice secretary: “Have you got a grip on this?”
