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15 July 2003
In November 2002, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Healey MP and the Attorney General, the Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith QC, agreed to set up an independent review into current practices and procedures relating to disclosure, associated investigation techniques and case management in HM Customs and Excise criminal cases.
This Butterfield review has now been published and is available below in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).
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Foreword, Introduction and Executive Summary (50kb)
Chapter 1 Background (40kb)
Chapter 2 Excise fraud in the Nineties (20kb)
Chapter 3 London City Bond (60kb)
Chapter 4 The Trials (140kb)
Chapter 5 The Appeals (40kb)
Chapter 6 The Liverpool Hearings (90kb)
Chapter 7 Other Proceedings (25kb)
Chapter 8 What Went Wrong (40kb)
Chapter 9 Then and Now - The Changes and Perceptions (60kb)
Chapter 10 Law Enforcement (111kb)
Chapter 11 Solicitor´s Office (100kb)
Chapter 12 The Criminal Justice System (95kb)
Glossary of Terms and Appendices (240kb)