The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee is responsible for modernising court procedure and practice and making the Criminal Procedure Rules. These rules govern the way cases are managed and the Committee's goal is to simplify and streamline them.
We provide a secretariat to the Committee to administer its business. Engaging with partners across the criminal justice system, we help the Committee deliver the reform agenda, ensuring that proposals are practicable and that effective consultation takes place before new rules are made. We arrange recruitment of Committee members and maintain the Committee's Freedom of Information Publication Scheme and Code of Practice.
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Membership of the committee
October 2008
The Committee is chaired by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Judge and the deputy chairman is Lord Justice Hooper.
| Member | Capacity | Term of Office ends on, or is to be reviewed by: |
| The Right Honourable Lord Justice Hooper | A Court of Appeal judge | 31 August 2011 |
| The Right Honourable Lord Justice Thomas | A Court of Appeal judge | 31 August 2012 |
| Mr Justice Openshaw | A High Court judge | 31 August 2009 |
| To be confirmed |
A person nominated by the Lord Chancellor |
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His Honour Judge Charles Wide, QC Reappointed August 2008 |
Circuit judge |
31 August 2012 |
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His Honour Judge Roderick Denyer, QC Reappointed August 2007 |
Circuit judge | 31 August 2011 |
| District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Stephen Dawson | A District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) | 31 August 2011 |
| Nicholas Moss | A magistrate (lay justice) | 31 August 2011 |
| Tessa Szagun | A Justices' Clerk | 31 August 2012 |
| Keir Starmer, QC | Director of Public Prosecutions | ex officio |
| Patrick Gibbs, QC | A barrister with a Supreme Court qualification and with particular experience of practice in criminal courts | 31 August 2012 |
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Tom Little Re-appointed 2007 |
A barrister similarly qualified and experienced | 31 August 2011 |
| Michael Caplan, QC | A solicitor with the right to conduct litigation in relation to all proceedings in the Supreme Court and with particular experience in criminal courts | 31 August 2012 |
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Derek French Reappointed 2007 |
A solicitor similarly qualified and experienced | 31 August 2011 |
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Martin Baker, QPM Reappointed 2008 |
Chief Constable, Dorset Constabulary A representative of the Association of Chief Police Officers |
31 August 2012 |
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James Riches Reappointed 2008 |
From the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (Nacro) A person to represent voluntary organisations with a direct interest in the work of the criminal courts |
31 August 2012 |
| Jeremy Corbett, CBE |
From Victim Support A person to represent voluntary organisations with a direct interest in the work of the criminal courts |
31 August 2012 |