Guidance

Review of closed material procedure in the Justice and Security Act 2013

Statutory review of the operation of sections 6-11 on closed material procedure (CMP) in the Justice and Security Act 2013.

From:
Ministry of Justice
Published
25 February 2021
Last updated
1 December 2022 — See all updates

Sir Duncan Ouseley, the reviewer

Sir Duncan Ouseley was called to the Bar (G) in 1973, took Silk in 1992, (NI) in 1997 and was elected a Bencher in 2000. He was appointed a Recorder in 1994, a Judge of the High Court (Queen’s Bench) in 2000 and Chairman of the Special Immigration Appeal Commission from 2003 to 2006. He was appointed President of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal from 2003 to 2005 and Lead Judge, Administrative Court from 2010 to 2015. The Honourable Sir Duncan Brian Walter Ouseley retired from the High Court (Queen’s Bench) with effect from 17 May 2019.

Terms of reference

Terms of Reference (PDF, 107 KB, 1 page)

Key background documents

Secretariat

The secretariat to the review is provided by Civil Service officials based at the Ministry of Justice.

Call for evidence

A call for evidence for this review took place from 7 April to 30 June 2021.

Next steps

Section 13 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 contains a requirement to review the operation of CMP. The report must cover the period from 25 June 2013 to 24 June 2018, the first five years of operation of CMP. Sir Duncan Ouseley, a former High Court Judge, conducted the review. Sir Duncan began in February 2021 and completed his report in December 2021. The review report has been laid before Parliament and is available below.

Independent report on the operation of closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013 (PDF, 1.02 MB, 229 pages)

Independent report on the operation of closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013 (large print version) (PDF, 1.23 MB, 551 pages)

Adroddiad annibynnol ar weithrediad y weithdrefn deunydd caeedig o dan Ddeddf Cyfiawnder a Diogelwch 2013 (PDF, 1.18 MB, 234 pages)

Contact the reviewer

Email: JSA-CMP-statutoryreview@justice.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 25 February 2021
Last updated 1 December 2022 + show all updates

  1. Independent report on the operation of closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013 published.

  2. Next steps updated.

  3. Next steps updated.

  4. Next steps section updated.

  5. Next steps updated.

  6. Call for evidence closed.

  7. Deadline for the call for evidence has been extended to Wednesday 30 June 2021.

  8. Call for evidence published.

  9. First published.

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