1.Previous
3.Next

imposable by the court. This royal commission's recommendation was not implemented by all police forces, however, and so in 1977, another was set up, this time headed by Sir Cyril Philips. It was reported in 1981, recommending that a single unified team, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), be made responsible for all public prosecutions in England and Wales. The example of the procurator fiscal system in Scotland was influential in encouraging this recommendation.

1.Previous
3.Next