LONDON, Feb. 12 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:
In a February 2025postwecommitted to updating on the findings of our review of past cases on our legacye-discoverysystem and this work is almost complete.
Weidentified66 historic conviction cases that used our legacy Autonomy system, which we needed tocheckto seewhether there was any material which might cast doubt upon the safety of any past conviction.
Onlythreecases now remain to be reviewed, andIcanconfirmthat we havenotfoundanymaterial which casts doubt upon the safety of any past conviction.
Reviewing these past cases has been a crucial step in meeting ourpost-conviction disclosureobligations to defendants and we have contacted every defendant possible to share the findings and process of review with them.
If you are a defendant andbelieve your case may have been affected,andhave not heard from usalready, please contact us directlyviapublicenquiries@sfo.gov.uk.
A further update
In lateNovember2025, we discovered a different issue with our legacy e-discovery systemAutonomy,which means we have begun some further reviews on past cases.
This issue relates to howsomedigital container files wereexpanded onoursystem, meaning someitemsmaynothavebeenavailable for review on the platform.
We believe the issuemay haveaffectedapproximately 20 cases, of which we have already resolvedonefinding no evidence of any material having been missed.Steps are now being taken toreviewtheothercases.
As before, we continue to discuss this work and our review process with theAttorney General's OfficeandHM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
We take our obligationsas a responsible prosecutorvery seriously and we recognise that, although we have not seen any evidence of this,we need to satisfy ourselves that norelevant and disclosable materialwasmissed.
This issue does not affect our current e-discovery system.
We will share a further update on conclusion of the reviews.
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