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30 The Nature of Law and the Welsh and English Legal Systems • Runciman Commission: established the Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates possible miscarriages of justice and can recommend a retrial at the Court of Appeal. Public inquiries These are set up, usually as a response to a significant event, and will examine options for changing the law as a result of some failing by the government or the current law. Examples include: • Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: concluded that the Metropolitan Police had been institutionally racist in its handling of the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence. Some recommendations were implemented, such as the requirement for a Racial Equality Scheme in all police forces. • Bloody Sunday Inquiry : British soldiers were found to have shot dead unarmed and already injured civilians in Ireland. • Leveson Inquiry : looked at the culture, practice and ethics of the press after allegations of the press invading the privacy of celebrities using tactics such as telephone hacking. Other ad hoc committees Other temporary committees are set up at the request of a particular government minister to investigate, and produce a report about, specific areas of law. Examples include: • Auld Report : investigated the workings of the criminal justice system. Recommendations from this report resulted in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 . • Woolf Report : investigated the civil procedure system. Its recommendations resulted in one of the biggest changes to civil procedure in the form of the Access to Justice Act 1999 . Law reform in Wales There are particular influences on law reform in Wales. Welsh Language Society / Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg This is a direct-action pressure group in Wales which campaigns for the rights of Welsh people to use the Welsh language in every aspect of their lives. It has contributed to the passing of various Welsh Language Acts to increase opportunities to learn and use the Welsh language. These Acts also created the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner and the Welsh TV channel, S4C. Yes for Wales / le dros Gymru This is a pressure group that wants increased devolution in Wales, possibly even a fully independent Wales. Cymuned This Welsh community pressure group was established in 2001 and campaigns on behalf of Welsh-speaking and rural communities, which it perceives to be under threat due to demographic changes. WJEC The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a highly publicised inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Make a list of the priorities for the inquiry. This link may help: www.grenfelltowerinquiry. org.uk/news/prime-minister- announces-inquiry-terms- reference STRETCH AND CHALLENGE institutional racism: a public or private body’s operation or policies and procedure are deemed to be racist. KEY TERMINOLOGY