On 9 February 2022, the Attorney General, Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP, commissioned an independent review of the Serious Fraud Office to look at what went wrong in the Unaoil case and what changes were needed to ensure that the failings identified in the judgment do not happen again.
Sir David Calvert-Smith, a former Director of Public Prosecutions and High Court judge led the review.
Commenting on the Review, the Attorney General said:
"I wish to thank Sir David and the team for carrying out the Review. I have considered the findings carefully and discussed these with the Director of the SFO. We both accept the recommendations made by Sir David. I commissioned this Review to ensure that lessons are learned so that the failings we saw in the Unaoil case do not happen again. This remains a priority for the Director and me.
"Building on work already undertaken by the SFO a clear plan of action to respond to the Review recommendations has been developed. I will be closely monitoring the SFO's progress and delivery of that plan and will provide an update to Parliament in November 2022 and February 2023.
"I am aware that the SFO has received recommendations made by Brian Altman QC, following the Independent Review he conducted for the SFO following the 'R v Woods and Marshall' judgment and the SFO will be publishing
