Falconer backs public Iraq probe – BBC News
“Former cabinet minister Lord Falconer has joined calls for the Iraq inquiry to be held ‘largely’ in public.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: inquiries
Potters Bar and Grayrigg: public inquiry into train disasters ruled out – Daily Telegraph
“A public inquiry into the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash which claimed seven lives, and the 2007 Grayrigg derailment in which an elderly passenger was killed, has been ruled out by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Brown under pressure to open Iraq inquiry to public – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown has been forced to open up the terms of the newly announced Iraq war inquiry after facing hostility to his plans from a broad coalition of former generals, former prime minister John Major and peers from all parties.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pressure grows for inquiry into deaths of elderly patients at Gosport hospital – The Guardian
“Pressure is growing for a public inquiry into a series of deaths of elderly people at a hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, as a doctor faces the General Medical Council charged with giving patients excessive doses of the drug diamorphine.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gosport deaths ‘not important enough’ to justify public inquiry – The Independent
“Questions remain after 92 elderly people died unexpectedly at the same Hampshire hospital, a story first highlighted by The IoS on 15 March.”
The Independent, 26th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Lord Carlile calls inquiry into terror bomb plot raids – The Guardian
“The operation that led to 12 men being arrested on suspicion of plotting a large al-Qaida atrocity is to be investigated by Lord Carlile, the country’s terror watchdog.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Searching for answers at Deepcut Barracks – The Times
“Four young soldiers died at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002: Sean Benton on June 9, 1995, Cheryl James on November 27, 1995, Geoff Gray on September 17, 2001, and James Collinson on March 23, 2002.”
The Times, 19th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judge refuses Iraq war ‘torture death’ probe – The Independent
“An Iraqi who claims his brother was arrested by British forces and tortured and killed during the Iraq war has failed in a High Court bid to win an inquiry into the death under human rights laws.”
The Independent, 25th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: 10 years on – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has given a speech on the report of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry published ten years ago today.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
R (L) v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) – WLR Daily
“Where a prisoner attempted to commit suicide and sustained incapacitating long-term injury the state was obliged to institute an independent initial investigation which complied with art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 27th November 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Hoon under fire for stalled crash inquiry – The Independent
“Families of the Potters Bar rail crash victims have criticised Geoff Hoon, the Transport Secretary, for delaying his decision over whether to grant a public inquiry into the accident.”
The Independent, 24th November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Year’s delay for Saville report – BBC News
“The Saville Inquiry’s report into the events of Bloody Sunday will not be completed until autumn 2009, the chairman of the inquiry has revealed.”
BBC News, 5th November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Families press for Deepcut public inquiry – The Guardian
“Families of four army recruits found dead at Deepcut barracks in Surrey will today launch a campaign for a public inquiry into the circumstances of the fatal shootings.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Minister names judge to lead Basra death inquiry – The Guardian
“A public inquiry into the death in British custody of Baha Mousa, a Basra hotel receptonist, must include other instances of abuse and what guidance was given to members of Britain’s armed forces before they were deployed to Iraq, defence lawyers and opposition MPs said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mother of July 7 bombing victim calls for inquiry – The Independent
“A mother whose son died in the 7 July bombings in London is using today’s third anniversary of the atrocity to call for a public inquiry into the incident.”
The Independent, 7th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Ombudsman quits prisoner inquiry – BBC News
“The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has quit an inquiry into the treatment of a teenage prisoner, blaming the Prison Service for unacceptable restrictions.”
BBC News, 26th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
