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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) The Practical Guide to Public Inquiries by Isabelle Mitchell Peter Watkin Jones Sarah Jones Emma Ireton
Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers working on inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry this book provides an invaluable comprehensive guide to the public inquiry process. With its user-friendly format of summaries checklists ‘top tips’ and flow charts this book the first practical guide to public inquiries provides guidance from the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on:- the appointment of the chairman and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue;- the drawing up of inquiry procedures protocols and rulings;- the appointment and role of core participants;- evidence taking;- conducting and attending hearings;- the role of experts;- the writing and publication of the inquiry report.