Judge-led inquiries

3 strengths of public inquries

1. More legitimate as beyond politics

2. More trusted than Plmt inquiry

3. Statutory Inquiries can take evidence under oath and subpoena witnesses so evidence definitely true

2 limits to public inquiries

1. Very expensive due to legal expertise

2. Take a looong time to publish (Chilcott Inquiry)

Cost of Bloody Sunday Inquiry

£210.6m

J-L I — Saville Inquiry (1998-2010)

• 30 January 1972 26 people shot and 14 people killed during protest in Derry

  • SR found British soldiers were to blame and caused Cameron to apologise on behalf of gov’t

J-L I — Hutton Inquiry (2003)

• Into death of David Kelly, 🇺🇳 weapons inspector in 🇮🇶

  • Had been source of suggestions about ‘sexing up’ of 🇮🇶 Dossier

• Inquiry looked into relationship between Blair’s gov’t and press

J-L I — Leveson Inquiry (2011-2012)

• Phone Hacking Scandal

  • Looked into relationships between all recent gov’ts and Murdoch, as well as Cameron’s gov’t as editor during scandal went on to be his Director of Communications