The Government has upgraded the inquiry that was announced shortly after Lucy Letby’s conviction to a full statutory inquiry.
A statutory public inquiry is run according to rules set out in the Inquiries Act 2005 and Inquiry Rules 2006 and, whilst it is established by the Government, the inquiry is run independently of the Government.
"It is also extremely important that the families are at the centre of the inquiry and their questions are answered."In non-statutory inquiries witnesses can decide not to participate if, for example, they are concerned that they may face professional and criminal sanctions. The inquiry into the Paterson case, at which Kashmir gave evidence, was a non-statutory inquiry and, as such, some of the clinicians who were invited to give evidence decided not to participate.
Such penalties are appropriate where there is a risk that individuals whose evidence may be incriminating and could result in further criminal charges, such as corporate manslaughter or gross negligence manslaughter, may not attend voluntarily.
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