This section of the website contains the Chairman’s Opening Statement at the Inquiry’s Initial Hearing and Decisions he has taken about, for example, the core participants in the Inquiry.
The Inquiry held two Preliminary Hearings - an Initial Hearing on 20 October 2008 and a Procedural Hearing on 21 November 2008.
The first of the main hearings were held between 2 June and 10 July 2009 in Maryhill Community Central Hall, Glasgow, G20 7YE. More information about the venue is in this section.
Inquiry hearings began again on Tuesday 22 September until 27 November 2009 and were open to the public.
The normal sitting pattern was:
Tuesday to Thursday 10:00 - 16:00
Friday 10:00 - 15:00
Lunch break 13:00 - 13:50
There was also usually one short break in each of the morning and afternoon.
A full transcript of the proceedings at all the hearings is in this section, organised by date. This is where you can read what people say in the hearings. It will include statements by Inquiry Counsel, and oral evidence given by witnesses.
Relevant evidence will also be published in this section, concerning both documents and witnesses.