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Day 1 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's justice impact hearings.

Date: 18 February 2024
Time: 1pm

 

Please note the timetable below is provisional and subject to change.

Timetable

  • 13.00–13.30
    Opening statement – David Turner, Junior Counsel to the Inquiry
  • 13.30–14.45
    Stephen McGowan, Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)

Watch day 1 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's justice system impact hearings – afternoon session

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Related evidence

Witness Statement provided by Stephen McGowan on behalf of Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, dated 13/01/2025
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000002
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Written statements to the Inquiry

Paper from the Criminal Justice Board titled Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Criminal Justice System, dated 11/08/2020
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000006
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Documentary evidence

Guidance from the Lord Advocate titled Lord Advocate's Guidelines: Liberation by the Police COVID-19 or Coronavirus, dated March 2020
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000008
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Documentary evidence

Guidance from the Lord Advocate titled Lord Advocate's Guidelines: Liberation by the Police COVID-19 or Coronavirus, version 2, dated 30/03/2020 [PA]
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000009
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Documentary evidence

Minutes of the Scottish Parliament Meeting, dated 24/03/2020 [PA]
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000020
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Documentary evidence

Letter from the Right Honourable (Rt. Hon) W. James Wolffe Queens Council (QC) (Lord Advocate) to Margaret Mitchell MSP (Convenor of the Justice Committee, Scottish Parliament) regarding COVID-19, dated 20/05/2020
Control number:
SCI-COPFSx-000021
Hearing Date:
18/02/2025
Hearing type:
Justice impact hearings
Publication type:
Documentary evidence