Inquiry announces timetable for justice impact hearings (24-28 February 2025)
The provisional timetable for the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's opening week of justice impact hearings (24-28 February 2025) is as follows:
| Week two – 24-28 February | |
|---|---|
| Monday 24 February – finishing at 12.45pm | Panel, Scottish Police Federation
Gavin Redmond, GEOAmey |
| Tuesday 25 February – finishing at 2.45pm | Panel, Legal Services Agency
Roddy Dunlop KC, Faculty of Advocates Angus McIntosh, Castlemilk Law Centre |
| Wednesday 26 February – finishing at 3.00pm | Panel, Social Work Scotland
Ann Lafferty, The Advocacy Project Annie Mauger-Thompson, Sacro |
| Friday 28 February | Elliot Jackson, Children’s Hearings Scotland Panel, The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
Sarah-Jane Crews, Partners in Advocacy Children’s Hearings Scotland Panel Members
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Sessions usually start at 10am and finish at 4pm. Daily timetables are published on the Hearings page on the Inquiry’s website. Please check the Inquiry’s social media account on X or Bluesky for live updates on session start and break times.
Requests to attend
The Inquiry is now accepting requests to attend for the second week of its justice impact hearings.
The Inquiry has contacted all core participants with leave to appear by email in relation to requests to attend.
Requests to attend must be submitted by email to hearingsandwitnesses@covid19inquiry.scot by 5pm on Thursday 20 February 2025 with the following information:
- group or organisation (if applicable);
- name of person(s) attending; and
- role (e.g. group member, legal/lay representative/member of the public).
The Inquiry will respond to requests to attend as soon as possible after the closing date. Anyone wishing to attend a hearing in person must request a place in advance.
For those not attending in person, proceedings can be watched on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel, which also has broadcasts of all the Inquiry’s previous hearings.
Further guidance for witnesses and attendees is available on the Information for Witnesses and Attendees page.
Please direct media enquiries to media@covid19inquiry.scot.
The Inquiry is committed to being trauma-informed and person-centred and welcomes feedback in relation to attendance at hearings. Please send any queries or feedback to hearingsandwitnesses@covid19inquiry.scot.