Preliminary hearing, 17 August has been vacated
The hearing will be rescheduled to take place at a later date.
Information relating to hearings – including dates and transcripts – will be made available as the Inquiry progresses.
Preliminary hearing, 23 July 2020
A preliminary hearing was held on 23 July 2020 at 11.00am via Zoom to discuss the topic of Restriction Orders. Given the topic of the hearing, proceedings were not live-streamed to the Inquiry Youtube channel.
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Preliminary hearing, 13 July 2020
A preliminary hearing was held on 13 July 2020 at 10.00am via video link only and was live-streamed to the Inquiry’s YouTube channel.
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Preliminary hearing, 2 June 2020
A preliminary hearing was held on 2 June 2020 via video link only and was live-streamed to the Inquiry’s YouTube channel. The hearing considered a Core Participant application made by the Fire Brigades Union.
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Preliminary hearing, 7 April 2020
A preliminary hearing was held on 7 April 2020 via video link only. It had an amended agenda to deal with one issue; an application for designation as Core Participants survivors of the Arena attack.
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Preliminary hearing, 28 January 2020
On 28 January 2020, the Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, Sir John Saunders, held a further preliminary hearing at Manchester Town Hall in Central Manchester.
Further hearings are planned for 20 March 2020 and 6 May 2020
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Preliminary hearing, 22 November 2019
On 22 November 2019, the Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, Sir John Saunders, held a preliminary hearing at Manchester Town Hall in Central Manchester.