Preliminary hearing, 13 July 2020

The Manchester Arena Inquiry preliminary hearing due to take place on Thursday 9 July was rescheduled. The hearing took place at 10:00 on Monday 13 July and was held remotely and live-streamed on the Inquiry’s Youtube channel.

The Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, Sir John Saunders, has made a ruling on the application for Core Participant status by Kyle Lawler, and a ruling on the disclosure of the Security Experts’ report to the Health and Safety Executive. These rulings follow the submissions via video link on Monday 13 July. Read the rulings in full here (see Directions, orders, responses and rulings section).