DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY STATE INVESTIGATION BODIES AND CORONERS TO BEREAVED FAMILIES 

2.00	Disclosure of Information by Investigation Bodies
	
This session will consider what information the police, the Health and Safety Executive and other investigative bodies can and should provide to bereaved families (and their advisors/legal representatives) during an on-going investigation.

Chair; David Bergman, Centre for Corporate Accountability

Speakers:		
DI Steve Kirkpatrick 	Major Crime Unit, Thames Valley Police; Family 
Liaison Officer Co-ordinator
Jennifer Terry		Head of Litigation, Health and Safety Executive
Leo Pilkington 	Police Complaints Authority
		Paddy O'Connor QC
	
2.40 		Discussion

3.40		Tea/Coffee			

4.00		Pre-Inquest Disclosure by the Coroner 
				
This session will consider whether Coroners should, before the inquest, provide witness statements and other information to the families (and their advisors/legal representatives) and whether the voluntary disclosure procedures set up by the Home Office and the Prison Service in relation to prison and police deaths should be legally enforceable and apply to a wider range of deaths.

Chair Deborah Coles, INQUEST

		Speakers	     
		Michael Burgess	 H.M. Coroner; Secretary of Coroners Association 
          John Woodcock	Home Office, Committee in charge of Voluntary
	Disclosure Codes 
Jennifer Terry	             Head of Litigation, HSE
Louise Christian          Partner, Christian Fisher Solicitors
		
4.40	Discussion

5.30		Close