Overview
The Tranche 1 opening statements were held on 2-10 and 17 November 2020. They also served as the opening statement to the Tranche 1 Phase 1 hearings. Opening statements were also given at the start of Phases 2 and 3 of the tranche. See below for a full list and timetable.
| Tranche 1 Phase 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counsel | Core Participant | |
| 2 November 2020 (Day 1) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| David Barr KC | UCPI | statement |
| 3 November 2020 (Day 2) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Peter Skelton KC | Metropolitan Police | statement |
| Gerry Boyle KC | National Police Chiefs Council | statement |
| Richard O'Brien | National Crime Agency | statement |
| Nicholas Griffin KC | Home Office | statement |
| Oliver Sanders KC | Designated Lawyers Officers | statement |
| 4 November 2020 (Day 3) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Oliver Sanders KC | Designated Lawyers Officers cont. | |
| Richard Whittam KC | Slater & Gordon clients | statement |
| David Lock KC | Peter Francis | statement |
| Angus McCullough KC | Families of Police Officers (Category M) | statement |
| Rajiv Menon KC | NSCPs represented by Richard Parry (Saunders Solicitors) & Jane Deighton (Deighton Pierce Glynn) | statement |
| 5 November 2020 (Day 4) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Rajiv Menon KC | NSCPs represented by Richard Parry & Jane Deighton cont. | |
| Matthew Ryder KC | NSCPs represented by Mike Schwarz (Hodge Jones & Allen), Tamsin Allen & Jules Carey (Bindmans) and Simon Creighton (Bhatt Murphy) | statement |
| Donal O'Driscoll | NSCP - Litigant-in-Person | statement |
| 6 November 2020 (Day 5) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| James Scobie KC | NSCPs represented by Paul Heron (Public Interest Law Centre) | statement |
| Ruth Brander | Non-State Core Participants Co-ordination Group | statement |
| Lord John Hendy KC | Fire Brigades Union, Unite | statement |
| Gareth Peirce | National Union of Minerworkers | statement |
| 9 November 2020 (Day 6) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Philippa Kaufmann KC | Category H NSCPs represented by Birnberg Peirce, Hickman & Rose and Hodge Jones & Allen | statement |
| Heather Williams KC | Category H NSCPs represented by Bindmans | statement |
| Heather Williams KC | Relatives of Deceased Individuals (Category F) | statement |
| Philippa Kaufmann KC | Category J NSCPs represented by Birnberg Peirce | statement |
| 10 November 2020 (Day 7) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Imran Khan KC | Baroness Doreen Lawrence | statement |
| Heather Williams KC | Neville Lawrence OBE | statement |
| Imran Khan KC | Michael Mansfield KC | statement |
| Andrew Trollope KC | Azhar Khan | statement |
| Dave Morris | NSCP - Litigant-in-Person | statement |
| Imran Khan KC | The Monitoring Group | statement |
| Pete Weatherby KC | NSCPs including Newham Monitoring Project | |
| 17 November 2020 (Day 12) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Dave Smith | Blacklist Support Group | statement |
| Tranche 1 Phase 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counsel | Core Participant | |
| 21 April 2021 (Day 1) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| David Barr KC | UCPI | statement |
| Peter Skelton KC | Metropolitan Police | statement |
| Oliver Sanders KC | Designated Lawyers Officers | statement |
| 22 April 2021 (Day 2) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Diane Langford | NSCP | statement |
| 'Madeleine' | NSCP | statement |
| Philippa Kaufmann KC | Individuals in Relationships (Category H) | statement |
| Matthew Ryder KC | Ernest Rodker, Jonathan Rosenhead, Peter Hain | statement |
| Matthew Ryder KC | Celia Stubbs | statement |
| 23 April 2021 (Day 3) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Heather Williams KC | Relatives of Deceased Individuals (Category F) | statement |
| James Scobie KC | Richard Chessum & ‘Mary’ | statement |
| Rajiv Menon KC | Piers Corbyn | statement |
| Kirsten Heaven | Non-State Core Participants Co-ordinating Group | statement |
| Dave Morris | NSCP - Litigant-in-Person | statement |
| Tranche 1 Phase 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Counsel | Core Participant | |
| 9 May 2022 (Day 1) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| David Barr KC | UCPI | statement |
| Peter Skelton KC | Metropolitan Police | statement |
| Oliver Sanders KC | Designated Lawyers Officers | statement |
| 10 May 2022 (Day 2) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Catherine Brown | Home Office | statement |
| James Scobie KC | Lindsey German, 'Mary', Richard Chessum | statement |
| Fiona Murphy | Category F (Relatives of Deceased Individuals) | statement |
| Charlotte Kilroy KC | Category H (Relationships) | statement |
| Charlotte Kilroy KC | 'Madeleine' | statement |
| Charlotte Kilroy KC | Diane Langford | statement |
| Owen Greenhall | Peter Hain, Jonathan Rosenhead | statement |
| Sam Jacob | Celia Stubbs | statement |
| 11 May 2022 (Day 3) | Transcript, Index, Video (AM), Video (PM) | |
| Rajiv Menon KC | Tariq Ali, Piers Corbyn, Ernie Tate | statement |
| Dave Morris | NSCP - Litigant-in-Person | statement |
| Kirsten Heaven | Non-State Core Participants Co-ordinating Group | statement |
| Modules 2b and 2c (no hearing) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2023 | ||
| David Barr, KC | UCPI | statement |