Grenfell Witnesses Will Not Have Their Evidence Used Against Them

Witnesses at the Grenfell Tower public inquiry will be allowed to give evidence without incriminating themselves, the attorney general has announced. Suella Braverman said staff of companies and organisations involved in the disastrous refurbishment would be able to give oral evidence about how the tower was clad with combustible materials, without it being used against them in any future criminal prosecutions. The undertaking will not protect corporate entities, as some of the lawyers had requested. Read more on the Guardian website.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/26/grenfell-witnesses-will-not-have-their-evidence-used-against-them

Grenfell Inquiry Delayed By Legal Tussle

Evidence session postponed as witnesses claim right not to incriminate themselves. The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster is unlikely to hear any further evidence until the middle of next week, while it gets to grips with the request by a number of witnesses for assurances that evidence they give will not be used to prosecute them. Inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick told the inquiry that plans to hear evidence from witnesses would be put on hold as the request is determined. Read more on Housing Today.

https://www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/grenfell-inquiry-delayed-by-legal-tussle/5104048.article