Robert Hamill

The Inquiry will begin on Tuesday 13th January in the Interpoint Centre, York Street, Belfast. 160 witnesses will give evidence over the next number of months concerning their involvement in the case following the death in 1997 of Mr Hamill after his beating by a crowd of loyalists in Portadown. The inquiry will assess the role of the police; from the officers who witnessed the attack and did not intervene, to allegations that the RUC failed adequately to investigate the case of Mr Hamill’s death and frustrated the potential for prosecutions.  The inquiry will also be able to inquire into the Director of Public Prosecution’s involvement in the decision-making over prosecution. The inquiry arises out of a recommendation by Judge Peter Cory that this case and a number of others deserved full public inquiries. Members of the inquiry panel are Sir Edwin Jowitt (Chair), Sir John Evans and Baroness Richardson of Calow. The PSNI will be represented by Richard Ferguson and Barra McGrory will represent the Hamill family. The inquiry will be held under the 2005 Inquiries Act, widely criticized as subverting the independence of the previous inquiries legislation.

Click here for the full judgment.

For a summary of the oral hearings from 13th to the 15th of January 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from; the 16th to the 31st of January 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from; the 13th to the 27th of February 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from; the 10th to the 13rd of March 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from; the 18th to the 26th of March 2009, click here .

For an update from the Robert Hamill Inquiry from the 6th of April 2009, click here.

For a final summary of the Robert Hamill Inquiry of April 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from the 1st of May 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from the 1st to the 7th of May 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from 13th of May 2009, click here. 

For a summary of the oral hearings from the 11th to the 21st of May 2009, click here.

For a summary of the oral hearings from 1st of September 2009, click here.