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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

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The Law Show: Grenfell Tower: Inquest or Public Inquiry?

Grenfell Tower: Inquest or Public Inquiry?

20/06/2017

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Grenfell Tower: Inquest or Public Inquiry?

Should an inquest or a public inquiry occur after multiple deaths? And is bridge a sport?

Joshua Rozenberg asks which is better after the Grenfell House fire: coroner's inquest or a public inquiry? And why must women from Northern Ireland pay for abortions in England?

Joshua Rozenberg asks a former High Court judge who has both chaired a public inquiry and conducted an inquest involving a high-profile loss of life whether a public inquiry or a coroner's inquest is the more appropriate vehicle for the investigation of the significant loss of life in the Grenfell Tower fire. 

He also explores the state of forensic science with one of Britain's most experienced forensic scientists; and asks a leading human rights lawyer why women from Northern Ireland must pay for abortions carried out in England. And he discovers if duplicate contract bridge is a sport.

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