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The conduct of the Inquiry

1 In this chapter we examine the circumstances under which a Public Inquiry comes to be established and propose guidelines for the future. We then set out the principles followed in the conduct of this Inquiry. Given that the Inquiry looked back over a decade and a half, we discuss the dangers of hindsight and how we sought to avoid them. Finally, we describe some of the more important elements of the conduct of the hearings.