A brief procedural hearing addressing reporting restrictions and access to evidence. Counsel announces applications to withhold certain evidential passages from hearing bundles and restrict attendance at some hearings. The hearing also covers document provision updates for non-state core participants in Tranche 2.
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00:11:46 thank you sir um I should say first of all a few words about appearances this afternoon first of all Mr Menan uh conveys his apology to the inquiry he's not able to rejoin us for very good uh
00:12:06 not able to rejoin us for very good uh personal reasons but had nothing further to say I've also been asked by the home office uh to make clear that although they are not formally represented at
00:12:17 they are not formally represented at today's hearing uh and have uh nothing to say they are following uh today's proceedings on the live stream uh assiduously uh my leared friend uh Miss Heaven uh raised an issue about the
00:12:33 Heaven uh raised an issue about the provision of documents to uh non-state core
00:12:34 core participants and I have an update uh in that regard I'm told that the volume the proportion of documents that has been supplied to trench two non-state core
00:12:51 supplied to trench two non-state core participants for the purposes of witness statements now exceeds 85% of the total and of course we're doing our level best to get the balance out as quickly as we
00:13:06 out as quickly as we can moving to the hearings that have been held in private I think it's right
00:13:20 been held in private I think it's right I should say uh that it has become clear during those hearings that there are applications to withhold from the hearing bundle some uh evidential passages
00:13:29 passages with the intention that they are seen only by those who are directly involved in the evidence and their legal
00:13:40 in the evidence and their legal representatives and it is clear that there are going to be applications to restrict attendance at some
00:13:53 restrict attendance at some hearings I can't go into the details at this stage particularly so in an open hearing uh but it may be sir that you would like to give an opportunity to
00:14:06 would like to give an opportunity to those representing core participants today to say anything further in principle uh that they wish to say about those two
00:14:17 those two possibilities unless I can assist you further uh that is it from me thank you very much um Miss Heen I think uh the ball is in your court at the moment is it not
00:14:29 the moment is it not thank you sir I think in the circumstances I've probably said um everything that I need to say at the moment you recall I did make a general request and non The Coop non-cooperating
00:14:45 request and non The Coop non-cooperating group cooperating group would be present um but that would always be subject to consent from the individual non-state cor participant so if I can just leave it at that at this stage sir thank you thank you very much indeed does anybody else have anything that they wish to say
00:15:09 in that event I will declare that today's proceedings are concl closed and thank all of you for attending and um with apologies to those who have attended only the open sessions and have had to ttle their thumbs or do something like that in between thank you all