Thirlwall chair refuses defence request to pause inquiry pending CCRC review

The Thirlwall Inquiry chair rejects a defence request to pause the inquiry pending the Criminal Cases Review Commission's review of the convictions. The decision confirms that the Inquiry's institutional-conduct focus and the CCRC's conviction-safety review will run in parallel, on separate timetables. The chair confirms the intention to deliver a final report later in 2025 (a timetable subsequently postponed multiple times, most recently to after the parliamentary summer recess).