The Hillsborough Law: Honesty, transparency and public law 

This week, the Government announced a delay in the next parliamentary stage of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill in the House of Commons.  More commonly known as the Hillsborough Law, this landmark Bill seeks to create a legal duty called “the duty of candour and assistance” for public authorities to cooperate with, and tell the truth to, public inquiries. It is the fulfilment of the Government’s manifesto commitment to provide justice for the families of the