McGrail Inquiry entitled to ask about reasons for ‘nolle prosequi’, but AG need not answer

The Garrison Library, where the McGrail Inquiry will be heard as from April 8. Photo by Johnny Bugeja. Screnshots of the Inquiry in the text of the aricle are courtesy of GBC and used with merission from the Inquiry.

14th November 2023

Sir Peter Openshaw, the chairman of the McGrail Inquiry, said the reasons why Attorney General Michael Llamas, KC, discontinued a criminal case in January 2022 “might be relevant” to the work of the inquiry, but that he was entitled in law not to disclose them. In a judgement published last week, the retired UK judge...