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…