Chairman's Initial Statement

Sir Michael Morland, 19th April '05

Click here to read the full statement


What's New

07 / 05 / 2009
Closing oral submissions by Counsel to the Inquiry
These will now begin on Monday 22nd June at 10.15 am and will finish on Wednesday 24th June 2009...

24 / 04 / 2009
Full Participants' final oral submissions
These will now begin on Tuesday 28th April...

Welcome to the Rosemary Nelson Inquiry website

This is the website for the independent public inquiry into the murder in 1999 of Rosemary Nelson, a solicitor from Lurgan in Northern Ireland. The Inquiry was announced by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP, on 16 November 2004.


Terms of Reference

“ To inquire into the death of Rosemary Nelson with a view to determining whether any wrongful act or omission by or within the Royal Ulster Constabulary, Northern Ireland Office, Army or other state agency facilitated her death or obstructed the investigation of it, or whether attempts were made to do so; whether any such act or omission was intentional or negligent; whether the investigation of her death was carried out with due diligence; and to make recommendations.”