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of Monday, 1 September 2014. A copy of the Rules appears as
Appendix 2 to this Report.
Hearings and Sessions
1.5.
Public hearings of the Commission of Enquiry began on
1 December 2014 and were conducted in 9 sessions on the dates mentioned
below:
Session #1 -
1 to 12 December 2014
Session #2 -
9 to 20 February 2015
Session #3 -
10 to 24 April 2015
Session #4 -
26 May 2015 to 4 June 2015
Session #5 -
22 June 2015 to 6 July 2015
Session #6 -
7 to 23 September 2015
Session #7 -
20 October 2015 to 5 November 2015
Session #8 -
23 November 2015 to 4 December 2015
Session #9 -
8 to 19 February 2016
1.6.
As circumstances warranted, the Commission received evidence in
private. Ninety-four persons gave evidence. A list of witnesses who testified at
public hearings appears as Appendix 3 to this Report. In accordance with the
Procedural Rules, witness statements were received as part of the evidence-in-
chief of those witnesses who gave oral evidence. We feel bound to say that,
owing to the mass of documentation to be read, analysed and collated by
Counsel, it was impossible to conduct this Enquiry over a period of
90 consecutive days. Sitting in sessions from time to time, provided an
opportunity for Commissioners to peruse the transcripts of proceedings and
prepare preliminary drafts of Chapters, and Counsel were afforded space and
time to return to their private practices.