HILLSBOROUGH LAW SUPPORTERS

Hillsborough Law Supporters

PEN International fully supports the campaign for a 'Hillsborough Law' in order to ensure the public's access to the truth, to secure justice and to ensure power can be held fully accountable.

"As a charity campaigning for truth, justice and accountability, we wholeheartedly support the Hillsborough Law and hope it can help to move our institutions from a culture of denial and defensiveness to one of openness and transparency."

"GCN wholeheartedly supports the call of the families for a ‘Hillsborough Law’ to change the legal relationship between public authorities and public servants on the one hand and the public interest on the other."

“It is difficult to see why anybody would oppose legislation making public institutions more accountable and transparent.”

"Doughty Street Chambers’ ethos focuses on holding the state to account. A key part of that is ensuring transparency over the actions of public authorities, public servants, and individuals acting on behalf of the state. Our experience, including representing many of the Hillsborough families, tells us that this is often not the case in inquests. We therefore fully support this initiative, which we believe represents a real opportunity to effect positive legal and social change."

"As a non-profit law practice fighting to overturn wrongful convictions, the Centre for Criminal Appeals fully supports the Hillsborough Law campaign. There’s no justification for the culture of denial and defensiveness that forced the Hillsborough families to fight a 27-year battle for justice and accountability.
Anyone can be the victim of a miscarriage of justice. So it’s a matter for all of us to ensure that when they occur, our public bodies act with openness and honesty."

"This Bill is an important contribution for all of us who seek justice. For too long public bodies have been unwilling to cooperate with people who seek the truth.
The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign stand with Hillsborough,Orgreave and all other justice campaigns to bring about this significant change in the law."

“"YLAL believes the duty of candour proposed by the Hillsborough Law will help provide victims of misconduct by public authorities with equality of arms, and in doing so will assist individuals and families to obtain truth, accountability and justice."

"We need to put an end to the culture of defensiveness that has been exposed in the recent inquests as a result of the courage and relentless campaigning of the Hillsborough families. The fact that they had to spend 27 years fighting is an absolute scandal – but they aren’t alone. The lack of accountability on the part of the police, prosecution and courts are persistent features of miscarriages of justice, past and present."

"PLP supports the draft Hillsborough law because tackling a culture of defensiveness and secrecy when mistakes have been made serves the interests of justice and accountability"

Garden Court Chambers fully supports the campaign for a Hillsborough Law. Our experience of the police and other public authorities concealing the truth from bereaved families demonstrates the urgent need for the law to be changed in order to render them accountable.

“Public authorities must act in the public interest by telling the truth – if they try to cover up faults and deny responsibility then justice will never prevail. From a business perspective, Progress to Excellence Ltd believe that The Hillsborough Law/Public Authorities Accountability Bill will ensure justice for all which can only be a good thing.“

“Why wouldn’t we want to support this law after what the city as a whole has been through since 1989. Let’s stand together once more to ensure this law is passed.”

Hillsborough abuses continues today with TruthAboutZane
What kind of country do we live in when reputation management is deemed more important than a young boy’s life, and the opportunity to prevent others dying in the same way?
The bill will change the dynamics to securing truth in controversial cases.

“Bereaved families facing the trauma of an inquest deserve equal standing. That’s why Love, Jasmine supports The Hillsborough Law”

Organisations

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Individuals

Proposed and endorsed by the families of the 96 Liverpool fans who lost their lives on 15.04.1989 as a legacy for their loved ones.

Parliamentary sponsors:

Andy Burnham (Lab)

Steve Rotheram (Lab)

Maria Eagle (Lab)

Derek Twigg (Lab)

Alison McGovern (Lab)

Bill Esterson (Lab)

Sir Peter Bottomley (Con)

Tim Farron (Lib Dem)

Jess Phillips (Lab)

Mark Durkan (SDLP)

Chris Stephens (SNP)

Caroline Lucas (Green)

Individual supporters

Joe Anderson (Mayor of Liverpool)

Daniel Craig (Actor)

Margaret Greenwood MP

Ruth George MP

Afzal Khan MP

David Lammy MP

Debbie Abrahams MP

Mike Amesbury MP

Tonia Antoniazzi MP

Jon Ashworth MP

Luciana Berger MP

Clive Betts MP

Tracy Brabin MP

Lyn Brown MP

Ruth Cadbury MP

Ronald Campbell MP

Dan Carden MP

Sarah Champion MP

Bambos Charalambous MP

Ann Clwyd MP

Vernon Coaker MP

Rosie Copper MP

Neil Coyle MP

Alex Cunningham MP

Jim Cunningham MP

Nic Dakin MP

Marsha De Cordova MP

Gloria De Piero MP

Emma Dent Coad MP

Peter Dowd MP

David Drew MP

Jack Dromey MP

Clive Efford MP

Bill Esteron MP

Frank Field MP

Paul Flynn MP

Yvonne Fovargue MP

Gill Furniss MP

Gill Preet MP

Mary Glindon MP

Roger Godsiff MP

Kate Green MP

Louise Haigh MP

Emma Hardy MP

Helen Hayes MP

Mike Hill MP

Sharon Hodgson MP

Kate Hollern MP

Kelvin Hopkins MP

George Howarth MP

Dan Jarvis MP

Diana Johnson MP

Barbara Keely MP

Stephen Kinnock MP

Lesley Laird MP

Emma Lewell-Buck MP

Ian Lucas MP

Justin Madders MP

Sandy Martin MP

Rachael Maskell MP

Chris Matheson MP

Kerry McCarthy MP

Siobhan McDonagh MP

John McDonnell MP

Madeleine Moon MP

Graham Morris MP

Kate Osamor MP

Toby Perkins MP

Joanne Platt MP

Yasmin Qureshi MP

Steve Reed MP

Marie Rimmer MP

Lloyd Russel-Moyle MP

Naz Shah MP

Paula Sherriff MP

Andrew Slaughter MP

Cat Smith MP

Eleanor Smith MP

Laura Smith MP

Alex Sobel MP

Jo Stevens MP

Paul Sweeney MP

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

Karl Turner MP

Derek Twigg MP

Liz Twist MP

Keith Vaz MP

Thelma Walker MP

Paul Williams MP

Mohammad Yasin MP

Daniel Zeichner MP

Louise Christian (Co-Founder of Christian Khan law firm)

Marc Willers QC

Alistair Morgan (brother of Daniel Morgan, whose story featured in the viral "Untold Podcast")

Marianne Douthwaite

Christine Cooper

Henrietta Hill QC

Mark George QC

Cllr Clive Lewis

AL Kennedy (Novelist & stand up comedian)

Mairead Enright (Senior lecturer, University of Birmingham Law School)

Adrian Tempany (Hillsborough survivor and author)

Iona Heath CBE (retired GP and past president of the Royal College of GPs)

Caron Ford

Steph Faulkner

Paul Reid

Dan Symonds

Anne Griffin

Darius Connoly

Roy Burnham

Eileen Burnham

Steve Lofthouse

Amir Saad

Ian Pritchard PHD

Carl Gilbertson

Mary Gregory

Lee Walls

Stephen Criss

Clare Linton

Gavin McLean

Lee Smith

Sean Cayford

Christopher O'Connor

Jamie Luck

Jon Banks

Dave Cross

Keith McKnight

Abshir Hassan

John Porter

Andrew Turnbull

Mary Taylor

Simon Mahoney

Tayla McCloud

John Shale

Suzanne Wong

Christina Jones

Victoria McMahon

Michael Martin

Matt Foot

Saj Cjowdury

Ruvani de Silva

Susan Singleton

Ed Dunbar

Paul Spearritt

Darren D'Souza

Natasha Jackson

Kate Johnson-Caldwell

Geraldine O'Donnell

John Stout

Cris McCurley

Andrew Wright

Jill Thompson

Geraldine Harty

Kristian Bennerr

Pauline Mace

Martin Paul

Ian Sykes

Susan Gustave

Victoria McMahon

Carole Mathurin

David Mooney

Phil Flood

Ian Salmon

Tom Strother

Laura Dinning

Timothy Swann

Des Ferguson

Carl Lloyd

Samantha Shurmer

Nick Burnham

Caroline Grainger

Maria French

Nicola Cherry

Kevin Sampson

Anthony Seed

Darren Finnegan

Steve Bowden

Dave Wood

Jonathan Ritchie

Eddie Killen

Ian Gornall

Phil Garrigan

Stephen Garside

Dominic Harbor

Phil Brannigan

Mohammed Karim

Shaun Gamble

Tim Knowles

Max Stevens

Paul Greensmith

Matt Boothby

Sam Minion

Sam Harper

Thomas Harrison

Rhian Howlett

Steve Horrocks

Lesley Allison

Bev Ashwell

Rob Knowles

Stephen M Galloway

Les Lawson

Ian Southgate

Mabon John

David Service

Jane Street

Marie Dooley

Jade Sutherland

Sarah Marsden

Tim Walker

Rachel Cain

Ben Tohill

Thomas Quinn

Julie Pierce

Ian Pocock

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Alison McGovern

Rhona Welsh

Gareth Jones

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Carla Thomas

Terry Brough

Michael McManus

Daniel Craig

Greta Woolley

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Les Morgan

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