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What is Hillsborough Law & Why is it Needed? | Charlotte Hennessy Interview

The Redmen TV - Liverpool FC Podcast

The Redmen TV - Liverpool FC Podcast

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🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Ste sits down with Charlotte Hennessey, Hillsborough Law campaigner, to discuss what the law is and why it would be a pivotal introduction to the legal system in this country to ensure tragedies can no longer be covered up.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, welcome to MNTV. I'm Steeho. I'm joined by Charlotte Tennessee for this very special episode where we're speaking about Hillsborough Law.

0:07.6

Charlotte's dad, Jimmy, was one of the 97 people who were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough back in 1989.

0:14.1

Since the inquests have come out, Charlotte's been part of a team who have been calling for the introduction of a Hillsborough law.

0:21.3

Charlotte, thanks for joining us.

0:23.1

Can you just let us know what is the Hillsborough law and what is it that you guys are trying to achieve?

0:28.6

So a Hillsborough law is made up of different elements in, you know, if we were to sit here and talk about it in fall, we'd be here all day.

0:38.6

But in short, a Hillsborough law sort of, it looks at the way we were treated over the years

0:46.6

and is an attempt to sort of put those things right, if you like.

0:52.8

So the first part is that it will give a legal duty of candor to all public servants,

1:02.9

civil servants, you know, professionals.

1:06.1

And I think that there's sort of like a misunderstanding that people think that those things

1:10.4

are already out there. I was surprised they weren't, yeah. Yeah, so I think, you know, and like a misunderstanding that people think that those things are already out there.

1:11.6

I was surprised they went to.

1:12.6

Yeah, so I think, you know, and we do, don't we, I'm a professional myself, I work for the NHS myself, and I have a legal duty of Canada,

1:19.6

within my professional role, that I am responsible for all cares I give, all documentation, and, you know, my choices, decisions and my conduct.

1:31.6

And that falls under a legal duty of Canada within the NHS.

1:36.1

But if we look outside of that and that organisation, it doesn't really exist.

1:42.0

So, you know, we've recently seen last week, haven't we, that the IOP say of, you know,

1:47.6

they've been doing yet another report and another look into how South Yorkshire Police

1:55.5

conducted their investigation and everything they did thereafter.

1:59.4

And what they've said is that the law at the time,

2:02.6

it allowed them to put their best case forward.

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