The pandemic of 2020 has caused untold disruption around the world, and the United Kingdom has suffered particularly seriously. What kind of public accounting will there be for the way in which the virus has played out in Britain? In this talk, Conor Gearty asks whether there will be a public inquiry and if so what shape it will take, and considers also the important role the law has to play in ensuring the success of any such inquiry that is set up.

The British Academy’s Shape the Future programme examines the societal, economic and cultural implications of the pandemic.

Speaker: Professor Conor Gearty FBA, Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics

Transcript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/10-minute-talks-covid-19-public-enquiry-a-case-of-when-not-if/