Karen Kneller’s statements on 29 April in relation to the version of the report sent to the CCRC by Chris Henley KC in January 2024 are problematic. Chris Henley KC was entitled to be concerned that Karen Kneller had wrongly suggested that he was somehow partly responsible for the delays in finalising the report. We welcome the clarifications provided by Karen Kneller in her letter on 20 May, but we regret that these were only provided because of Chris Henley KC’s further correspondence. (Conclusion, Paragraph 21) 43