Rosemary Nelson Inquiry: Timeline

Key dates in the inquiry's progress, assembled from its recorded milestones and hearing phases.

Hearing-phase dates are taken from the published hearing days; some earlier milestone dates are approximate where the inquiry has not published an exact date.

Milestones & hearing phases

Milestone Hearing phase Reports & costs Still to come
16 Nov 2004
Inquiry Announced
18 Apr 2005
Inquiry Established
23 May 2011
Final Report Published
23 May 2011
Final report
31 May 2011
Costs to date: £46.5m
ROSEMARY NELSON INQUIRY: EXPENDITURE BY CATEGORY (TO END-MAY 2011)