Originally Posted by
Pittsextra
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So what is the point of this FAI?? Surely it would just be easier to publish the relevant points that led them to the decision they took in Jan 13.
There is a duty upon the Crown that all deaths of persons at work in Scottish jurisdiction are investigated and subject to an FAI. It is an inquiry conducted entirely in public before a Sheriff and I believe it is the only example of inquisitorial procedure in any UK court.
The Inquiry will record, in the form of the Determination, the details of how a person died and anything that could have been done to prevent the death.
The transcript, which is not normally publicly available, may underpin further work in relation to the same event.
Interested Parties may be represented at the Inquiry and often play an important part in the examination of evidence.