I was not referring to either "detailed legal matters" or lawyers when I made that comment.
The legislative framework for air accident investigations is set out in posts 894 & 904 of the Hunter thread in this forum:
http://www.pprune.org/accidents-clos...oreham-23.html
I explained a relatively recent very important Court of Appeal decision regarding the use of AAIB Reports in civil proceedings and the potentially adverse implications for future air accident investigations, and consequently flight safety, in various posts between 1481 and 1513 of the Hunter thread in the Mil Forum:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aviat...irshow-75.html
I also summarised in that thread the concerns expressed by the AAIB Chief Inspector.
His concerns are relevant to the topic of this thread and well worth reading: See post 1490
No useful purpose would be served by repeating the background law in this thread.
FL