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July 2026: Government declines to widen the Thirlwall terms of reference (16 July) · new 100-page insulin report to the CCRC challenging the trial evidence (9 July) · Thirlwall report still expected no earlier than September · inquests relisted to 2027 · Shoo Lee Panel: no medical evidence of deliberate harm.

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Conflict-map · Trial defence experts

Dr Michael Hall

Defence neonatology expert at trial

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Main contribution

Instructed neonatology expert for the defence at the original trial. His post-trial public commentary is a rare direct insider account of what the defence saw and how the medical evidence was received.

Key claim

Mechanisms advanced by the Crown were not the only available explanations for the observed collapses; natural-cause differentials were available.

Full biographical profile

Dr Michael Hall — biography