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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Chair, International Expert Panel (Feb 2025)
Convened and chaired the 14-member International Expert Panel, whose summary report (published February 2025) reviewed the medical evidence for all 17 trial counts. Lee is also senior author of the 1989 paper on pulmonary vascular air embolism in newborns that prosecution witnesses cited at trial; he has since said using it to support the claim that air was injected into the babies' veins was "a categorical error".
The Panel he chaired found "no medical evidence to support malfeasance causing death or injury" in any of the 17 cases, concluding the deaths and injuries were due to natural causes or errors in medical care, alongside problems with teamwork at the unit. Lee has also said none of the skin discolorations described by prosecution witnesses matched the single sign his 1989 paper identified as diagnostic of air embolism.
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