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GOSPORT INDEPENDENT PANEL Wellington House, 133-155 , London, SE1 8UG TEL: 020 7972 4212 Email: [email protected].,qov.uk https://gosportpanel.independent.gov.uk/

Mr and Mrs Farthing

2 July 2015 Dear Charles and Ann,

Additional appointment to the Gosport Independent Panel

I am very pleased to inform you that Kate Blackwell Q.C. has been appointed to the Gosport Independent Panel as their expert legal adviser. Kate will bring a wealth of legal experience and expertise to inform the Panel’s work. Included below is Kate’s biography for your information. Kate was able to attend the June Panel meeting while the formalities of her appointment were completed and she will be attending the July Panel meeting. Families will have an opportunity to meet Kate at the Family Liaison meeting on Wednesday 15 July.

I look forward to seeing you at the July meeting if you are attending. I understand that the Haslar Bridge is currently undergoing some repair and maintenance works. Pedestrians are unaffected but if you are travelling by car alternative routes are marked on the enclosed map.

Kate Blackwell Q.C. Kate is a barrister with extensive experience in regulatory and serious criminal cases. She was appointed as a Crown Recorder in 2009 and as Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 2012. Kate has experience of the Independent Panel process acting as the QC for the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Inquiry. She was a member of the Prosecution Team in the Harold Shipman case and was later instructed in the Shipman Inquiry. Kate lectures in the UK and internationally on all aspects of serious crime, fraud, bribery, corruption and associated offences.

Yours sincerely,

Louise Dominian Secretary, Gosport Independent Panel