The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is part of the Department for Transport. It is responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK. Publications on the site include AAIB bulletins and reports of various kinds, and a small number of reports published by foreign accident investigation authorities. "Guidance and regulations" includes links to civil aviation regulations on the OPSI site.

This inquiry, chaired by His Honour Peter Fallon QC, investigated allegations by a former patient about misuse of drugs and alcohol, financial irregularities, possible paedophile activity, and the availability of pornographic material on the Unit. This page of the Department of Health web site provides access to the full text of its report, published January 1999.

Baha Mousa was an Iraqi civilian who died in Iraq in September 2003 while in the custody of British soldiers. A public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Baha Mousa and the treatment of other Irqai citizens who were detained with him in Basra was announced by the government in May 2008 and, under the chairmanship of Sir William Gage, formally opened in July 2009. Documents on the site include transcripts of hearings, evidence and press notices.

Following the conviction of Ian Huntley for the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman at Soham in 2003, an inquiry chaired by Sir Michael Bichard examined the manner in which the police had handled intelligence about Huntley's past, and the vetting processes that had failed to prevent his employment in a school. The official Bichard Inquiry web site is available here, as archived by the National Archives. It includes evidence submitted, transcripts of hearings and the final report.

This public inquiry, chaired by Lord MacLean, into the death of William Stephen (Billy) Wright at the Maze prison, Northern Ireland, on 27 December 1997, was announced in November 2004 and held its first preliminary hearing in June 2005. The site includes evidence, transcripts, key documents, press notices, rulings, timetables and contact details.

Official site of the inquiry chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate into the events in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Sunday 30 January 1972, which came to be known as Bloody Sunday. The site has the final report, published 15 June 2010, together with extensive documentation on proceedings, including hearing transcripts, rulings, press notices and witness statements.

An Inquiry Panel, chaired by Professor Ian Kennedy, was appointed in June 1998 to inquire into children's heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary from 1984 to 1985. Information and documentation on the site includes evidence (daily transcripts, witness statements, submissions, etc.), the interim report of May 2000, and the final report published July 2001.

The archived official site of the Inquiry into BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) and vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) in the United Kingdom is accessible here on the National Archives site. It includes the full report of the Inquiry (published October 2000), documentary evidence submitted and transcripts of oral hearings.

The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, at Stockwell underground station on 22 July 2005, was held from 22 September 2008 to 12 December 2008. This official site includes hearing transcripts, documentary evidence, the coroner's rulings, press notices and background information. Documents added since the close of the inquest include the coroner's report, dated 6 January 2009, made under Rule 43 of the Coroners Rules 1984 (as amended), and the responses to that report of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the Metropolitan Police Authority. These are all in the "Hearing Transcripts" section.

The inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mr Dodi Al Fayed, in Paris on 31 August 1997, were opened in January 2004 and concluded on 7 April 2008 when the jury returned its verdict. The coroner during the public hearings (succeeding Lady Butler-Sloss from June 2007) was Lord Justice Scott Baker. The web site provides background information, details of sittings, directions and procedural decisions, transcripts of proceedings, and documentary evidence seen by the jury.

Peter Cory, a retired Canadian Supreme Court judge, was appointed in 2002 to investigate allegations of collusion between British and Irish security forces and paramilitaries in six high profile cases, four of which related to the deaths in Northern Ireland of Pat Finucane, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright. All four reports, published on 1 April 2004, are reproduced here in the Publications section of the Northern Ireland Office web site.

Report of the inquiry by His Honour Gerald Butler QC, published 11 August 1999.

A review of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four soldiers at Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut, between 1995 and 2002 was carried out by Nicholas Blake QC (now Mr Justice Blake). The full text of his report, published 29 March 2006, is available here on TSO's Official Documents web site.

Boards of Inquiry (BOI) are 'in-house' investigations by the Ministry of Defence carried out for the purpose of establishing the circumstances surrounding serious accidents and incidents, including the deaths of armed forces personnel. Accessible from this page are the reports of various boards, mostly relating to incidents 2000 onwards, together with a group relating to the Falklands War of 1982. There is also a briefing note explaining the BOI process.

The Hull-based stern trawler F.V. Gaul was lost in very bad weather in Arctic waters, with all 36 crew members, in February 1974. This site has information and documentation, including hearing transcripts and reports, relating both to the original formal investigation in 1974 and to the reopened formal investigation in 2004, which followed discovery of the wreck in 1997 and underwater surveys carried out in 1998 and 2002.

This archived section of the Cabinet Office web site has links to the reports (all published in 2002) of the three independent inquiries set up by the Government after the FMD outbreak of 2001: the Lessons to be Learned Inquiry, the scientific review by the Royal Society, and the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food. The evidence submitted to the first two of these is also available.

Lord Hutton was appointed by the government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr David Kelly in July 2003. The Inquiry's web site (now archived) provides information on hearing dates and transcripts, press notices, rulings, and the full text of Lord Hutton's report, published January 2004.

The Iraq Inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot, was officially launched on 30 July 2009. Its purpose is to identify lessons that can be learned from the Iraq conflict, including the run-up period from summer 2001 onwards, the conflict itself, and the reconstruction period to the end of July 2009. The web site has hearings timetables, evidence (oral and written), key documents, background information, FAQs and news.

Following the death of Cyril Isaacs on 26 February 1987, and a post mortem examination at Prestwich Hospital mortuary the following day, Mr Isaacs's brain was retained for research at Manchester University without the knowledge of his relatives. This page on the Department of Health web site provides access to the report (published 12 May 2003) of the investigation into these events, which was carried out by HM Inspector of Anatomy, Dr Jeremy S. Metters.

John Barrett was convicted in February 2005 of the manslaughter of Denis Finnegan on 2 September 2004, during a period when he had been receiving support from psychiatric and social services in south west London. An independent inquiry into his care and treatment, chaired by Robert Robinson, a solicitor, was commissioned by South West London Strategic Health Authority. Its report, published November 2006, may be downloaded here from the web site of the Authority's successor, NHS London. Several other reports of inquiries into mental health homicides in London are also available here.

This independent inquiry, chaired by Nigel Pleming QC, was concerned with the sexual abuse of psychiatric patients. It inquired into how NHS services in Yorkshire dealt with concerns raised about two consultant psychiatrists, Dr William Kerr and Mr Michael Haslam. The full report of the inquiry, published 18 July 2005, is accessible from this page of the Department of Health web site.

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), part of the Department for Transport, examines and investigates all types of marine accidents to or on board UK ships worldwide, and other vessels in UK territorial waters.  All published MAIB investigation reports to date are available on the site. These include the 2001 report on the Marchioness-Bowbelle collision of August 1989. The MAIB was formed in 1989 following the formal investigation into the accident in March 1987 involving the passenger ferry Herald of Free Enterprise. The Herald of Free Enterprise report is also available on the site.

Michael Stone, who had a history of mental disorder, drug abuse and violence, was convicted in October 1998 of the murder of Lin and Megan Russell and the serious wounding of Josie Russell, on 9 July 1996. An independent inquiry into his care and treatment, chaired by Robert Francis QC, was completed in November 2000 but not published until September 2006. Its report may be downloaded from this page of the NHS South East Coast web site.

The Morris Inquiry, chaired by Sir Bill Morris, was an independent inquiry, appointed by the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) to inquire into professional standards and employment matters in the Metropolitan Police Service. Documentation on the Inquiry's site (now archived within the MPA's site) includes transcripts, written submissions, and the Inquiry's report, published December 2004.

Operation Paget was the code name of the inquiry, launched in January 2004, into the allegation that the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Mr Dodi Al Fayed on 31 August 1997 were the result of a conspiracy to murder. It was conducted at the request of Michael Burgess, the Surrey Coroner who also holds the post of Coroner of The Queen's Household, and conducted by Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, then head of the Metropolitan Police Service, and a team of detectives. The inquiry's report, published 14 December 2006, may be downloaded from this page of the Metropolitan Police web site.

Official site of the ongoing inquiry into human tissue analysis in UK nuclear facilities, announced by the government 18 April 2007 and conducted by Michael Redfern QC.

A review of intelligence on weapons of mass destruction programmes in countries of concern, particularly intelligence on Iraqi WMD up to March 2003, was conducted in 2004 by Lord Butler and four other Privy Counsellors. The full text of the Review's report is available here on TSO's Official Documents site.

Ongoing inquiry, chaired by Sir Edwin Jowitt, into the death of Robert Hamill, which followed an incident in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on 27 April 1997. The opening hearing was held on 24 May 2005 and full hearings began on 12 January 2009. Site content includes press notices, timetables, transcripts and evidence.

Ongoing inquiry, chaired by Sir Michael Morland, into the circumstances which led to the murder of the lawyer Rosemary Nelson in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, in March 1999, and into the police investigation which followed it. The opening hearing took place on 19 April 2005, and full hearings began on 15 April 2008. Documentation on the site includes timetables, press notices, transcripts, evidence, and procedural updates.

An Inquiry Panel, chaired by Michael Redfern QC, was appointed in December 1999 to investigate the removal, retention and disposal of human organs and tissues following post mortem examination at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey Children's Hospital). Both the Summary and Recommendations and the full report of the Inquiry, published in January 2001, may be downloaded from this site.

Harold Shipman, a former doctor, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000 for the murder of fifteen of his patients, and died in prison 13 January 2004. Following allegations that he may have murdered many more, a public inquiry was set up under the chairmanship of Dame Janet Smith DBE. This web site provides full documentation on the inquiry, including the six reports published between July 2002 and January 2005.

Report, published February 1999, of the inquiry chaired by Sir William MacPherson of Cluny into matters arising from the death of Stephen Lawrence on 22 April 1993. Its chief aim was "to identify the lessons to be learned for the investigation and prosecution of racially motivated crimes".

Following the acquittals of Sally Clark and Trupti Patel in 2003, the Royal College of Pathologists and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health convened a joint working group, chaired by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws (Helena Kennedy QC), to consider the investigation of sudden and unexpected death in infancy (formerly known as cot-death). The working group's report, Sudden unexpected death in infancy: a multi-agency protocol for care and investigation (September 2004), may be downloaded from this page of the Royal College of Pathologists' web site.

Independent inquiry set up to investigate the circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbié, aged 8, while in the care of her aunt and her aunt's lover. As well as the final report by Lord Laming, published January 2003, the site provides background information and transcripts of evidence.

Site (now archived) of the non-statutory public inquiry, chaired by Mr Justice Keith, into the murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham Young Offender Institution on 21 March 2000. Documentation reproduced on the site includes evidence, witness statements, transcripts, and the full text of the Inquiry's report, published 29 June 2006.