Resource Centre

Updated 08/03/2023

Fill in this form to apply for leave to appear at Inquiry hearings. For more information on what “leave to appear” means see the Inquiry’s practice guideline on pre–hearing procedures. There is a link to the practice guideline at the foot of this page.

This factsheet explains when the Inquiry may share an applicant's name with the organisation or person named as an abuser or their legal representatives.

A restriction order can protect a person’s identity by granting them anonymity. “Anonymity” means keeping the person’s identity private. An application form to make, change or cancel a restriction order is at the end of the protocol. The protocol describe...

Professor Ian Levitt (Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Central Lancashire), wrote a report for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry examining the definition of child abuse and the extent of knowledge about it within Scottish administrative d...

Section 21 Response (1930 - 2014) - Aberlour

Bishops’ Conference Report – Extract Pages 1, 34-36 only

Report on records held - Stirling Council

Section 21 Response - Sisters of Nazareth

Updated SG Report on Child Migration