Attorney General would consider a new inquest into the Summerland disaster

A new inquest into the Summerland disaster would be considered by the Attorney General. 

In the House of Keys this week the Chief Minister Alf Cannan faced a question about a new inquest into the deaths of those at the disaster in 1973 where 50 people lost their lives. 

He said that last year a law firm was instructed by the families of the victims to try and overturn a previous verdict of their deaths being rules as a result of misadventure. 

But Mr Cannan said an official request hadn't been received: