© 2020 – 2023 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
News

UK government cites rights convention in legal battle with Covid inquiry

Lawyers argue request for unredacted WhatsApps breaches article 8 of European convention often maligned by Tories

Government lawyers have sought to rely on the European convention on human rights – maligned by many Conservatives – to avoid having to hand over unredacted files to the Covid inquiry.

At an unprecedented high court challenge to the demand by the inquiry chair, Lady Heather Hallett, for documents that include the entire WhatsApp history of Boris Johnson and a former No 10 aide, Henry Cook, James Eadie KC argued it would “breach article 8 rights”.

Continue reading…

Related posts

More rain to come for flood-hit Scotland, with amber warning in place

AEA3

Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

AEA3

Trump search affidavit reveals potential for ‘evidence of obstruction’ at Mar-a-Lago – live

AEA3

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This