Public Interest Lawyers

(asked on 17th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he reported Public Interest Lawyers to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.


Answered by
Mike Penning Portrait
Mike Penning
This question was answered on 22nd March 2017

Following his statement to the House on 17 December 2014 (Official Report, column 1407) on the Al-Sweady Inquiry Report, the Defence Secretary directed that evidence be submitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority concerning potential breaches of professional standards by Public Interest lawyers and Leigh Day and Co.

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