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Will this enquiry ever get off the starting block?
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 23 Oct 2014 15:33 |
I can also think of several current and retired senior judges from the High Court of Justiciary of Scotland that would be suitable candidates - appointing one of them would reduce the possibility of links to the "establishment" in England ;-) |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Oct 2014 15:18 |
Well you can hope. There is a bit of a difference between a circuit judge and a top rank London lawyer or Judge of the Supreme Court. As it is the inquiry will have no powers to force witnesses to appear and give evidence under oath, demand evidence etc. At least Fiona will have the necessary clout to get some sort of result. Sally Cahill QC steeped in Yorkshire grit and common sense would get nowhere. At least they can't threaten her hubby. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 23 Oct 2014 13:12 |
I would nominate Her Honour Judge Sally Cahill QC to chair the inquiry, she does not appear be afraid of challenging the establishment. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Oct 2014 13:00 |
"Possibly it will lead to some fundamental changes in the way society treats it's children." |
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Sharron | Report | 23 Oct 2014 11:51 |
It is one of the strengths of our legal system that it is possible to question the choice of chairman of the committee of enquiry. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Oct 2014 11:25 |
Not any time soon and crucially no report before May 2015.. |
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Dermot | Report | 23 Oct 2014 10:54 |
Harrowing tales continue to emanate from Ireland not dissimilar to the subject of this thread. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 23 Oct 2014 09:35 |
If you were selected to sit as a juror and it was discovered that, you had wined and dined on several occasions, with any of the individuals in the dock, you would have to stand down and you would be replaced by some else. |
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Dermot | Report | 22 Oct 2014 17:12 |
Still stuck on the starting line. This debacle is making a long story even longer. |
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Von | Report | 22 Oct 2014 16:31 |
Exactly. She was on a committee with Lady Britten and met for coffee as late as April 2013. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 22 Oct 2014 16:24 |
Von - Fiona Woolf said when answering questions put to her by the Home Affairs Select Committee, that she lived in the same London street as Lord Brittan and had invited him and his wife to dinner on three occasions, and had two dinners at their house between 2008 and 2012 and said he was not a "close associate" - so is she saying they are not good friends :-S |
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Von | Report | 22 Oct 2014 16:06 |
OFITG |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 22 Oct 2014 15:05 |
A victim of historical child sexual abuse has launched a legal challenge to the choice of Fiona Woolf as the chair of the inquiry investigating the issue. |
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