Court of Appeal to report The Sun for potential Contempt of Court, after an apparent leak of the judgment in the Shamima Begum case.
Whitehall investigation continuing into who in government saw or knew of the result, which went against the Home Secretary.
Whitehall investigation continuing into who in government saw or knew of the result, which went against the Home Secretary.
The judgment, a fortnight ago from the Court of Appeal, ruled that Ms Begum should be allowed to return London from a Syrian refugee camp to fight for the return of her citizenship. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-534271…
The Sun got a leak of the judgment before it was handed down in court - their story suggested it came from government sources. The head of the Government Legal Department, Treasury Solicitor @PermSecGLD has been investigating who knew what and when in the Home Office or elsewhere
In other words: Whodunnit?
This is a major issue of trust between the judges and government. Government lawyers are part of a circle of confidentiality on dealings with the court and, typically, very, very few officials (if any) have permission to know a result in a sensitive case before it becomes public.
Lawyers for Shamima Begum are urging the Court of Appeal to disclose the interim internal investigation which may list who in the Home Office saw the judgment beyond the lawyers who were running the case. bailii.org/cgi-bin/format…
The allegation of potential Contempt of Court goes to the Attorney General. So we will have a situation where Cabinet minister @SuellaBraverman, acting with her legal hat on, will be taking a decision regarding an investigation involving her own government and a newspaper leak
