How Government ran up almost £600,000 of costs *after* a one day judicial review was stayed - and how it estimates its total costs for that straight forward one day case to be more than £1.2m. glplive.org/bunzl-tw-0702
This is the worst - but by no means the first - example of awful conduct we've encountered. It's not easy to avoid concluding that they are using the depth of the public purse to restrict access to justice.
We are also seeing an approach to candour and truthfulness that I find pretty shocking. It's no surprise, I guess, that Government lawyers find the political pressure hard to resist. But what's happening is destructive of something incredibly important in our legal culture.
Back in 2019, during the heat of the prorogation hearing in Edinburgh, I tweeted this about how proud I was to be part of a legal culture where I *knew* the other side would tell the truth. It saddens me hugely for that culture now to feel imperilled.👇
https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1169846672572026889
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