Deadline passes for Government to hand over Johnson papers to Covid inquiry
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If the Government has failed to comply with inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s order to disclose the documents, then it could lead to a court battle and possibly a criminal offence. But ministers could seek a judicial review of her order as the Government has argued it should not have to disclose material which is “unambiguously irrelevant” to the inquiry. The Prime Minister said the Government was “confident” in its position, but did not set out how it intended to respond to Lady Hallett’s demand for the documents to be submitted. The Government could seek a judicial review of her notice, questioning whether the demand for the documents falls within the scope of her inquiry – but legal experts have suggested the Cabinet Office would have a weak case given the wide remit set out in Lady Hallett’s terms of reference.
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