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Written Question
Expert Evidence
Tuesday 1st July 2014

Asked by: Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Independent Ulster Unionist - Life peer)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the allegations made regarding expert witnesses in the BBC Panorama programme Justice for Sale, broadcast on 9 June, they intend to review independently the evidence given by Michael Ansell in the Asil Nadir trial.

Answered by Lord Wallace of Tankerness

No. Michael Ansell was instructed by the defence in the trial of Asil Nadir and if the defence have concerns about the evidence given by one of their witnesses it is a matter for them to take forward.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Nov 2013
Public Interest Immunity Certificates

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions since 2010 Public Interest Immunity certificates have been granted in cases of alleged fraud; and how many certificates were granted in each case...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Nov 2013
Public Interest Immunity Certificates

"My Lords, is not the noble and learned Lord’s Answer relevant virtually only to the case of Asil Nadir? Is it not ridiculous, and a mockery of British justice, that Asil Nadir came back to this country with all the evidence to clear his name, and that the Serious Fraud …..."
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