Boris Johnson’s legal team is set to challenge the Privileges Committee over its handling of evidence related to Partygate, theipaper understands
is intending to keep fighting to clear his name after this week’s dramatic testimony, his lawyers are expected to send further letters to the committee over what they claim is its failure to include key documents in the bundles of evidence published on Wednesday.
The legal arguments centre on whether interviews Sue Gray conducted with civil servants during her Partygate inquiry and other material should have been published in full, as Mr Johnson wanted to rely on them in his oral evidence. While Mr Johnson is apparently determined to battle on with the committee, the ongoing legal tangle may be regarded by the MPs as a further aggravating factor on whether the ex-PM is in contempt of Parliament.
Once the committee makes its final ruling – expected after Easter recess – Mr Johnson does not have the power to appeal, and therefore all representations are being made to the committeeThe legal tussle over the evidence began on Monday, when Mr Johnson’s solicitors Peters & Peters wrote ato chairman Harriet Harman complaining that the committee had refused to include “highly relevant material which supports Mr Johnson and, therefore, is highly relevant to the hearing”, adding: “We have...
A source close to Mr Johnson said his lawyers were expected to make further written representations on the “key issue about how the committee treated the evidence before it”, including refusing to publish what the ex-PM regards as crucial evidence.
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