Now-published Government witness statements submitted to prosecutors in the China espionage case cast only limited light on what happened. In this post, I outline six key questions that remain to be answered by government ministers and the Crown Prosecution Service.| Public Law for Everyone
The Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, has made a statement to the House of Commons regarding the collapse of the prosecution of two individuals who had been accused of espionage contrary to section 1(1)(c) of the Official Secrets Act 1911. Following the Prime Minister’s remarks last week, and other Ministers’ comments in interviews since then, it has remained unclear why the case collapsed and what role, if any, the government played in its collapse. Does the Security Minister’s statement ...| Public Law for Everyone
The Prime Minister has claimed that his government’s hands are tied in relation to whether China constituted an ‘enemy’ for the purpose of a now-dropped criminal prosecution under…| Public Law for Everyone
