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What constitutes contempt?

What constitutes contempt?

Former minister says it must include failure to correct the record

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Sep 05, 2022
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A former justice minister who resigned from Boris Johnson’s government in April over breaches of the criminal law in Downing Streets says today that Johnson’s lawyers have defined the charges against him too narrowly.

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC, who was the first minister to resign over Johnson's response to breaches of the cr…

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