The Independent reports today…. “A claim that James Murdoch gave misleading evidence to a Commons committee is to be referred to Scotland Yard, a Labour MP said today. Tom Watson said he would be contacting Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers – who is leading the phone-hacking investigation – about the claim made by former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former legal manager Tom Crone.”
Today I am talking to solicitor David Allen Green about the legal implications of this and the legal position of News Corp solicitors Harbottle & Lewis and the extent to which they are now able to put their views on the Murdoch testimony of last Tuesday….
(The sound quality is ‘patchy’ in parts – although only one minor cut out. I had to call David Allen Green on a mobile while he was in a taxi.)
Useful links
Other Without Prejudice podcasts on #Hackgate: in the last week
David Allen Green in The New Statesman: Allowing the lawyers to speak
Samira Shackle in the New Statesman: Tom Watson asks police to investigate James Murdoch
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The podcast has not appeared in either the iTunes Charon QC >> Charon Podcasts or the Without Prejudice >> podcast. Are you planning to upload it or is it only going to be available directly from the blog?