CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

  • TWeaK@feddit.ukEnglish
    14·
    5 days ago

    “It is further alleged that, in the same speech to the jury, the respondent made statements which were capable of suggesting to the jury that the court was not impartial, in that he referred to the defendants being prevented from giving evidence about Elbit Systems, and later referred to Elbit Systems being ‘protected’ and ‘wined and dined in the corridors of power’.

    “Those statements were capable of creating the impression that the defendants had been treated unfairly and that Elbit Systems had been improperly protected in the proceedings.”

    • lmdnw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      5 days ago

      How dare he accurately describe what’s going on! The jury should be kept in the dark about the defendants being treated unfairly and how the UK government is prosecuting its own citizens in order to protect Zionists and their weapons companies.

      *sarcasm disclosure for those with pudding-brains