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Originally Posted by ianch99
There is an interesting theory running around that says that had Johnson paid for his own legal defence, he could not have reported to the Police due to client confidentiality rules. As the state paid for the legal defence, these rights were not in place. Does this make sense?
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That’s right. The legal team for Boris Johnson was hired by the Cabinet Office which is a Civil Service function. Once the legal team found evidence of these new events, they passed this on to their client as the defence and accused has a right to know all evidence against them. The Civil Service code says that they must report all instances of suspected law breaking which is what they did.
If Boris Johnson hired his own legal team, we would know about the case against him but could keep schtum about it.