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	Public Confidence in Inquiry May Be Lacking: Lawyers By Terri Saunders Standard-Freeholder [Canada] March 28, 2007 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=464394&catname=Local%20News&classif=News%20Live Cornwall False statements in at least two affidavits filed with the Cornwall Public Inquiry may lead to a lack of public confidence in the commission's work,lawyers argued today. "This deals with the credibility of the process," said Peter Wardle, an attorney representing the Citizens for Community Renewal. Earlier this month, a series of sworn affidavits signed by members of The Victims Group were removed from the inquiry's web site. Commission counsel received information that some of the statements contained in at least two of the documents, prepared by and presented to the inquiry by attorneys from the London-based law firm Ledroit Beckett, were incorrect. In at least one affidavit, an individual suggested he was dissatisfied with the actions of Alexandria-Cornwall Roman Catholic Diocese in relation to a civil law suit he'd filed. No law suit was ever initiated. Dallas Lee, an attorney from Ledroit Beckett, told the commission Wednesday the affidavits were prepared by clerks in the firm's office from information gathered through meetings between law firm staff and a number of complainants. "There is a concern that people will look at these errors as an indication our clients can't be trusted," said Lee.
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