UNITED KINGDOM
The Guardian
Owen Bowcott, Sandra Laville and Peter Walker
Friday 30 September 2016
Confidence in the troubled national inquiry into child abuse is in danger of draining away following the latest resignations, lawyers for the victims have said.
A weekly meeting between survivors’ representatives and the leadership of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) lasted all day on Friday as they sought reassurance that its original, ambitious aims would be preserved.
Confirmation of the departure of Ben Emmerson QC, lead counsel to the inquiry, as well as his deputy, Elizabeth Prochaska, both barristers at Matrix Chambers, have left many of those engaged with the inquiry demoralised and anxious.
Another lawyer has also stepped down. Abigail Bright, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, left because of delays in the module dealing with allegations surrounding the former Labour MP Greville Janner.
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