UNITED KINGDOM
BBC Newsnight
By Jake Morris
BBC Newsnight
A key lawyer for the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has resigned, BBC Newsnight has learned.
Toby Fisher, one of the first three barristers appointed to the inquiry, said he wanted to stand down in August.
It is understood he was concerned by the inquiry’s “progress and direction” and was not otherwise planning on leaving.
A spokesman for the inquiry would not comment on specifics and Mr Fisher declined to comment.
Mr Fisher had served as first junior counsel – the joint-second most senior barrister on the inquiry – and previously worked on two of the inquiry’s most high profile investigations – into Lord Janner and alleged abuse in Westminster.
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