The Prime Minister’s closest legal adviser has been reported to the barristers’ watchdog for alleged serious misconduct, accused of pursuing a ‘witch–hunt’ against British Iraq War veterans.
A formal complaint against Lord Hermer was made to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) by Tory shadow minister Nick Timothy, claiming the peer ignored evidence that accusations against troops were false.
Lord Hermer, now Attorney General, was a senior lawyer in 2008 when British soldiers were hounded with false allegations of murdering Iraqis in 2004 after the Battle of Danny Boy.
In an exchange with human–rights lawyer Martyn Day during the build–up to the lawsuits, emails
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