Written question asked by Lord Spens (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 January 1999. It was answered by Lord McIntosh of Haringey (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 January 1999.

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McIntosh of Haringey, Lord

Question

In the light of the facts disclosed in the letter of 4 January 1989 (reported in the Mail on Sunday, 22 November 1998) from Mr W B Willott of the Department of Trade and Industry to Mrs Olsen of the Serious Fraud Office and the Government's acknowledgement that the judgment of Lord Grantchester QC in the Licensed Dealers' Tribunal of December 1988 in the matter of TWH Management Ltd, was concealed from the defendants in the first Guinness trial and the regulatory bodies, whether during the years 1988 to 1992 certain officials with the Department of Trade and Industry (and elsewhere) were engaged in the common law offence of conspiracy to pervert the course of public justice during the Guinness trials; and, if so, whether they will request the police to investigate the facts. [HL 626].

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 626; 596 c155WA

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Disclosure of information Correspondence Department of Trade and Industry Judgements Offences against the administration of justice Trials Guinness TWH Management Licensed Dealers' Tribunal