Pressure growing on abuse inquiry chief Fiona Woolf over new links to Leon Brittan

Pressure growing on abuse inquiry chief Fiona Woolf over new links to Leon Brittan

‘The controversial new head of the Government’s inquiry into historic sex abuse is under growing pressure as more evidence emerged of her links to a key figure in the scandal.
Fiona Woolf has connections going back at least a decade with Leon Brittan, who is accused of involvement in a cover-up when he was Home Secretary.
Today we can reveal that the top commercial lawyer sat in the same magistrates’ court as Lord Brittan’s wife Diana for three years.
Mrs Woolf was also a senior figure at the Law Society when it hosted a conference addressed by Lord Brittan.’
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