James Eadie
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Kensington |
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| Parents | Douglas George Arnott Eadie |
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| ID | 3245945 |
James Eadie Life story
Sir James Raymond Eadie, QC is a British barrister. Since January 2009, he has served as the First Treasury Counsel or "Treasury Devil", the government's independent barrister on legal issues of national importance.
Rwanda asylum system 'biased against genuine refugees' - UN
... Sir James Eadie KC told the Supreme Court there was " every reason to conclude" that Rwanda would want the arrangements to work...
Rwanda can be trusted, Supreme Court told
... Extensive monitoringSir James Eadie KC, for the home secretary, told the Supreme Court there was " every reason to conclude" that Rwanda would want the arrangements to work...
Government loses court battle over Boris Johnson's Covid WhatsApps
... At a hearing of the case last month, government lawyer Sir James Eadie KC said the Cabinet Office had challenged the inquiry s request with " considerable reluctance"...
Challenge to Covid inquiry over Johnson WhatsApps in court
... In written documents filed at the court, government lawyer Sir James Eadie KC said the Cabinet Office " well understands" Lady Hallett s concern to ensure she has all the material she needs to reach " soundly based conclusions on the matters she is inquiring into"...
Shamima Begum joined IS with eyes open, UK lawyers says
... Sir James Eadie KC, on behalf of the government, said: " You could well have been radicalised and manipulated at an age when you are vulnerable...
Chinese cotton sold in UK could be from persecuted Uyghurs, court hears
... Sir James Eadie KC, representing the home secretary, HMRC and the National Crime Agency, said the government considered China s effort " to silence and repress Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang [to be] appalling"...
Indyref court case could have an explosive outcome
... Sir James Eadie KC, meanwhile, is one of the most senior barristers in England, who the UK government turns to for most of its major legal battles...
Holyrood's lack of indyref2 powers is 'obvious', says UK government
... But on Wednesday, Sir James Eadie KC, the UK government s independent barrister on legal issues of national importance, said it was " obvious" that the bill relates to reserved matters and the Union...
Government loses court battle over Boris Johnson's Covid WhatsApps
The government has lost its legal challenge to prevent the Covid inquiry from seeing Boris Johnson 's WhatsApps, diaries and notebooks in full.
The Cabinet Office had argued it should not have to hand over irrelevant material, but inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said it should be up to her to decide what is relevant.
The government said it would comply with The Court 's judgment.
It added it would work with The Inquiry team on " practical arrangements".
The Covid inquiry said it was " pleased" by The Verdict and added that inquiry chair Baroness Hallett expected to received The Material by 4pm on Monday 10 July.
The decision by The Court is likely to strengthen The Authority of The Inquiry and its ability to demand evidence.
In its ruling, inquiries should be allowed to " fish" for documents.
It said such exercises could potentially lead to The Inquiry getting " some irrelevant material".
Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Garnham said Baroness Hallett would return documents she found " obviously irrelevant".
The judges also suggested the Cabinet Office could make its case directly to The Inquiry about which documents should be considered irrelevant.
The Court 's ruling does not mean that The Public will get to see the documents in full as The Inquiry could apply its own redactions. It may also decide against making them public at all.
Responding to The Court 's verdict, Deborah Doyle, a spokesperson for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK group, said: " This judicial review was a desperate waste of time and money.
" A successful inquiry could save thousands of lives in The Event of another pandemic, and it's a disgrace that the Cabinet Office is trying to obstruct it. "
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner accused Rishi Sunak of " wasting time and taxpayers' money on doomed legal battles".
Earlier this year the Covid Inquiry - Set Up by the government to examine decision-making during the pandemic - requested to see WhatsApp messages on Mr Johnson's devices from a group chat Set Up to discuss the pandemic response.
It also asked to see messages from other politicians including current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak .
The Request triggered a row between The Inquiry and the government, but also Mr Johnson.
The former Prime Minister said he was " More Than happy" for The Inquiry to see his unredacted messages and threatened to send what material he had directly to The Inquiry , by-passing the Cabinet Office .
At a hearing of the case last month, Government Lawyer Sir James Eadie KC said the Cabinet Office had challenged The Inquiry 's request with " considerable reluctance".
He argued that the government had a " real concern" about people's privacy and notes that some of The Material included messages of a personal nature.
In a confidential submission to The Court , the Cabinet Office also flagged " messages about border incursions by one foreign state into The Territory of another foreign state" as well as " The Trial of foreign nationals in the courts of another foreign state".
Representing The Inquiry , Hugo Keith KC said letting the Cabinet Office decide which measures were relevant amounted to the government " marking its own homework". He also said it would " emasculate this and future inquiries".
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