He also acted as Deputy
Chair of the Civil Contingencies Committee, supporting the Prime Minister, Home Secretary and other Ministers in their
role as
Chair and, in the event
of any
serious incident requiring central government coordination, acting as the Government's senior Crisis Manager.
(correct test for Barrister appeals; whether outside the ex improviso rule, prosecutor may call evidence after prosecution and defence case closed; use
of debarring orders against prosecutor; whether tribunal may «enter the arena» and strongly request the attendance
of a prosecution witness; whether BSB has power to summons witnesses; whether prosecutor may communicate with disciplinary judge behind the back
of the defence; whether such communication redolent
of actual bias
of judge where judge wishes prosecutor good luck on appeal; whether apparent bias doctrine can be engaged by post-trial conduct
of judge; legal effect
of serving BSB prosecutions department officer being 1
of 4 appointing members
of the COIC «Tribunals Appointments Body» (TAB); whether TAB ultra vires the Bar's Constitutions; whether open - ended power
of removal
of member
of COIC pool without cause, unlawful given position
of BSB
Chair and senior staff on COIC; whether ECHR Article 6 guarantees against pressure on disciplinary judges to conform with a prosecutorial mentality; whether disciplinary judges Art. 6 «independent» within Findlay v United Kingdom given key
role of BSB prosecutions department in appointing disciplinary judges;
serious non-disclosure by BSB
of notes
of secret meeting between BSB and disciplinary judge until day before appeal and despite requests and application for disclosure by defence)