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The lawyers for several key witnesses at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have requested privilege against self-incrimination to protect them from future prosecution.
Inquiry chair, retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick said the request from counsel for Harley Façades, certain employees and ex-employees of Rydon, installer Osborne Berry, cladding designer Kevin Lamb, and the tenant management organisation (TMO), as coming as “something of a surprise”.
“Privilege against self-incrimination is a rule of law that protects a person from being required to answer questions, if to do so truthfully might expose him or her to a risk of prosecution. It’s a very broad principle, and will extend to any answers which might assist in or lead to a prosecution,” Moore-Bick explained.
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