Archerfield Partners, a niche London-based law firm claiming to represent several famous clients, has told British parliamentarians that unless details of one of the few remaining so-called super-injunctions are removed from the parliamentary website, there will be ‘diplomatic repercussions’.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the firm -- which is acting for the former wife of an unnamed Asian head of state -- made the threats against the joint Parliamentary committee on privacy and injunctions yesterday.
Terror allegations
Mark Burby, a businessman from the Channel Islands, made a series of allegations in a submission that is available on the committee’s website. He alleges that the ‘Asian head of state’ was a ‘substantial’ backer of Al Qaeda who had been warned about the London bombings in July 2005. He goes on to add that the unnamed woman boasted that she ‘owns’ the courts in England and Wales and the government.
The Daily Telegraph claims to have seen the letter in which the firm makes its threat and quotes it as stating: ‘We have no doubt that should the committee continue to publish then the injunction will be fully breached and further harm done to our client. There is a great deal more damage which could be caused to her, and which could be averted by the timely removal of this material. We hope that the committee will appreciate the serious injustice being done. We also hope that the committee will appreciate the diplomatic repercussions of continuing to publish Mr Burby’s untested allegations about a friendly head of state in these circumstances.’
The document on the parliamentary website remains available.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the firm -- which is acting for the former wife of an unnamed Asian head of state -- made the threats against the joint Parliamentary committee on privacy and injunctions yesterday.
Terror allegations
Mark Burby, a businessman from the Channel Islands, made a series of allegations in a submission that is available on the committee’s website. He alleges that the ‘Asian head of state’ was a ‘substantial’ backer of Al Qaeda who had been warned about the London bombings in July 2005. He goes on to add that the unnamed woman boasted that she ‘owns’ the courts in England and Wales and the government.
The Daily Telegraph claims to have seen the letter in which the firm makes its threat and quotes it as stating: ‘We have no doubt that should the committee continue to publish then the injunction will be fully breached and further harm done to our client. There is a great deal more damage which could be caused to her, and which could be averted by the timely removal of this material. We hope that the committee will appreciate the serious injustice being done. We also hope that the committee will appreciate the diplomatic repercussions of continuing to publish Mr Burby’s untested allegations about a friendly head of state in these circumstances.’
The document on the parliamentary website remains available.
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