Originally Posted by
biscuit74
The idea that the VSOs responsible do not willingly come to court to explain their policies and actions seems extraordinary. Surely if they are truly leaders they should be be proud of what they do and what they stand for, happy to defend their behaviours. To do otherwise lets the whole organisation down, doesn't it? Certainly not much of a match with the blurbs on their website.
Those familiar with the Mull of Kintyre case will recall that MoD successfully argued a legal point that if the authors of 'evidence' or claims were not in court, then their work could not be discussed. MoD then prohibited the very senior officers involved (Wratten, Day, Graydon, etc.) from appearing at the Fatal Accident Inquiry. Some years later, Wratten claimed to Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight that Sheriff Sir Stephen Young 'rejected the option of calling my colleagues and I to give evidence. One has to ask why (he) pursued such a course of action'.