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Leveson Inquiry

Questions over role of Leveson lawyer embroiled in affair allegations

By Angela Haggerty, Reporter

June 15, 2013 | 2 min read

Eyebrows have been raised after it emerged a lawyer who made a “valuable contribution” to the Leveson Inquiry allegedly began a relationship with a barrister who had represented phone hacking victims.

Questions: Carine Patry Hoskins

Lord Justice Leveson has submitted a letter to Conservative MP Rob Wilson detailing Carine Patry Hoskins role in the inquiry, revealing the married mother of two had met, prepared and interviewed witnesses, as well as reviewing their statements and conducting legal research.

Four months before the inquiry ended, Patry Hoskins when on holiday with the barrister, David Sherborne, but are not thought to be in a current relationship.

Wilson described Patry Hoskins’ role as “completely inappropriate” in light of the details provided about the work she carried out. However, Lord Justice Leveson said Patry Hoskins’ showed a “real commitment” to her work on the inquiry said defining her contribution in the context of the affair revelations would be misleading.

Patry Hoskins received a salary of £218,606 for her work between July 2011 and November 2012.

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