Lawyers call for apology from Johnson and Patel for endangering colleagues
by Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent from on (#59H0R)
Letter signed by more than 800 ex-judges and legal figures also accuses PM and home secretary of undermining rule of law
The UK prime minister and the home secretary are accused of endangering the personal safety of lawyers through their abusive attacks on the profession and should apologise, more than 800 former judges and senior legal figures have said in a letter sent to the Guardian.
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel are additionally accused in the letter of displaying hostility" towards lawyers, undermining the rule of law and effectively risking the lives of those working in the justice system.
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