Senior public servant sought legal advice about NY position before John Barilaro was appointed, inquiry told

Chris Carr disputes parts of evidence of Jenny West, who says she was offered the role, NSW parliamentary inquiry hears

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A senior New South Wales government lawyer insists he was asked to provide advice on whether a senior trade position could be appointed by a minister via his boss, the Investment NSW chief executive Amy Brown.

On Tuesday, Chris Carr, general counsel for Investment NSW when the former deputy premier John Barilaro was controversially handed a lucrative New York trade job, told a parliamentary inquiry that it was Brown, or her chief of staff, who first asked him to provide advice on the positions.

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