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Conservative MP uses parliamentary privilege to name and shame ‘amoral’ lawyers working for ‘Putin’s henchmen’

Bob Seely accused lawyers of working on behalf of oligarchs to undermine freedom of speech.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2022-03-02 07:49
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A Conservative MP used parliamentary privilege to name and shame UK lawyers working on behalf of Russian oligarchs.

Bob Seely, the MP for the Isle of Wight, said the UK’s legal system had become “corrupted” by money from kleptocrats, as he accused lawyers of working on behalf of oligarchs to undermine freedom of speech.

“A very serious situation”

“It is a very serious situation that our legal systems have become so corrupted,” Seely said, as he claimed oligarchs are “abusing” the UK’s legal system to silence the press.

Speaking to the House of Commons, Seely accused four British lawyers, including Harbottle & Lewis solicitor John Kelly, CMS media lawyer Geraldine Proudler, British barrister Hugh Tromlinson QC, and Carter Ruck partner Nigel Tait, of working on behalf of Putin’s allies.

The comments come after Labour MP Ben Bradshaw said lawyers working on behalf of oligarchs to block the government’s sanctions should be named and shamed.

“A free press should be intimidating kleptocrats and criminals,” Seely said. “Why have we got to a position in our society, a free society, the mother of parliaments, where we have kleptocrats, criminals, and oligarchs intimidating a free media?”

“Putin’s henchmen”

The MP added that a coalition had emerged through “Putin’s henchmen teaming up with amoral lawyers,”

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The comments come after the government told City of London firms to be wary of working on behalf of Russian oligarchs, after Liz Truss said lawyers working for oligarchs had been seeking to block the government’s sanctions regimes.

Speaking to the House of Commons on the issue of lawyers hindering the government’s efforts to sanction oligarchs, Seely asked “how much money – how many billions of pounds – will have fled the country by the time we nail these people down?”

Watch the clip in full below:

Well. This is spicy. Conservative MP Bob Seely makes the most of parliamentary privilege to name individual London lawyers working for Russian oligarchs and questions their morality. pic.twitter.com/Cq6XoNvBLR

— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) March 1, 2022

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