UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
7 AUG 2016
BY BEN ROSSINGTON
Theresa May was warned not to look outside the UK before choosing the New Zealand judge who quit the national child abuse inquiry this week, it was claimed.
The Prime Minister, as Home Secretary, appointed Dame Lowell Goddard last year. She is the third chairwoman to quit.
A legal source said: “The PM was advised by very senior people not to look outside because of the need for an intricate understanding of British law and the establishment.
“It’s a difficult balancing act, you want someone who gets it but isn’t part of it. There were questions about whether Justice Goddard had the level of knowledge needed.”
In hearings at the High Court last week the performance of the judge, 67, came under fire. She quit after it was revealed she spent 74 days abroad working or on holiday.
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