Today, a panel of seven Supreme Court justices - led by retired president Lady Hale - called the Government's decision to share intelligence with the US 'unlawful'. Mr Javid, then Home Secretary, was accused of making a 'secret and unilateral' change to Britain's stance by MPs and human rights lawyers. The High Court heard in October 2018 that Mr Javid was intent on not 'outraging political appointments in the Trump administration'. In June 2018, Mr Javid authorised the sharing of 600 witness statements gathered by the Metropolitan Police under a 'mutual legal assistance' agreement in a letter to then US Attorney General Jeff Sessions. According to the Supreme Court, civil servants wrote to then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in June 2018, a day after Mr Javid met with Mr Sessions.

Source: Daily Mail March 25, 2020 10:03 UTC