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MHK queries barrister's powers

Tue, 19 Apr 2016

How can an English barrister exercise the Attorney General's statutory powers on the Isle of Man?

That's the question being posed by Douglas South MHK Kate Beecroft.

She believes a summary court judgement in a case against a resident suspected of money laundering, and offences against public justice, suggests they can.

She wants to know which circumstances warrant the move with Acting Attorney General John Quinn is set to answer the question in Tynwald this week: 

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• Kate Beecroft MHK