
There is a “real danger” the UK Covid Inquiry would be undermined if the Cabinet Office wins its High Court bid, lawyers for former prime minister Boris Johnson have said in a dispute over his unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks.
The Cabinet Office is bringing a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett’s order to release the documents, arguing it should not have to hand over material that is “unambiguously irrelevant”.