I take rather a different view.... I don't believe that publishing the allegations would amount to contempt of court for two reasons:

1) The allegations have already been made at an Employment Tribunal in a public hearing. Newspapers and other media were free to report them not as established fact, but as statements from witnesses made under oath.

2) None of the remaining (three) Employment Tribunal cases will reach a determination on the allegations, 'sub judice' is therefore not a relevant consideration. Put it another way, LEPRA could win all three cases and not be cleared of the allegations. On the other hand they could lose all three cases and not be proven guilty of what I and others are accusing them of.

The series of Employment Tribunal cases will only decide whether or not LEPRA treated their employees fairly (and they're not off to a good start). The other matters - which I will not repeat here - should rightly be widely reported and investigated by the relevant bodies.

Don't shoot the messenger

This is a very frustrating thread but I suspect IG can't allow even the allegations to appear here because they'd be in contempt of court, since there are proceedings ongoing. But it is IG's duty to alert us all to the results of the court cases when they are announced.

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Hi Cameronweaver

 As I understand it the problem is a legal one. My intial post laid out all the allegations against LEPRA (selected Senior Management and Trustees) quite clearly but it had to be pulled on legal advice. I can totally appreciate IG's position but it is very frustrating. Given the histrory I won't attempt to reiterate here, but IG will forward any emails to me so that I can correspond with you direct if it would help. Contrary to what some (almost certainly the select few I refered to earlier) have said, Ihave no interest in causing trouble. My sole intention is to hold people accountable for wilfully damaging a charity which does a great deal of good work overseas.

It would genuinely be good to hear from you.

Don't shoot the messenger

I've been trying to follow the ebb and flow of discussion about LEPRA for some time now, and still do not fully comprehend precisely what the situation is. All that is clear is that some people think LEPRA is a badly run charity. Could IG provide a summary of the allegations that have been levelled against LEPRA?