Following facts and then consider the legal advice which you wouldprovide to Mrs. Gonzalez.
Five years ago, during a visit to the United Kingdom by a controversial AmericanPresident, an individual called Juan Gonzalez was shot and killed. Juan Gonzalezhad been taking part in a peaceful demonstration against the visit outside theAmerican Embassy. At the time it was thought that Juan Gonzalez had been shot byanother protestor (who could not be traced), but evidence emerged a few monthsafter the incident that he may have been shot by a member of the British securityservices.The police refused to consider this new evidence and told Consuela Gonzalez,Juan’s mother, that their file was closed. Mrs. Gonzalez was dissatisfied with this,and asked the Home Secretary to arrange an independent investigation into herson’s death. The Home Secretary refused to do this but, following a lengthycampaign in the media, the Home Secretary has now agreed to hold an independentinvestigation.The Home Secretary has decided that the investigation shall be carried out by aformer head of the security services. The Home Secretary has given instructions thatcertain documents relating to the incident are not to be disclosed to the investigation,and has also said that no member of the security services may be compelled to giveevidence to the investigation. In addition, the Home Secretary has given instructionsthat the investigation should have no contact with Mrs. Gonzalez.If the final report finds that any members of the security services were complicit inthe death of Juan Gonzalez, the Home Secretary has said that they will not facecriminal charges. The Home Secretary has also ordered that the final report shall notbe made public.Mrs. Gonzalez is dissatisfied with this and believes the investigation will not get tothe truth of what happened
[Solved] MHW-642 Topic 1 DQ 2
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