Embarrassing emails

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There are many blast signatures of a calumny but few are more distinctive than the quality of communications between those who wind up being implicated in them.

Examples:

“For now, we’ll do what we can to avoid disclosure of these guidelines and try to do so in a way that looks legitimate. However, we are ultimately withholding a key document, and this may attract some criticism from Freeths. If you disagree with this approach, do let me know. Otherwise, we’ll adopt this approach until such time as we sense the criticism is becoming serious.”

—Womble Bond Dickinson email to Post Office inhouse legal team

See also

• United States v Connolly and Black
• Hayes and Palombo v R