The CLC’s role in the case will be looked into after criticism of the group.
The main criticisms have been toward Mr Pavel Stroilov, who wrote a letter to Alfie’s father, Tom Evans, saying it would be legal for him to take his son out of the hospital.
In the court’s notes they say: “The father had a letter written to him by Mr Pavel Stroilov of the Christian Legal Centre which, we were told, is a campaigning organisation. In the letter Mr Stroilov, who we have been told is not a lawyer, purported to give the father legal advice. He said that it would be lawful for the father to remove Alfie from the hospital and take him to any other place he chose.”
They go on to say: “is letter was misleading to the extent of giving the father false advice. We have been told that it had the most regrettable consequences in that it led to a confrontation in which Alfie was involved. The Police had to be called.”
The CLC released a statement last Friday, before the Solicitors Regulation Authority was made aware of the critcism but after some initial concern regarding their involvement: “The Christian Legal Centre…has only been assisting Mr Evans and Ms James for less than a month. Many of the important court hearings happened before this time.”
“Before our involvement, for example, Mr Evans and Ms James were represented by the…
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