The inappropriate request made to Mr. Neidle was an attempt to prevent public scrutiny of the decision by the then chancellor of the exchequer to resort to instructing a solicitor to write on his behalf and threaten legal action. While it is not asserted that this threat was necessarily inappropriate, the attempt to prevent publication or discussion that such a threat had been made by a member of the government was, in the context of this case, inappropriate.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority stated that the actions taken by Zahawi's solicitor could damage public trust in the legal profession. The SRA emphasized that a member of the government attempting to silence criticism is not only improper but undermines accountability.
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