The Suffolk Hyde Affair - Doc 117 CFO North Wales Fire Service

DCFO SASmith Doc 116

‘With regard to your request for a meeting with the Chief Fire Officer, it is clear from your fax that the matter involves pending disciplinary proceedings against you. I therefore consider that, as the Chief fire Officer is likely to preside over those disciplinary proceedings, it may compromise his impartiality for him to meet you at this time.’

Doh! Bearing in mind the material circumstances of the discipline prosecution concern a matter of litigation in the County Court where Firefighter Hyde and the CFO Mr M Alcock were adversarial parties the above would be very controversial and potentially unsafe?

And of course liability in favour of Firefighter Hyde had already been admitted by Suffolk County Council. (see Doc 69