C1. Principle — Public Power Demands Public Accountability

Public authorities may not outsource core functions — law enforcement, prosecution, financial administration — to private entities, and then hide behind commercial secrecy.

Judicial Review exists precisely to expose such arrangements where they undermine transparency.

C2. Kennedys LLP — Undisclosed Legal Machinery of TVP

Thames Valley Police has repeatedly relied on Kennedys Law LLP. Yet:

• No record exists of Kennedys on Crown Commercial frameworks (RM6179, RM6240).
• Archived versions of Kennedys’ website once boasted of public authority contracts — now removed. (Logs #937–#938)
• No invoices, contract tenders, or procurement notices disclosed.

A private law firm appears to be acting with public authority — without public duty.

This raises a constitutional question: Can public law be outsourced to private shield?

C3. National Parallel — Treasury & Computershare

In correspondence disclosed under FOI (Exhibit M), the UK Debt Management Office confirmed:

“No information is held on individual gilt holdings — that data is administered by Computershare.”

This demonstrates a wider architecture: critical public finances administered by private actors beyond FOI, beyond Parliamentary scrutiny, beyond judicial review.

The Court must ask: How deep does this ownerless veil run?

C4. Legal Authorities

• R (Child Poverty Action Group) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2010] UKSC 54

  → Public functions outsourced remain subject to public scrutiny.