Sue us and we won't see you in court

摘要

A courtroom is a deep well of uncertainty for civil servants who may be unable to swim. They fear the unknown. And they fear how ministers will react if they are completely honest, open and truthful in an open courtroom.rnIndeed, ministers don't want complete honesty over the state of the government's biggest ever IT investment: the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT). Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and a plethora of health ministers have defended the programme. They would not want civil servants taking the witness stand to speak the whole truth about decisions which in some cases could probably not be justified in an independent forum.