Dame Lowell
Goddard, the New Zealand judge who resigned on Thursday as chair of the
£100 million Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), did
not leave her post voluntarily but was effectively fired, The Mail on
Sunday has learned.
Dame
Lowell, appointed by then-Home Secretary Theresa May just over a year
ago, had already lost the confidence of senior staff and members of the
inquiry panel, according to two well-placed legal sources.