At all times we acted impartially and without bias.

Head of the Inquiry Team into the interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry's tax evasion allegations, Bruce Cowley, disputes earlier claims by ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase that the Inquiry was biased and had flaws.

In an interview with Fijivillage, Cowley said he and his fellow committee members worked very long hours to gain a thorough understanding of Chaudhry's affairs and the relevant issues that needed to be addressed.

Cowley adds the committee approached its task diligently, spoke to those people identified as important to deliberations, took all the time needed and at all times acted impartially and without bias.

He also said it is not the role of the committee members to speculate on the adequacy of the terms of reference.

The Inquiry team to look into allegations of Chaudhry's tax consisted of Taufa Vakatale, educationist and first female Deputy Prime Minister, Bruce Cowley, corporate lawyer and partner in the Minter Ellison law firm in Australia and Russell Postle, tax specialist and partner in accounting firm BDO, Kendalls also in Australia.

ousted Prime Minister Qarase earlier said that a full independent investigation should be conducted against Chaudhry for alleged tax evasion as they do not recognize the earlier independent inquiry which cleared the Labour leader.