All Post Office articles
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Post Office lawyer 'silenced’ widow through incentive payments
Public inquiry hears that lawyer drafted NDA with deceased sub-postmaster’s family to prevent publicity.
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Lawyers held back damning advice from me, says former Post Office director
Convictions were deemed to be potentially unsafe - but that was not relayed to top brass, public inquiry hears.
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Legal privilege used to ‘cloak’ messages, key Post Office figure admits
Public inquiry sees lawyer’s emailed instruction to ‘structure’ documents to invoke privilege.
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Post Office latest: Former top lawyer blames firm for disclosure failure
Follow our live blog from the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal
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Post Office chief Vennells complained that GC put professional integrity ‘above the business’
Susan Crichton was left waiting outside board meeting to discuss damaging forensic accountant's report, inquiry hears.
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Post Office GC wanted to ‘box off’ Horizon probe, inquiry hears
Lawyers were also worried that opening an investigation might be ‘exploited’ by victims.
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Post Office Inquiry live: Former GC Susan Crichton gives evidence
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Opinion
Post Office bill – messy but quick
Government’s Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill raises unprecedented constitutional issues.
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Post Office lawyers warned of ‘red rag’ if Horizon faults came out
Rodric Williams is asked whether he discharged his duties as a solicitor at all times.
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Post Office Inquiry live: head of legal faces grilling from victims' lawyers
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Post Office lawyer advised withholding documents, inquiry hears
Solicitor now deciding on compensation issues described questions about Horizon IT system as ‘puerile’.
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Post Office Inquiry live: solicitors on the spot
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‘I didn’t realise we prosecuted sub-postmasters,’ former Post Office MD admits
Alan Cook tells inquiry he had not realised Post Office had the power to handle theft and false accounting cases.
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Bates accuses Post Office firm of being ‘disingenuous at best’
Sub-postmaster leader says litigation tactics of Post Office made life ‘incredibly difficult’.
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Lawyers to figure prominently in resumed Post Office Inquiry
Next phases examine how the Horizon scandal unfolded and what the Post Office did in response.
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MPs call for Post Office to be fined for delaying payments
Committee also wants cap on victims' legal expenses to be lifted.
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Regard yourselves as regulators, Post Office victim tells lawyers
Lee Castleton says lawyers must act as their own regulators to stamp out bad practice.
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Legislation to quash Post Office convictions 'does not set precedent'
Business minister says proposed legislation is likely to exonerate some who were guilty - but it is 'a price worth paying'.
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In Focus: 'Mildly ridiculous' - LSB chief’s candid verdict on the state of legal regulation
Amid mounting public outrage over the Post Office scandal, Legal Services Board chief Matthew Hill has delivered an outspoken valedictory message on the current state of legal regulation.