All Post Office articles – Page 10
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NewsPost Office victims say settlement agreement 'obtained under duress'
MPs hear that the Post Office may have spent more than £100m on legal fees relating to Horizon scandal.
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NewsPost Office willing ‘as general principle’ to waive privilege
Horizon inquiry chair says he is satisfied with the responses to his requests for access to documents.
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NewsPost Office inquiry chair seeks waiver on legal privilege
Sir Wyn Williams gives government, Post Office and IT supplier a week to respond to proposal.
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NewsGovernment asks for lawyers’ role to be left out of Post Office inquiry
Preliminary hearing reveals that BEIS has said sub-postmasters should seek redress another way.
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NewsNew call for lawyers to be probed in Post Office inquiry
Team of academic experts say role of legal advisers is crucial for understanding how scandal happened.
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NewsAcademics call for probe into Post Office lawyers
Conduct of litigation was a 'scandal within a scandal', research team alleges.
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NewsCCRC admits it lacks funds to handle glut of Post Office cases
Hundreds of people convicted in the past 20 years could seek to have their case reviewed.
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NewsNews focus: Post Office Horizon scandal - Where weren’t the lawyers?
There are calls for a full, judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office prosecution of former subpostmasters, with many wondering what role lawyers played in this miscarriage of justice.
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OpinionPost Office prosecutions follow a familiar script
Forgive me if I do not join in the rejoicing over the Wonders of British Justice.
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NewsCalls grow for SRA and police to investigate Post Office lawyers
Post Office engaged in ‘legal gymnastics to seek to persuade the court away from finding a clear systematic abuse of process'.
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NewsCourt lambasts Post Office disclosure failings as convictions quashed
Documents reveal concerns about ‘conspiracies’ over Horizon system and need to ‘destroy’ criticism.
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NewsEx-Post Office workers reach Court of Appeal
Over 40 former sub postmasters will attempt to have their convictions quashed in the Royal Courts of Justice this week.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills under fire for Post Office advice
'Perverse' that HSF is overseeing the compensation scheme for former Post Office workers, says group of MPs.
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NewsPost Office ‘attacked and disparaged’ sub postmasters, judge finds
Sixth judgment of marathon litigation accuses network of ‘institutional obstinacy’ over Horizon computer system.
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NewsPost Office IT contractor faces prosecution after judge's 'grave concerns' about evidence
Evidence from Fujitsu employees in mammoth Post Office litigation has been referred to the director of public prosecutions.
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NewsPost Office settles mammoth group action
After 'respectful, challenging, and ultimately successful mediation' Post Office apologises to its former postmasters.
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NewsPost Office appeal dismissed by court as costs soar
By last month, parties in the mammoth group action had run up more than £35m in legal fees.
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NewsSpending nears £40m in mammoth Post Office case
Parties in the group litigation have spent £36.3m on the proceedings so far, the High Court heard yesterday.
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NewsBates v Post Office: Costs hit £25m as both parties warned about spending
'Costs of this order cannot pass without comment', High Court judge notes.