All Post Office articles – Page 3
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NewsRevealed: Post Office's £24m legal spend on compensation claims
Wrongly convicted sub-postmasters continue to believe that their claims are being overscrutinised.
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NewsPost Office chair 'abusive' to general counsel, inquiry hears
Further revelations emerge about deep divisions from this year at senior level.
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NewsPost Office lawyers still ‘defending the indefensible’, says former chair
One victim of the Horizon scandal claiming compensation felt that lawyers ‘demonstrated brutality’.
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OpinionDeclaration of independence
It is well past time for the UK’s corporate governance framework to take account of the conflicted predicament of in-housers.
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NewsTake Post Office compensation scheme away from lawyers, say experts
Adversarial system is preventing swift and efficient resolution to victims’ claims.
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OpinionWhat in-house needs from reform of legal regulation
More support for good in-house lawyers – and further to fall for ‘bad’ ones.
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NewsPost Office general counsel steps back from business
Ben Foat has appeared before the Post Office Inquiry to explain disclosure failings.
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OpinionPost Office scandal already a wake-up call for in-house lawyers
Every senior management team should be asking: are we doing enough for our lawyers?
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NewsPost Office misled us ahead of litigation, says former minister
Kelly Tolhurst says government was concerned about defending group claims but could not interfere.
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NewsIn depth: PO inquiry - Ex-Fujitsu engineer claims he was unaware of expert witness obligations
Gareth Jenkins and his interaction with Post Office lawyers came under scrutiny at the public inquiry this week.
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NewsPost Office live: Expert witness felt 'under pressure' from prosecution lawyer
Post Office's go-to expert witness faces a third day of oral evidence, answering questions on his involvement in prosecutions.
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NewsPost Office live: Post Office demanded changes to damaging witness statement
Gareth Jenkins, the senior Fujitsu engineer who gave evidence as an expert witness in around 15 sub-postmaster trials, faces day two of questions at the Post Office Inquiry.
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NewsPost Office live: Prosecution witness says Post Office 'tried to put words in my mouth'
Gareth Jenkins, the Fujitsu engineer whose evidence was crucial to at least a dozen sub-postmaster prosecutions, begins four days of oral evidence to the Post Office Inquiry.
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NewsFirm’s bank details leaked in Post Office settlement document
Claimant firm’s account number and sort code posted along with sub-postmasters’ details.
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NewsSRA probing 20 solicitors and firms over Post Office scandal
In updated statement, regulator says investigation includes conduct of lawyers during and since prosecutions.
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NewsPost Office lawyer accused of conspiring to pervert course of justice
Second Sight accountant found compelling evidence in two cases that evidence was withheld, public inquiry is told.
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NewsPost Office live: Solicitor accused of being the 'epitome of arrogance'
Womble Bond Dickinson partner Andy Parsons, who led the defence in the Bates litigation, returns for a second day of oral evidence at the Post Office Inquiry.
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NewsSolicitor for Post Office wrote trainee’s email on avoiding disclosure
First day of Andrew Parsons’s evidence to Post Office Inquiry focuses on disclosure issues.
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NewsPost Office live: Key solicitor called sub-postmasters 'liars and criminals'
Andrew Parsons, a solicitor and partner with Womble Bond Dickinson, faces questions on his role in defending the Post Office during the Horizon scandal.