All Post Office articles – Page 9
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NewsMPs 'concerned' at Herbert Smith’s involvement with Post Office scheme
Committee demands safeguards that compensation scheme will not repeat mistakes.
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NewsSRA and Post Office agree disclosure order in Horizon investigation
Post Office agrees wording of disclosure notice which ‘does not relate to individuals that are involved with the Post Office today’.
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NewsMinister dismisses concerns about City firm’s role in Post Office compensation
MP says Post Office package is ‘strikingly similar’ to largely discredited Lloyds HBOS scheme worked on by same law firm.
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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.