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12th August 2024Highlighting some of the heroes – the Post Office scandal
As the Horizon IT Post Office Inquiry Phase 6 comes to an end, and ever more shocking evidence appears about how sub-postmasters were unlawfully convicted as part of a massive criminal conspiracy, when considering all of the bad actors who contributed to the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history, it’s worth remembering that there are also people who fall into the opposite category.
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14th May 2024THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL – exploring the role of Solicitors.
A question that I frequently ask myself when considering the role of solicitors in the PO Scandal is whether, and if so to what extent, are the lawyers the tail which is wagging the dog?
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10th February 2024Where were the Directors? Part 3
As a lawyer by trade - although I am enjoying my foray into journalism - today I am thinking about the objective and statutory duties of those on the Board of the Post Office, as legislated under the Companies Act 2006. By staying silent in the face of wrongdoing on an industrial scale, did the individual members of the Board breach their duties as directors?
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1st February 2024The Post Office scandal – what next?
It’s often said that variety is the spice of life, so I’m completely changing tack here to try and focus on solutions. In other words, if I had the legal, corporate, and constitutional authority to mandate a solution (chance would be a fine thing),what would I do, and what would that look like?
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25th January 2024Thoughts on Post Office Scandal – Part 1
Over and over again, these past few weeks, I’ve heard the following two questions: (1) what caused the Post Office scandal, and (2) why did it take a tv series for it to become so widely and publicly known?
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