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May 2024
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Post Office Inquiry: Keeping their Knees on Seema’s Neck
Lawyers colluded to prolong injustice I think yesterday afternoon’s session at the Inquiry was one of the most devastating I have seen to date. Martin Smith, a former employee of Cartwright King solicitors, gave his second day of evidence, after a remote cameo from former interim Post Office General Counsel Chris Aujard. If you want…
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Post Office Inquiry – the shredding mystery becomes clearer and murkier at the same time
Who made the decision? So many answers, so many more questions. Yesterday’s evidence began with Harry Bowyer’s second stint in the chair. Bowyer was an in-house barrister at Cartwright King charged with providing advice when it came to helping the Post Office prosecute Subpostmasters. He was bright, bluff, confident and unconvincing, constantly repeating the mantra…
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Senior former Post Office lawyer could not tell Inquiry what the criminal standard of proof is, and other worrying tales…
Careful, Hugh Sorry, this is very rushed. I got asked to go on the Today programme at the last minute to talk about the confirmation of the new Post Office Chair, Nigel Railton. It is good to see that Nigels are still being given a fair crack of the whip in the corporate world. I…