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...In the coming months, the inquiry will hear testimony from several former general counsel at the Post Office, each of whom will give evidence against the backdrop of a debate about whether the role of an...
...from sub-postmasters about the Horizon system....
...by the Post Office itself using a general right in English law....
...“Following several interviews and examination of documents by the barrister, Nick has been exonerated of all the misconduct allegations and has the full and united backing of the board to continue to lead...
...Davey will appear in July as will officials from UKGI, the state-owned body responsible for managing the government’s ownership of the Post Office....
...The mass exoneration of sub-postmasters in the UK Post Office scandal has raised concerns among judges about parliamentary interference in the courts as senior lawyers warned the move should not be repeated...
...and has the full and united backing of the board to continue to lead the business”....
...The probe, headed by retired judge Sir Wyn Williams since 2020, has so far taken evidence from dozens of witnesses who have attested to widespread failures by the state-owned Post Office in its pursuit of...
...It added: “This is one of the reasons why the Secretary of State felt new leadership was required.”...
...Between 2000 and 2014 the state-owned Post Office prosecuted hundreds of sub-postmasters after financial shortfalls were identified at their branches as a result of faulty evidence from the Horizon IT system...
...The state-owned business’s lawyers are undertaking a review of cases and have written to some sub-postmasters where it considers there are grounds for appeal....
...The state-owned business’s lawyers are undertaking a review of cases and has written to individuals where it will not oppose an appeal....
...The Post Office, which is state-owned, has privately told ministers it would have opposed appeals by nearly half of the 700 sub-postmasters convicted, arguing that non-Horizon evidence supported the convictions...
...The UK government has denied claims made by the former chair of the Post Office that he had been instructed to stall payments to sub-postmasters ahead of the general election, after critics hit out at ministers...
...At the time of the conversation, the Post Office had a provision of about £800mn for sub-postmasters’ redress across three different schemes....
...Over the decades that the Post Office wrongfully prosecuted sub-postmasters using flawed evidence, the state-owned business turned to a series of lawyers to pursue the cases and then to avoid scrutiny....
...She will be joined by current BT chair Adam Crozier who was in charge of the state-owned business’ parent company, Royal Mail, for a period when it presided over one of Britain’s biggest miscarriages of...
...The state-owned Post Office acted as investigator and prosecutor in the cases, using the general right in English law for any individuals and organisations to pursue private prosecutions without involving...
...and so services to the general public can continue.”...
...The resolution had called for full membership of the UN General Assembly for a Palestinian state. US opposition left the resolution with no prospect of success....
...During her tenure, she staunchly defended the Horizon IT system and was in charge when the state-owned business spent millions of pounds battling sub-postmasters in a landmark High Court case....
...The writer is UK Lord Chancellor and secretary of state for justice The Horizon scandal is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history, with hundreds of sub-postmasters and postmistresses...
...More than 900 sub-postmasters were convicted in cases involving data from the Post Office’s faulty Horizon IT system following its introduction in 1999, including more than 700 brought by the state-owned...
...Vennells had staunchly defended the Horizon system in public and was in charge when the state-owned Post Office spent millions of pounds battling sub-postmasters in a landmark High Court case....
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