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Plans to reform private prosecutions after Post Office Horizon scandal

Improved oversight and a law to strip organisations of their power to take people to court are among measures gaining cross-party support

The Guardian - UK

Supporters of postmaster jailed for murder want a retrial after Horizon scandal

The postmaster's appeal for a retrial has previously been refused

Evening Standard

UK Post Office Scandal Left Me On Brink Of Suicide: Victim

Wrongly convicted due to bugs in the UK Post Office's computer system, Seema Misra was sent to prison while two months pregnant.

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Horrified by Horizon? Then get ready to be totally appalled by AI

As the Post Office debacle has amply demonstrated, putting blind faith into a new form of technology can be perilous

The Guardian - UK

The abuse of unaccountable power is at the wicked heart of the Post Office scandal

Politicians, civil servants and the judicial system were complicit in their disdain of those fighting to clear their names

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak must now compensate infected blood scandal victims, politicians demand

After the prime minister acted to help hundreds of postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office, he has been told to roll out compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal

The Independent UK

‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light

Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story

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Post office owner says Horizon IT system used to frame him for wife’s murder

Mother of murdered wife says killer using Horizon scandal to ‘gain publicity’

The Independent UK

Post Office ‘could face £100m bill and insolvency’ following Horizon scandal

Dan Neidle, tax lawyer, posted on X saying the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and called it ‘unlawful’.

Evening Standard

Post office owner says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder

Robin Garbutt hopes for fresh appeal against conviction that came after jury heard evidence using data from discredited IT system

The Guardian - UK

Top lawyer urges MPs to review private prosecutions after Post Office scandal

Bar Council chair Sam Townend KC says parliament should consider formal regulation of growing practice

The Guardian - UK

Worst of Westminster: Horizon scandal and air strikes on Yemen

Westminster has largely been gripped by one story this week, that of what to do about the Post Office Horizon scandal.

The National (Scotland)

Sunak’s plan to overrule courts on Post Office scandal could set a dangerous precedent – but other options would mean stumping up cash

In response to the outcry over what he described as “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to overturn the criminal convictions of more than 700 sub-postmasters falsely accused of theft or false accounting between 2000 and 2014. In doing…

The Conversation

Post Office scandal calls for reflection and justice

Letters: Readers debate problems with computer systems, denials of wrongdoing, and note that nothing is as effective in galvanising politicians as embarrassment

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Which politicians carry blame in the Post Office IT scandal?

All three main parties have come under scrutiny for their roles in one of Britain’s worst miscarriages of justice

The Guardian - UK

‘Systemically, seriously wrong’: the 20-year quest to reveal Post Office IT scandal

People behind characters in the ITV drama describe their efforts to highlight Horizon software injustices

The Guardian - UK

Who would you rather see in the Lords, Post Office scandal hero Alan Bates or Michelle Mone?

The PM says the campaigner should have a knighthood, but why stop there? He could show feckless peers what public service looks like, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Conversation

Post Office scandal: why thousands of victims are yet to see justice

Following the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which aired on January 1 2024, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak stated he intends to introduce legislation to ensure those convicted as a result of the Post Office scandal are “swiftly exonerated and compensated”.

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The Guardian - UK

Post Office lawyers say leaving no stone unturned is unrealistic, inquiry hears

Attitude of organisation and its legal team is ‘disgrace’, says David Davis as Horizon scandal inquiry continues

The Independent UK

Infected blood victims want Post Office scandal style TV drama in bid for justice

A lawyer who represents 1,500 victims of the infected blood scandal said some would welcome a TV drama

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal: 'Mafia hit' saw sub-postmaster targeted for retribution, says Lord Arbuthnot

Michael Rudkin was sacked after visit to Fujitsu HQ to inspect faulty Horizon software

The Guardian - UK

Post Office provided ‘misleading’ information to inquiry and disclosure of documents has been ‘sub-optimal’, lawyer admits – as it happened

Lawyer acting for Post Office agrees that important disclosure questionnaire replicated inaccuracies

The Guardian - UK

The Post Office is now box office as inquiry resumes with righteous fury

Investigator Stephen Bradshaw may have drawn short straw, but the company man was far from a sympathetic figure

The Guardian - UK

Lost emails and last-ditch finds: how the Post Office inquiry was delayed

Public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has been repeatedly halted by obstacles such as a ‘series of disclosure failings’

The Guardian - UK

‘Dangerous path to go down’: four legal experts on the Post Office exoneration bill

The government’s decision to pass a law overturning the convictions of post office operators has left many lawyers and judges uneasy

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