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"these were not exceptional individuals – they were individuals doing what they (wrongly) believed to be their job or performing what they (wrongly) believed to be their function or protecting what they (wrongly) saw to be legitimate interests."

Excellent blog post from @davidallengreen on the failures of the UK legal system and the professional classes that allowed the #Horizon scandal to flourish.

davidallengreen.com/2024/01/ho…

#PostOfficeScandal


How the legal system made it so easy for the Post Office to destroy the lives of the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses – and how the legal system then made it so hard for them to obtain justice

12th January 2024 The Post Office Horizon scandal is both simple and complex, straightforward but also difficult to grasp in all its interconnected detail. The essence of the scandal is, of course,…
The Law and Policy Blog
#horizon #PostOfficeScandal @d a t green
in reply to Adrian McEwen

Alexandra Lanes
Alexandra Lanes
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@Adrian McEwen @d a t green Apart from the issues in DAG’s blog, the issue that stands out for me is the cost of legal action to get justice and redress. More legal aid, some sort of restriction on costs that can be awarded to the side with the bigger pockets; I don’t know what the answer is but there’s a real equality of arms problem that’s preventing access to justice.
@d a t green @Adrian McEwen
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