Having had involvement in the Post Office scandal on behalf of sub-postmasters (most recently in a judicial review of the Post Office Compensation Scheme), I have met many of those former sub-postmasters who have been let down by the law and its administration.
It was the judgments of Mr Justice Fraser in 2019 in the Bates and others v Post Office Limited group litigation (in particular ‘Common Issues’ [2019] EWHC 606 (QB), [2019] All ER (D) 100 (Mar) and ‘Horizon issues’ [2019] EWHC 3408 (QB)) that really kicked off all that has since been revealed and the overturning of criminal convictions. Those affected, however, are in the early stages of finding out the full story and resolving their own issues with the Post Office, including standing convictions. The Fraser judgments followed hard-fought—to put it mildly—litigation.
A fatally flawed process
A public inquiry into events surrounding the criminal proceedings and civil claims and judgment is underway. It started as a non-statutory inquiry
