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  • Barristers that ‘failed in duties’ to face probe over Post Office scandal

    Legal

    Barristers who ‘failed in their professional duties’ when representing the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal will face potential disciplinary action, the watchdog has warned.  The Bar Standards Board (BSB), which oversees more than 18,000 English and Welsh barristers, said it currently has ten live investigations into possible misconduct, which are “progressing”, and added [...]

    Even though many victims of the Post Office scandal are still waiting for compensation, City law firms have booked millions in fees for their work dealing with the fallout.
  • Fujitsu rakes in more public sector work after Post Office scandal

    Business

    The IT company at the heart of the Post Office scandal raked in nearly half a billion pounds in public sector contracts between 2024 and 2025, an increase on the previous year’s figure despite it having pledged not to bid for new government contracts. Fujitsu, whose faulty Horizon accounting system led to the wrongful convictions [...]

    Even though many victims of the Post Office scandal are still waiting for compensation, City law firms have booked millions in fees for their work dealing with the fallout.
  • Post Office Scandal: Government contracts awarded to Fujitsu even after Mr Bates ITV drama

    Politics

    Government bodies kept awarding Fujitsu with contracts to the tune of £500m even after the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office brought the Post Office Horizon scandal to national prominence. That’s according to LBC, alongside the public sector data analytics firm Tussell, which found that 23 contracts were handed out to the firm [...]

    One contract was even an extension of the Horizon deal with the Post Office itself, worth £63m.
  • Post Office and Fujitsu chiefs ‘maintained fiction’ on faulty Horizon system

    July 8, 2025

    Post Office and Fujitsu managers were aware the Horizon IT system was flawed and “maintained a fiction” that the accounting data it produced was accurate.  In his report on the first part of an inquiry into the Post Office scandal, chair Sir Wyn Williams said dozens of postmaster victims of “wholly unacceptable behaviour” by business [...]

  • Fujitsu won £1.4m in public contracts since pledge to stop bidding

    November 3, 2024

    Fujitsu, the firm at the heart of the Post Office scandal, has been given £1.4m in public sector contracts since it pledged to stop bidding for them. The technology company voluntarily agreed in January not to bid for any further awards until the Post Office inquiry had been concluded. However, the commitment did not cover [...]

  • Post Office cratered from UK’s sixth most trusted finance brand to 135th amid Horizon scandal

    May 20, 2024

    The Post Office has plummeted from the UK’s sixth most trusted finance and insurance brand to 135th place, pollsters have found.

  • Post Office inquiry: Ex-communications boss admits old emails attacking journalists now look ‘ludicrous’

    May 14, 2024

    Inquiry counsel Julian Blake presented a large number of emails exchanged between Davies and other Post Office employees over several years.

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