The Post Office is facing new legal challenges as the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has filed a disclosure claim against it. The ongoing inquiry into the Post Office scandal has revealed significant legal controversies, including accusations against Addleshaw Goddard for 'double charging' in relation to compensation claims. Testimonies have highlighted that legal advice given to the Post Office included adopting a 'cold' approach and avoiding apologies. Additionally, it was disclosed that in 2013, lawyers advised the Post Office to correct accounting errors in the Horizon system without admitting culpability, implicating figures such as Paula Vennells. Andy Parsons of Womble Bond Dickinson, whose name appears on many legal emails since 2013, has provided testimony. It was also revealed that a solicitor wrote a trainee’s email to avoid disclosure.
Lawyer advised Post Office in 2013 that accounting errors in the Horizon system should be corrected without risking admission of culpability - so people like Paula Vennells would have known at that point. https://t.co/EDdKjpliCD
Solicitor for Post Office wrote trainee’s email on avoiding disclosure: https://t.co/z7tTVbCBiT
Lawyer advised Post Office to adopt ‘cold’ approach and not apologise, inquiry hears https://t.co/FF2570hhv8
📮 | Any legal work tied to the Post Office scandal has the potential to become controversial. This is the case for Addleshaw Goddard, which has been accused of “double charging” in relation to its advice around Post Office compensation claims. https://t.co/a7OG0HVO1t
#PostOfficeScandal Today at the @PostOffInquiry we are hearing from Andy Parsons of Womble Bond Dickinson (@WBD_UK ) His name has been on pretty much every legal email sent throughout this scandal from 2013 onwards. Very interesting two days of evidence coming up Tune in live…
📮 | Post Office hit with new disclosure claim from SRA https://t.co/SbssjuNJRF