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MacLeod and Gould prosecuted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Two solicitors with very different roles in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are being prosecuted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and will face a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). An SDT has the power to permanently remove an individual’s right to practice as a solicitor and leverage unlimited fines. Jane MacLeod is former General…
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Nick Gould “removed from professional duties following serious concerns”
Aria Grace Law have issued a longer statement, following a piece I published about Nick Gould on Friday. It’s worth reading in full. Formal Statement from Aria Grace Law CIC We issue this statement in response to the article published by Mr Nick Wallis on 6 June 2025 concerning Mr Nick Gould and the legal…
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Inquiry report Volume 1 to drop on 8 July
Hello The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has today announced that the first part of Sir Wyn Williams’ report will be published at high noon on Tuesday 8 July. Volume 1 of Sir Wyn’s report focuses on Compensation and Human Impact. Whilst I suspect it will not tell us anything new (we know the Post…
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Lawyer threatens legal action against victim of Horizon scandal
A victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, Seema Misra, has been threatened with legal action over a £60,000 bill by one of her former lawyers, Nick Gould. Gould worked pro bono (for free) with the barristers Flora Page and Paul Marshall, doing the groundwork in 2020 on Seema’s successful appeal against her conviction…
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“there is FFFFiiinnn no ‘Case for the Justice of Thieving Subpostmasters’”. A Post Office Investigator Writes…
plus: Altman’s Altamont Hi everyone I was hoping to write a piece about Gary Thomas’s evidence to the Post Office Inquiry on Thursday but events have rather overtaken me. I started the week with very little work on (just a day shift at ITV News on Friday), but then I got two days at 5…
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What Tony Blair knew, and why the unfit Horizon IT system was green-lit
Plus – attempts to adjourn the inquiry… Hi there I am writing this update from my desk at home, listening to the inquiry live feed on catch-up at 1.5x speed. This was a very useful option on youtube which I only found when I was covering the Depp trial earlier this year. Simply click on…
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“I hope that some of them may end up in prison for perverting the course of justice.”
Marshall spells it out Yesterday afternoon I watched Zoom lecture by the barrister Paul Marshall, hosted by the University of Law in London. It was spellbinding. Mr Marshall neatly draws the line between Fujitsu, the Post Office, government and his own legal profession’s multiple failings whilst hammering home the impact on people whose names may…
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Bates waits to see the whites of Wyn’s eyes
Summit meeting to discuss cooperation Morning all! Alan Bates, founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, appears to have slightly softened his stance towards the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry now it has been put on a statutory footing. The inquir is chaired by a retired judge, Sir Wyn Williams. In a circular to members…
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The Great Post Office Trial begins on Monday
The Great Post Office Trial Hello there On Monday at 1.45pm a ten part series called The Great Post Office Trial begins on Radio 4. I have heard the first three episodes, which have now been delivered to the BBC. The first features Jo Hamilton, the second is about Alan Bates and the third highlights…