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The Post Office scandal’s Postcode Lottery

Victims of the Post Office Scandal are being treated differently in Scotland to those in England and Wales. The revelation has come through the work of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, an advisory panel which has alerted the government to the Post Office scandal’s own postcode lottery. Professor Chris Hodges, the chair of the Horizon…
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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…

