What the City of London can learn from the UK police

Posted by & filed under Angiolini Report, Challenge, Conduct, Due diligence, police, Wayne Couzens.

My latest article for GRIP. What the City of London can learn from the UK police The full article is below. The recent Angiolini Report on the multiple failings of various UK police forces which allowed Wayne Couzens to become and remain a police officer until he kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, has lessons… Read more »

This is what whistleblowing looks like

Posted by & filed under Post Office, Whistleblowing.

Why has no-one called  the subpostmasters whistleblowers? My GRIP article here – The victims of the UK Post Office scandal are whistleblowers – and should be recognised as such The full article is below – The UK Post Office subpostmasters have been called many things over the years: thieves, crooks and fraudsters (often garnished with… Read more »

A constitutional outrage? Or a resolution of sorts?

Posted by & filed under Abuse of power, Conflicts of interest, constitutional law, criminal justice, Government, Horizon, Investigations, judicial independence, miscarriage of justice, Parliament, Post Office, The Williams Inquiry.

The announcement of a law to overturn the subpostmasters’ convictions has provoked some concern amongst m’learned friends, on constitutional grounds. Are these concerns valid? Why is the government in this position? The Dilemma If every convicted subpostmaster in the last 25 years applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC“) to have their convictions reviewed… Read more »