This week, according to this report in the Sunday Times, the government will finally announce payment of compensation to the victims and their families of the blood contamination scandal. The scandal started in the 1970’s. Three-quarters of the victims are dead. No-one has been held accountable. Other countries facing the same issue have managed to… Read more »
9 September 2013: there is a meeting between Brian Altman KC and the Post Office’s in-house and external lawyers. A key witness, Gareth Jenkins of Fujitsu, who gave oral evidence at Seema Misra’s 2010 trial, was tainted. Following advice from Simon Clarke, a barrister with Cartwright King, the Post Office had asked them to… Read more »
In which inquiry into which institution (and, for a bonus point, when) were the following failings reported? – warnings or concerns raised by junior staff were ignored or hidden away – senior staff and colleagues were aware but turned a blind eye – complainants, both internal and external, were treated as troublemakers – a tendency… Read more »