Disclosure of the 'Clarke Advice' in late 2020 strikes me as an important exception to the point that no new facts have emerged since the (magnificent) Fraser judgements, definitively showing that the legal implications of Horizon's flaws were known to Post Office leadership by 2013 and promptly swept under the carpet on specious grounds…
Disclosure of the 'Clarke Advice' in late 2020 strikes me as an important exception to the point that no new facts have emerged since the (magnificent) Fraser judgements, definitively showing that the legal implications of Horizon's flaws were known to Post Office leadership by 2013 and promptly swept under the carpet on specious grounds of legal privilege. The alacrity with which the court reacted to unfounded allegations of contempt against two barristers who handled the document in untidy, but harmless ways as it entered the public domain was another example of how the legal system can sometimes tend towards actions antithetical to its purpose of delivering justice. That the allegations were instigated by a QC who'd previously advised the Post Office during its long period of denial and stonewalling was more evidence of the depths its legal representatives were willing to plumb.
It is such a shame that the Clarke Advice remained hidden from Mr Justice Fraser and his withering judgement.
Disclosure of the 'Clarke Advice' in late 2020 strikes me as an important exception to the point that no new facts have emerged since the (magnificent) Fraser judgements, definitively showing that the legal implications of Horizon's flaws were known to Post Office leadership by 2013 and promptly swept under the carpet on specious grounds of legal privilege. The alacrity with which the court reacted to unfounded allegations of contempt against two barristers who handled the document in untidy, but harmless ways as it entered the public domain was another example of how the legal system can sometimes tend towards actions antithetical to its purpose of delivering justice. That the allegations were instigated by a QC who'd previously advised the Post Office during its long period of denial and stonewalling was more evidence of the depths its legal representatives were willing to plumb.
It is such a shame that the Clarke Advice remained hidden from Mr Justice Fraser and his withering judgement.