March 2021 - and why only a Statutory Inquiry will now do.
Further to the comments below written last year about the Government Whitewash Review and why it needed, at that time, to have the option of turning it into a Statutory Inquiry - well that ship has sailed.
So much more has come to light that nothing less than a Statutory Inquiry will be acceptable to the victims of Post Office. Recently a court heard that Post Office staff were instructed to shred key documents that could have helped postmasters defend themselves against prosecutions. The link between Post Office Board representatives of HMG through BEIS and UKGI is well known, so now questions have to be asked as to who was involved with the decisions for the destruction of evidence, how high up does this go?
The JFSA has learnt the hard way that written assurances and even statements in the Houses of Commons or Lords aren't worth anything and are often far from the truth despite their weaselly wording. The only times the real truth has been exposed has been in front of the judiciary when statements were tested in court and witnesses cross-examined on their evidence.
This is why a Judicial Review Pre-Action Protocol Letter has been sent to Paul Scully the Minister at BEIS, you can find a copy on the correspondence page. We aim to halt the current BEIS Whitewash Review and replace it with a Statutory Inquiry with redefined Terms of Reference and with the power to subpoena witnesses and take evidence under oath.
28 May 2021 update
So much more has come to light that nothing less than a Statutory Inquiry will be acceptable to the victims of Post Office. Recently a court heard that Post Office staff were instructed to shred key documents that could have helped postmasters defend themselves against prosecutions. The link between Post Office Board representatives of HMG through BEIS and UKGI is well known, so now questions have to be asked as to who was involved with the decisions for the destruction of evidence, how high up does this go?
The JFSA has learnt the hard way that written assurances and even statements in the Houses of Commons or Lords aren't worth anything and are often far from the truth despite their weaselly wording. The only times the real truth has been exposed has been in front of the judiciary when statements were tested in court and witnesses cross-examined on their evidence.
This is why a Judicial Review Pre-Action Protocol Letter has been sent to Paul Scully the Minister at BEIS, you can find a copy on the correspondence page. We aim to halt the current BEIS Whitewash Review and replace it with a Statutory Inquiry with redefined Terms of Reference and with the power to subpoena witnesses and take evidence under oath.
28 May 2021 update