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The Post Office Scandal is an indelible stain on the British justice system: hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly labelled criminals, ruining lives and destroying communities. But the real scandal was that the Post Office's lawyers knew the evidence was flawed but failed to act in their quest to defend a corporation. Why did they not stop it?
This book dives into how legal professionals failed in their duties, silenced the truth and even turned against the victims, including accounts from victims who were advised to enter guilty pleas. But this is not just about the Post Office -- this is a wider examination of the legal profession and its ethical boundaries, asking whether lawyers are putting clients' interests above justice and how to stop such a disaster from happening again.
Review Quotes: 'John Hyde continues his terrific work reporting for the Law Society Gazette with this riveting read on why lawyers are at the heart of the Post Office scandal.' Richard Moorhead, Monash University and University of Exeter