A publicly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Holdings, the Post Office Ltd maintains around 11,500 branches across the UK, 191 of which are directly managed by the organisation itself. 99% of branches are managed by franchise partners or sub-postmasters; private businesspeople managing part of the nationwide network. The 1999 introduction of Horizon, a new computer accounting system intended to oversee transactions across the organisation, set off a chain of events culminating in the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of postmasters. The event, which we explore in this article, has come to be the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK legal history – with repercussions still being felt years later. Written By Oliver Sullivan Lawyer Monthly WHAT IS THE UK POST OFFICE SCANDAL?
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