British Scandal The Post Office Scandal | The Barrister Who Broke the Case Open | 4
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Jan 28, 2026 Paul Marshall, a barrister who fought pro bono for wrongly convicted sub-postmasters, explains how he uncovered a buried legal opinion that blew the case open. He recounts spotting systemic patterns, exposing unreliable testimony, and challenging a powerful institution. The conversation covers remote editing of accounts, threats over disclosure, and the long fight for justice and compensation.
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The Clark Opinion Changed Everything
- The Clark advice exposed that Fujitsu's witness Gareth Jenkins gave incomplete and misleading evidence in prosecutions.
- That opinion discredited Jenkins and showed the Post Office breached its duty to the court.
Remote Edits Undermined 'Infallible' Computers
- Fujitsu engineers routinely accessed and edited branch accounts from head office to correct Horizon bugs.
- Those edits were often undocumented and would have fatally undermined prosecutions if revealed earlier.
Isolation Fueled Wrongful Convictions
- Sub-postmasters were gaslit into thinking they alone were at fault while the Post Office denied systemic problems.
- Bringing postmasters together revealed they were not isolated and enabled coherent group litigation.