#post-office-horizon-scandal

#post-office-horizon-scandal

All victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal seeking compensation will now be entitled to free legal advice, the government has announced. The change could potentially have a major effect on the size of the payouts some victims are able to achieve. It is one of a number of improvements to the compensation schemes available to victims, made in response to the first report from the public inquiry into the scandal, widely described as one of the UK's worst ever miscarriages of justice.

The inquiry chairman, retired judge Sir Wyn Williams, stated, "At least 59 people contemplated suicide at various points in time and attributed this to their experiences with Horizon and/or the Post Office."