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Cherry Morgan's avatar

Unfortunately until the legal system is held to account for their action what the Post office scandal has shown is the system of bullying and two fingers up to justice works.

I have been fighting as a litigant in person for over a year for an elderly lady who’s rights in statute have been abused on three different occasions for different statutes by her local council. The council bullies have now been replaced by solicitors who are have similar ethos to those of the Post office legal team. Aggressive high handed threats and of police and enormous financial loss. I have sent the statute more times than I care to remember and requested evidence under the Freedom of Information and Data Protection ALL have been ignored. But the threats and bullying continues. Until these people charged with up holding our legal system are brought to account “the skint little people” do not stand a hope in hell.

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Ron Usher's avatar

You conclude with the correct "fundamental" question. Having just retired after 44 years "at the bar", it is obvious to me that actual progress in "justice" requires an unflinching look at lawyers, the courts, and regulators. If anyone dares suggest the above a remarkable "moral panic" response comes from many in the system. (From Wikipedia: "A moral panic is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society.")

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