This post moves from the general to the particular. It will concentate on a central figure in the Post Office Scandal and how the PO team instructing Swift and the Swift team themselves dealt with evidence from him. It may be recalled that Gareth Jenkins was a Fujitsu employee giving evidence as an expert in various criminal proceedings up to, it seems, 2013. As an employee he lacked the requisite independence to give expert evidence, and the importance of that was realised and magnified in 2013 when the PO were advised by Simon Clarke, a barrister working at Cartwright King, that Mr Jenkins was a witness who may have given misleading evidence and who should not be relied on in criminal proceedings.
Swift IV: The Gareth Jenkins Problem
Swift IV: The Gareth Jenkins Problem
Swift IV: The Gareth Jenkins Problem
This post moves from the general to the particular. It will concentate on a central figure in the Post Office Scandal and how the PO team instructing Swift and the Swift team themselves dealt with evidence from him. It may be recalled that Gareth Jenkins was a Fujitsu employee giving evidence as an expert in various criminal proceedings up to, it seems, 2013. As an employee he lacked the requisite independence to give expert evidence, and the importance of that was realised and magnified in 2013 when the PO were advised by Simon Clarke, a barrister working at Cartwright King, that Mr Jenkins was a witness who may have given misleading evidence and who should not be relied on in criminal proceedings.