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John Hyde
@JohnHyde1982
Deputy news editor for Law Society Gazette. Legal commentator and event host. Mildly obsessed with the Post Office Scandal. All views my own.
Apr 18 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
The Post Office Inquiry is hearing from Rodric Williams, a solicitor who joined the organisation in 2012 and is still head of legal. I'll tweet here with the key updates.
#PostOfficeScandal Image Inquiry hears that 600 sub-postmasters were suspended between 2013 and 2018 over Horizon shortfalls. Williams advised the Post Office on these suspensions and the legal position.
Jan 10 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
The public inquiry into the #PostOffceScandal has heard evidence from several lawyers involved in prosecutions or civil actions.

Here is a quick 🧵of what we've heard so far. Rob Wilson, the former Post Office head of criminal prosecutions, had responded to doubts about Horizon by saying the PO should 'grit its teeth and get on with prosecuting’.

lawgazette.co.uk/news/top-post-…
Jun 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Tomorrow @bbcquestiontime is coming from my home town Clacton and its audience features purely Brexit voters.

Social media will no doubt be full of negative comments about gammons and xenophobes. But that doesn't tell the full story...
(short thread) Image It is true that 69.5% of Clacton (well, the district of Tendring) voted to Leave. But this is a town ignored, allowed to rot and exploited by snake oil salesman promising easy fixes.

People were told they would lose out through Brexit, but what if you have nothing to lose?
Jan 22, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Catching up on the extraordinary High Court judgment today in H v F, and the decision to reject the frankly appalling findings of family judge HHJ Tolson. (thread) Case itself is over child arrangements and allegations by the mother of the most serious sexual assault. Judge had found against mother, a decision which was ruled to be 'fundamentally flawed and unjust'.
Nov 6, 2017 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Would anyone mind if I had a little rant about an unbelievably poor personal injury story in the Sun? The story is here: thesun.co.uk/news/4844767/m… The headline is this: