The Post Office Horizon inquiry may have to recall witnesses as the company delayed disclosing evidence, including communications involving former CEO Paula Vennells. Thousands of documents were disclosed just weeks before the inquiry reopened, some of which were relevant to this week's witnesses and others related to communications requested last year. The late disclosure is a recurring issue in the inquiry over the past three years.
The Post Office Horizon inquiry may be forced to recall witnesses after the company delayed disclosing evidence – some relating to communications to and from former chief executive Paula Vennells .
Beer said the late disclosure represented an issue"which the inquiry has become extremely and unfortunately familiar with over the past three years." The notice also requested correspondence with key individuals via their PAs, including Vennells, who has given up her CBE honor since the scandal reached wider public attention; Alice Perkins, former chairman of the Post Office; Alwen Lyons, Post Office company secretary; Angela Van Den Bogerd, former director; Mark Davis, former head of PR; Tim Parker, former chairman; and Susan Crichton, former general counsel.
Despite such a volume of new documents so close to witness hearings, inquiry chairman Sir Wyn Williams said:"We're going to carry on. That is perhaps a bold thing to do, because it does mean that there may be occasions in which witnesses are giving evidence where the documents haven't caught up with the witnesses. That is a highly undesirable state of affairs. But that can be cured, albeit with some cost to the witness, by recalling them if necessary.
Post Office Horizon Inquiry Witnesses Evidence Disclosure Communications Paula Vennells Documents Late Disclosure Recurring Issue
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