Post Office lawyer advised against sharing critical Horizon report, ex-chair tells inquiry

A former chair of the Post Office has told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that in-house lawyers advised him against sharing a report he commissioned on the accounting system. Tim Parker, who held the role for almost seven years from October 2015, said he regretted taking the advice the findings of the review by Jonathan Swift in 2016 were legally privileged. He said he could not recall whether it was received orally or in writing from Jane MacLeod - general counsel at the Post Office.

Mr Parker, under questioning from Mr Beer, dismissed any suggestion he was happy to bury the Swift review. 'What possible motive would I have had at the time from hiding this report from my fellow board members, other than receiving advice that I shouldn't share it with my fellow board members?' 'Bear in mind I had no axe to grind on this, I had no, any, vested interest in trying to protect the Post Office... It was simply the advice I received and I followed it'.

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