Post Office had flawed court defence, leaked internal report shows

Company spent £100m defending lawsuit brought by branch operators despite knowing Horizon IT problems, document says

The Post Office continued to fight a high court lawsuit against 555 post office operators knowing its defence was flawed, according to a report.

The state-owned company spent £100m defending a civil lawsuit brought by post office operators over the Horizon computer system but knew that losses in a branch’s accounts could be caused by faults in the IT system, according to a newly disclosed internal report.

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