Post Office Inquiry: Legal advisers questioned over sub-postmaster cases

Summary

The inquiry is hearing from solicitor Martin Smith, an employee of Cartwright King solicitors, a firm which acted for the Post Office in private prosecutions
Earlier it heard from barrister Harry Bowyer who was also an employee of the same legal firm, although he didn't himself act for the Post Office in court
The Post Office inquiry is looking at how IT failings led to hundreds of wrongful convictions
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted because issues with Horizon made it look like money was missing from branches
This is a stream-only page - you can watch the inquiry live by clicking the Play button at the top of this page

Join us tomorrowpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 1 May
The Inquiry has finished for the day. Martin Smith is due to reappear to finish his evidence on Thursday and we will be providing a way to watch the session again. Thanks for joining us.
Solicitor faces inquiry questionspublished at 12:54 British Summer Time 1 May
The inquiry is now hearing from solicitor Martin Smith. He was also a former employee of Cartwright King.
The inquiry is examining how a flawed IT system led to the wrongful conviction of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were accused of fraud or false accounting after the computer showed money was missing from their branch accounts.
You can watch the session by clicking the Play button in the picture above.
Inquiry resumes with barrister's evidencepublished at 09:33 British Summer Time 1 May
Harry Bowyer was an employee of Cartwright King solicitors, the firm which acted for the Post Office in private prosecutions, although did not act on behalf of the Post Office in court himself.
Bowyer began his evidence on Tuesday, and continued today.
Watch today's Post Office Inquiry livepublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 1 May
This morning we're bringing you a video stream of evidence being given to the Post Office Inquiry by legal advisers who worked for a firm which acted for the Post Office.
We won't be providing regular text commentary on this page - but you can watch the session by clicking the Play button in the picture above.