Summary

  • Chris Aujard, former General Counsel of Post Office Ltd, is giving evidence to the Post Office Inquiry for the second time, having appeared last week

  • The inquiry is also hearing again from solicitor Martin Smith, an employee of Cartwright King solicitors, a firm which acted for the Post Office in private prosecutions

  • 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

Live Reporting

  1. Join us again tomorrow

    The Inquiry will be hearing from Jarnail Singh, a former lawyer for Post Office Ltd and Royal Mail Group. You'll be able to watch and follow the hearing live.

  2. Solicitor continues with evidence

    Solicitor Martin Smith is also reappearing at the inquiry again today after giving evidence yesterday afternoon.

    He is a former employee of Cartwright King, the legal firm which acted for the Post Office in private prosecutions

    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.

  3. Second appearance from former Post Office lawyer

    Chris Aujard, former general counsel of Post Office Ltd, is giving evidence to the Post Office Inquiry for the second time, having appeared last week.

  4. Watch today's Post Office Inquiry live

    This morning we're bringing you a video stream of evidence being given to the Post Office Inquiry by legal advisers.

    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.