Post Office pays £250m to law firms in relation to Horizon IT scandal

Amount paid to 15 firms and two barristers chambers since 2014 is almost equal to payouts for victims

The Post Office has paid out a quarter of a billion pounds in legal fees in relation to the Horizon IT scandal – almost equal to the amount that has been given so far to victims, some of whom were imprisoned and made bankrupt.

The state-owned body paid out £256.9m to 15 law firms and two barristers chambers between September 2014 and March 2024, according to a freedom of information (FoI) request submitted by the Lawyer magazine.

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