地位，任命する Office's 最高の，を越す lawyers say 同僚s had 'unhealthy 見解（をとる） of subpostmasters' and did not ask themselves 'should we be doing this?', IT スキャンダル 調査 hears

  • Paula Vennells 'interjected' when it was 示唆するd that 起訴s should stop

By Sukhmani Sethi

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Former 最高の，を越す 地位，任命する Office lawyers had an 'unhealthy 見解（をとる） of subpostmasters' and did not ask themselves 'should we be doing this?' as they 追求するd 起訴s against them, an 調査 has heard.

Former 最高の，を越す in-house lawyer Susan Crichton told the 地位，任命する Office Horizon IT 調査 that 同僚s' 態度 に向かって 起訴s was 'this is public money, we have to 保護する it, that's our 職業'.?

Ms Crichton, who was the 地位，任命する Office's former general counsel, 認める that?略奪する Wilson, former 長，率いる of 犯罪の 法律 at the 地位，任命する Office, and Jarnail Singh, a 上級の lawyer, had an 'unhealthy 見解（をとる） of subpostmasters'.

Questioned by Julian Blake, counsel to the 調査, whether she 設立する it 'strange' not to always be 招待するd to board 会合s, the former in-house lawyer said the 地位，任命する Office 'did not 株 that understanding of her broader 役割'.

Ms Crichton, who 辞職するd from her 役割 in 2013, 以前 told the 調査 she believed former 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Paula Vennells had not understood her 推論する／理由s for leaving the company.

Ms Crichton, who resigned from her role in 2013, previously told the inquiry she believed Paula Vennells had not understood her reasons for leaving the company

Ms Crichton, who 辞職するd from her 役割 in 2013, 以前 told the 調査 she believed Paula Vennells had not understood her 推論する／理由s for leaving the company

She said: 'I don't think she understood my point about (the Second 場所／位置 暫定的な 報告（する）／憶測) has to be an 独立した・無所属 review, we can't manage it or manipulate it in the way that かもしれない Alice was 推定する／予想するing me to do.

'This is all supposition on my part.'

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