Indefensible

How Lawyers Failed to Stop the Post Office Scandal

John Hyde author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bristol University Press

Publishing:15th Sep '26

£14.99

This title is due to be published on 15th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Indefensible cover

The Post Office Scandal is an indelible stain on the British justice system: hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly labelled criminals, ruining lives and destroying communities. But the real scandal was that the Post Office’s lawyers knew the evidence was flawed but failed to act, in their quest to defend a corporation. Why did they not stop it?

This book dives into how legal professionals failed in their duties, silenced the truth and even turned against the victims, including accounts from victims who were advised to enter guilty pleas. But this is not just about the Post Office — this is a wider examination of the legal profession and its ethical boundaries, asking whether lawyers are putting clients' interests above justice and how to stop such a disaster from happening again.

“A devastating critique of the lawyers involved in the Post Office scandal. The lay reader will be aghast at their actions. Every lawyer must read this book and resolve to learn its lessons.” Nick Wallis, author of The Great Post Office Scandal

“A compelling and meticulously researched examination of the Post Office scandal that lays bare the institutional failures, the culture of silence and complicity among lawyers, and the devastating human cost at the heart of one of Britain’s gravest injustices.” Christopher Head OBE, former postmaster and campaigner

‘A vital, forensic examination of the Post Office scandal, exposing legal and ethical failures, and demanding accountability, reform and reflection.’ Fran Eccles-Bech, Manchester Law Society

ISBN: 9781529255805

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375 pages