Foat says he had plenty of legal experience in private and in-house practice, but accepts the point that the Post Office was his first general counsel job. And with that, we go to a break.

Post Office chief executive Nick Read has been at the Post Office for five years. He is due to step down in March 2025 and has taken time away from his role to prepare for the Horizon IT inquiry.

He said that, early into the role of chief executive, he was told by the Post Office’s general counsel Ben Foat: “I did not need to dig into the details of what had happened at Post Office in ...

He confirmed that it was the Post Office’s general counsel Ben Foat, who is temporarily away from the business, who had told him that.

Post Office chief executive Nick Read has been at the Post Office for five years. He is due to step down in March 2025 and has taken time away from his role to prepare for the Horizon IT inquiry.

He said that, early into the role of chief executive, he was told by the Post Office’s general counsel Ben Foat: “I did not need to dig into the details of what had happened at Post Office in the past ...

Post Office chief executive Nick Read has said he was told not to “dig into the details of the past” by its leading lawyer when stepping into the role in 2019. Giving evidence at the long-running Post ...

He confirmed that it was the Post Office’s general counsel Ben Foat, who is temporarily away from the business, who had told him that. Furthermore, Mr Read told the inquiry that he was briefed by ...