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.

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 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.

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 told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he was told he didn’t need to dig into the past details of sub-postmasters’ prosecutions when he joined the ...

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 ...