https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/09/05/sra ... freehills/
The Post Office told wrongly-accused postmasters their compensation offers were secret, and couldn’t be shown to anyone but a lawyer. That wasn’t true. They could have shown the offers to friends, other postmasters and the media – but the Post Office gagged them. The Solicitors Regulation Authority spent three years investigating, and was going to prosecute – then it dropped the case. It won’t say why.
We published our report in May 2023. The Solicitors Regulation Authority started to investigate almost immediately. In February 2025, the SRA served a formal notice on the Post Office’s law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills1, alleging breaches of its Principles 2 and 5 (upholding public trust in the profession, and acting with integrity) and recommending that the firm be referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.2
Last month, the SRA dropped the whole thing.
The SRA’s conclusion: the firm “exercised proper professional judgment”. The SRA refused to provide any explanation.
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