Named Core Participants and their recognised legal representatives
As at today’s date [24 September 2024], the following persons or organisations have been designated as Core Participants pursuant to the Inquiry’s Core Participant Protocol:
- Post Office Limited represented by Chris Jackson, Burges Salmon LLP with legal assistance from Fieldfisher LLP (with input from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Peters & Peters LLP).*
- Fujitsu Services Limited represented by Saqib Alam, Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP.
- UK Government Investments represented by Sarah Jones, Eversheds Sutherland.
- Department for Business & Trade represented by Claire Jones, Government Legal Department.
- The Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Service represented by Tracey Fowler, Metropolitan Police Directorate of Legal Services.
- Communication Workers Union.
- National Federation of Subpostmasters represented by Catriona Watt, Anderson Strathern LLP.
- Paula Vennells represented by Michael Frost, Mishcon de Reya LLP.
- The Solicitors Regulation Authority.
- Gareth Jenkins represented by Andrew Smith, Corker Binning Limited.
- The Bar Standards Board, represented by Michael Carter.
- Second Sight Support Services Limited.
- The individuals listed below, but for those who have been granted anonymity by the Chair, who are represented by either David Enright, Howe + Co, Neil Hudgell, Hudgell Solicitors, Mike Schwarz, Hodge, Jones & Allen or Stuart Munro, Livingstone Brown.
All of the individuals below (and those 9 Core Participants granted anonymity, and one additional Core Participant captured by the terms of the Restriction Order dated 3 February 2022 as varied 15 June 2022) have been found to be eligible for an award under section 40(1)(b) of the Inquiries Act 2005 for expenses incurred in respect of legal representation, as per the Notice of Determination by the Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets) under Section 40(4).
As noted in the Progress Update published September 2021, the Chair has the power to designate a person or organisation as a Core Participant at any time during the course of the Inquiry. It should not be assumed, therefore, that the “list” of Core Participants is closed. Any person or organisation who/which considers that they should be made a Core Participant may apply for that status although they should explain in the application why the same is being made outside the time specified in Statement of Approach (004).
Individuals represented by Neil Hudgell:
- Abiodun Omotoso
- Alan McLaughlin
- Alison Hall
- Allison Henderson
- Amanda Barber
- Amy Hutchings (in respect of the former core participant, the late Mrs Lynette Hutchings)
- Angela Sefton
- Anthony Downey
- Anne Nield
- Anthony Gant
- Assad Ali
- Balbir Singh Grewal
- Carina Price
- Carl Page
- Christopher Boyle (in respect of the former core participant, the late Mr Robert Boyle)
- Christopher Trousdale
- Damian Owen
- David Blakey (in respect of himself and the former core participant, the late Mrs Gillian Blakey)
- David Hedges
- David Yates
- Della Robinson
- Duranda Clarke
- Elena Herd
- Gail Ward
- Gillian Harrison
- Gillian Howard
- Grant Allen
- Gregory Harding
- Gurdeep Singh Dhale
- Harjinder Butoy
- Hasmukh Shingadia
- Hughie Thomas
- Ian Warren
- Jack Smith
- Jacqueline (Jackie) McDonald
- Janine Powell
- Jerry Hosi
- John Armstrong
- John Dickson
- John Gormley
- Josephine (Jo) Hamilton
- Julie Cleife
- Karen Wilson
- Kashmir Gill
- Khayyam Ishaq
- Lisa Brennan
- Malcolm Watkins
- Margery Williams
- Mohammad Rasul
- Nicholas Clark
- Nilufar Ali
- Norman Barber
- Pauline Stonehouse
- Pauline Thomson
- Richard Hawkes
- Richard Ormerod
- Robert Ambrose
- Sami Sabet
- Sheila Coultas
- Siobhan Sayer
- Stephen Hutchings (in respect of the former core participant, the late Mrs Lynette Hutchings)
- Susan Rudkin
- Tahir Mahmood
- Therese Gooding
- Tim Burgess
- Timothy Brentnall
- Victor Ingham
- Wendy Buffrey
- William Graham
Individuals represented by David Enright:
- Aamir Abdulwahid
- Aaron Cossey
- Adrian Corner
- Alan Riddell
- Alistair Murray
- Anjana Sethi
- Arun Bhanote
- Aslam Ramtoola
- Baljeet Singh Sandu
- Baljinder Dhadda
- Baljit Sethi
- Beverley Fawcett
- Brent Whybro
- Brian Macaulay
- Brian Skirrow
- Bronagh Kielt
- Carol Edmondson
- Carol Riddell
- Catrona Brown
- Chhaya Patel
- Chirag Sidhpura
- Chris Dawson
- Christian Clement
- Christine Cosgrove
- Christine Goodwin
- Christopher Head
- Colleen Ingham
- Darren King
- David Farry
- Debbie Hall
- Deirdre Connolly
- Denise Latreille
- Dionne Andre
- Donald Mclean
- Donna Gosney
- Edward Brown
- Elaine Illidge
- Elizabeth Stockdale
- Francis Maye
- Fiona Elliott
- Frank Holt
- Gareth Etheridge
- Gary Brown
- Geoffrey Pound
- Gerald Shadbolt
- Gordon Martin
- Graham Stanley
- Graham Ward
- Guy Vinall
- Heather Earley
- Heather Williams
- Helen Walker Brown
- Iain Orr
- Jacqueline Falcon
- James Withers
- Janet Bradbury
- Janice Adams
- Janice Attwood
- Jatinder Pal Singh Bains
- Jean Smith
- Jeanette Hendrie
- Jennifer O’Dell
- Joan Bailey
- Joanne Foulger
- Joanne George
- John Bowman
- John Dwyer
- John Heath
- John Stephens
- John Valentine
- Julie Beisner
- Julie Carter
- Kamaljit Kooner
- Kanagasundaram Prince
- Karl T. A. Reid
- Katherine McAlerney
- Kay Linnell
- Keith Lofthouse
- Keith Macaldowie
- Ken Boustead
- Kevin Palmer
- Lawrence Bailey
- Linda Little
- Louisa Powell
- Louise Dar
- Malcolm Simpson
- Manhar Mistry
- Margaret Boston
- Margaret White
- Marion Drydale
- Marion Holmes
- Mark Kelly
- Maureen McKelvey
- Michael Fogarty
- Nemesh Patel
- Mohammed Amir
- Mohammed Khalil
- Moira Hegarty
- Mujahid Faisal Aziz
- Nancy Chant
- Nicole-Marie Brown
- Nitin Pandit
- Pamela Lock
- Pamela Stubbs
- Parmjit Kaur
- Paul Harry
- Pauline Coates
- Pauline Coyle
- Peter Holloway
- Peter Wall (in respect of the former core participant, the late Mrs Isabella Wall)
- Peter Worsfold
- Phillip Cowan
- Rachel Williams
- Rajpal Kaur
- Rita Threlfall
- Robert Taylor
- Robert Thomson
- Sally Stringer
- Sandra Richardson
- Sanjay Patel
- Sarabjeet Soar
- Sarah Osolinski
- Scott Darlington
- Shahla Ahmed
- Shahnaz Rashid
- Shane Johnson
- Sharon Bennet
- Shazia Saddiq
- Siema Kamran
- Simon Brown
- Sinead Rainey
- Stephanie Reilly
- Susan Evans
- Susan Hazzleton
- Susan McKnight
- Suzanne Palmer
- Terence McGuinness
- Terence Seeney
- Terence Walters
- Thomas Brown
- Thomas English
- Tracey Etheridge
- Tracy McFadden
- Tracey Merritt
- Victor Price
- Vinod Sharma
- Virendra Bajaj
- Wendy Martin
Individuals represented by Mike Schwarz:
- Colin Savage
- Gowri Jayakanthan
- Janet Skinner
- Mrs Kathleen Crane
- Lee Castleton
- Mhairi McDougall
- Nichola Arch
- Oyeteju Adedayo
- Parmod Kalia
- Sathyan Shiju
- Seema Misra
- Sharon Kerrigan (in respect of the former subpostmistress, the late Mrs Patricia Kerrigan)
- Tracy Felstead
- Vijay Parekh
- Vipin Patel
Individuals represented by Stuart Munro:
- Susan Sinclair
*From 1 September 2023, for all phases and work but for Phase 4, Post Office Limited is assisted on the Inquiry by Burges Salmon LLP and Fieldfisher LLP with input where necessary from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Peters & Peters LLP. For Phase 4, Post Office Limited continues to be assisted by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Peters & Peters LLP.
Issued under the authority of the Chair on 10 February 2022.
Updated on 5 April 2022, 27 April 2022, 9 June 2022, 8 August 2022, 17 August 2022, 31 August 2022, 4 November 2022, 21 November 2022, 6 January 2023, 26 January 2023, 13 February 2023, 17 March 2023, 12 April 2023, 20 April 2023, 16 May 2023, 22 May 2023, 1 June 2023, 16 June 2023, 7 July 2023, 25 August 2023, 15 September 2023, 10 October 2023, 5 December 2023, 5 January 2024, 1 March 2024, 14 March 2024, 26 March 2024, 4 April 2024, 19 April 2024, 15 May 2024, 16 July 2024, 29 July 2024, 16 August 2024, 24 September 2024.