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Inquiry counsel Sam Stevens now asks Aujard his thoughts on the "competence" of Jarnail Singh, a lawyer who was part of the Post Office's in-house criminal law team. Simon Jack
Singh's name has come up several times at the inquiry. Business editor
"My recollection is that he was not someone I would go to for higher order matters," Aujard says. Instead, he would refer to law firm Cartwright King for matters including past prosecutions and issues arising from the mediation scheme. During questioning of Post Office former general counsel Chris Aujard, the inquiry was shown advice from Post Office barrister Brian Altman KC.
Bugs, errors and defects in the Horizon system come up a lot in the inquiry. Stevens asks Aujard if he ever discussed these with Singh. While he can't recall a specific discussion, Aujard says the legal offices were "very small" and "open plan", so such matters were well known. Altman said that even if the Post Office ditched Fujitsu's Gareth Jenkins from future prosecutions as his evidence was "tainted" - there was still a "Jenkins problem" as there was a risk that Jenkins could still influence any new Fujitsu employee evidence.
"When I joined the Post Office, the message I got was there were no bug, errors or defects apart from those identified in Second Sight report," Aujard adds. This was due to Jenkins not only being senior but he also one of the principal architects of Horizon which was vital to Fujitsu.
Horizon was Jenkins' baby and he would defend it either directly - or via a Fujitsu proxy.
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