Flora Page KC has expertise in corporate and financial crime, and she has also been instructed in serious conspiracies and crimes involving murder, protest, drugs supply and sexual offending. She is on the Serious Fraud Office’s panel list of King’s Counsel, and the Government Legal Department’s list of King’s Counsel. Flora has spoken at many conferences on a variety of subjects, and is now a part-time PhD Candidate at UCL, researching a new approach to corporate integrity.

Flora is known for her unique work on the Post Office appeals and the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Flora is presenting from the position of Junior Counsel in what is said to be the most significant miscarriage of justice today, providing key take away lessons for criminal lawyers. She begins by outlining how to determine who has the burden of proof, before moving on to discuss key considerations when advising on a plea. She refers to excerpts from the The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry to demonstrate this.

Key words/topics

Post Office appeals

The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

The burden of proof

Credit for a guilty plea

Advising on a plea

Affront to the public conscience

A fair trial

Malicious prosecution