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Explore how legal loopholes undermine justice, enabling the evasion of accountability and exposing flaws in systems meant to protect fairness and human rights.
Loophole
A small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something.
Tax loopholes
The company employed lawyers to find loopholes in environmental protection laws.
Cambridge Dictionary
Legal loopholes often expose how justice can be disrupted by a combination of factors – systemic flaws, procedural oversights, and individual decisions. In cases like Liam Allan’s, where critical evidence was initially withheld, the intervention of key individuals, such as prosecutor Jerry Hayes, played a pivotal role in correcting the course of justice. This page examines how such loopholes emerge, their impact on fairness, and the delicate balance of factors required to uphold justice.
1 An Introduction to Legal Loopholes
Legal loopholes are gaps or ambiguities in laws that can disrupt justice and fairness. These loopholes often arise from systemic flaws, procedural oversights, or technicalities that allow individuals or organizations to bypass accountability. High-profile cases, such as that of Liam Allan, highlight how such gaps can have life-changing consequences. From withheld evidence to procedural errors, multiple factors can combine to derail the justice process. This page explores what legal loopholes are, how they function, and their profound impact on individuals and society.
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Post Office Horizon IT inquiry continues with evidence from Mike Young, former chief of technology and operations services director
Mr Young was pushed on why he didn’t inform the board of the glitches with the Horizon software, when it was his job to do so.
The Post Offfice scandal saw more than 900 subpostmasters prosecuted for stealing, based on incorrect information from an IT system known as Horizon.
A long-running inquiry into the issue has been gathering evidence of the failings of the system at the Post Office, after the convictions of hundreds of postmasters were quashed earlier this year.
The Post Office continues to use the system despite heavy criticism over the issues.
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