Howe+Co and Sam Stein QC represent 70% of the victim subpostmasters, managers and employed staff who are core participants before Sir Wyn Williams’ Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, as well as hundreds of subpostmasters, managers and employed staff in their claims for compensation. In all cases our clients pay nothing for our legal representation, as Howe+Co have helped ensure that Post Office and Government pay their legal costs. 

David Enright (a partner at the campaigning law firm Howe+Co) and Sam Stein QC have successfully represented hundreds of individuals and campaign groups in major public Inquiries, such as the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the national Child Abuse Inquiry amongst others.

Sam recently successfully represented subpostmaster Appellants in the Court of Appeal having their convictions quashed. Indeed, it was Sam who coined the much-quoted phrase, “The Post Office has turned itself into the nation’s most untrustworthy brand”.

David Enright was instrumental in forcing the Department of Business into an embarrassing U-Turn on the current Post Office Inquiry; whereby the Minister was forced to agree to re-establish the Inquiry on a statutory footing and to amend its terms of reference.

David and Sam have huge experience of Public Inquiries and always bring determination and a unique approach to Public Inquiries. David and Sam always strive to ensure that Public Inquiries put victims at the heart of everything they do.
In the newly re-established Post Office Inquiry David and Sam will be playing a leading role on behalf of subpostmasters and their families, to ensure that the victims’ voice is heard and that the highest levels of compensation are achieved.
The Prime Minister described the Post Office Scandal as the worst miscarriage of justice in British Legal History. David and Sam agree, and will leave no stone unturned in seeking truth, justice, accountability and compensation for the subpostmasters and their families.

A former Postmaster whose conviction was quashed and who received £600,000 in compensation said:

Thank you so much for all your help and support during this process. You were very patient and understanding and made me relaxed during this process. I wish you both and the firm all the best.