# Cambridge appoints Jason Beer to review its handling of Jason Arday case

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cambridge-asks-post-office-inquiry-barrister-to-lead-review-into-death-of-jason-arday/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:54:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T16:24:38+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/04/cambridge-university-asks-barrister-to-lead-jason-arday-review
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Jason Beer KC will lead a review of Cambridge’s handling of Jason Arday’s case.
- The inquiry will examine allegations, recruitment, support and university procedures.
- A separate review is looking at the support Arday received before his death.

## Summary

Cambridge has appointed Jason Beer KC, the lead barrister for the Post Office Horizon inquiry, to lead an independent review of the university’s handling of events involving academic Jason Arday. It will examine allegations of research and other misconduct, Arday’s recruitment and support, and whether Cambridge’s policies and decisions were reasonable and worked effectively.

Arday, Cambridge’s youngest-ever black professor, was 37 when appointed. He denied plagiarism allegations; after the university announced an investigation into his qualifications on 5 August, he resigned hours later and was found dead at his south London home nine days afterwards. Beer’s review is the second independent examination: a separate review led by former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal is focused on the support Arday received shortly before his death.

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