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Mystic Nick
Hello secret emailers October is here and people have started to wonder if there might be any word from the Court of Appeal or the High Court with regard to the ongoing Bates and others v Post Office litigation. I don’t, I’m afraid, have any privileged information (either in the journalistic or legal sense), so…
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“I hate everything about them.”
Heeey secret emailers. I hope you are well. First day back at school for some of us. It just felt like it for the rest of us. I have been working on a Post Office vs Mental Health piece, about a claimant called Nicki Arch (see pic below). I’ve never met Nicki before, and chances…
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Deirdre’s story: “It’s been a living hell.”
Good evening secret emailers. This is Deirdre’s story. Deirdre was the last applicant to make it on to the mediation scheme and is a claimant in the ongoing Bates and others v Post Office group litigation. In many ways the misery visited on Deirdre isn’t the same as those who were dragged through the criminal…
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Judgment No 1
Hi all Hope you are well. I’ve been keeping busy over the past few days, marshalling a few files and preparing another Post Office v Mental Health story. This one is about a mediation scheme applicant and claimant in the ongoing litigation. She wasn’t prosecuted, but she easily might have been. Also I’m hoping a…
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The Long Summer of Admin continues
Evening secret emailers, As you know www.postofficetrial.com now has an up to date Horizon trial menu to complement the Common Issues trial menu. As of today I have added: a) a “Court of Appeal menu” to document the Post Office’s adventures there. b) a “What’s this all about?” page, which explains the entire story in…
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Horizon trial one-stop resource
Hi there summer secret emailers. I’ve been trapped in the West Country for the last three days, doing stories for 5 News. All that time alone in a hotel room has given me the opportunity to complete some of the tedious administrative tasks which before I ran a website I used to think happened by…
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Claimants’ statement of objection to the Post Office appeal application
All roads lead to Rome: a Statement of Objection Hello secret emailers. It’s gone midnight again, I’ve just finished a 13 hour shift at ITN towers but I have documentation you might be interested in… When the Post Office first submitted its appeal to the Court of Appeal, it was rejected out of hand. Lord…
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Third, Fourth, Fifth and potentially Sixth trial news
All the trials news Hello secret emailers. It’s gone midnight, I’ve just got home from a News at Ten shift (I hope you all saw me manage to summarise the last stage and entire Tour de France in 1m20s) and I should be in bed as I’ve got to be at Channel 5 News at…
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Third trial news: how much?
Good afternoon secret emailers Some third trial news: it will be purely about quantum. Quantum is defined as “a required or allowed amount, especially an amount of money legally payable in damages.” It seems that we are going to spend March watching the parties argue about the value that should be put on alleged wrongs…
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Grounds of Appeal fully fisked
Hello secret emailers I’ve had a productive day reading and writing up the grounds of appeal and skeleton argument from the Post Office which has been lodged at the Court of Appeal. The Post Office are trying to appeal the judgment of the Common Issues trial. Read my fisking of the documents here. Read the…
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