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The £1bn disaster – read it and weep
plus: Howe and Co meet with BEIS… Hello everyone I hope you are keeping well. Apologies for the lack of recent emails. I have been working on the scripts to an investigation on a completely different matter, which I hope will appear on Radio 4 by the end of Feb. That investigation is now back…
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Post Office board members to be questioned in parliament today
And lawyers for the 555 to meet the government this week Good morning I’ll try to keep it brief. In 15 minutes’ time, Post Office CEO Nick Read will face the BEIS Select Committee MPs. It will be the first time the Post Office CEO has been questioned on camera. I hope the MPs make…
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Post Office CEO to face MPs over compensation mess
Scully and civil servants face q’s too Hello A very happy, if currently dreary new year to you. I was going to write a marathon secret email, but then I thought I’d turn it into a marathon blog post instead. It is ready for you to read and covers what’s happening in Post Office scandal…
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Statutory inquiry conclusion date kicked into 2023 at the earliest
Christmas briefings… Hello! I hope you’re in fine festive fettle. I had a day away from the laptop yesterday and it was wonderful. I’m going to try to do more of that over the next few days. The main recent news of note is that – to the complete surprise of no-one – Sir Wyn…
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“This guy should never be let near a witness-box again”
And several other things… Hello Another Friday update for you, numbered this time, for your easy reading pleasure. 1) I was contacted by Dr Jeremy Dawson, an academic in Australia, who had clearly been brooding on the Bates v Post Office litigation, particularly the work of the Post Office’s independent IT expert, Dr Robert Worden.…
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The 800-piece jigsaw and Paul Scully’s flip flops
Attack of the green benches Hello friends I have been going a little stir crazy recently. Child 3 has COVID and is too young to be left home alone, so I have done the honourable thing and not left the house whilst Mrs Wallis is at work. Child 3 is fine, don’t worry, almost asymptomatic,…
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Double anniversary: Bates v Post Office settled two years ago today, first six convictions quashed a year ago today
Plus: more appeals declined Morning all It’s a year since the first six Postmaster convictions were quashed at Southwark Crown Court and two years since the surprise settlement announcement in Bates v Post Office. None of the six Subpostmasters have received proper compensation for their false prosecutions, and as we know, neither Alan Bates nor…
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Govt washes its hands of compensation for the 555 once more
Claims “nothing further” it can do Hi everyone Before we get down to business, I’d like to start with a thank you to the several dozen new subscribers who have joined the secret emailers over the last few days. Thank you for buying a book through Bath Publishing, and welcome along. Putting together this newsletter…
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Scrutiny of compensation for the 555 civil litigants definitely on the table – Inquiry Chair
JFSA will now co-operate with Sir Wyn These late Friday afternoon developments are quite something, aren’t they? Last week I told you Alan Bates had dramatically removed the JFSA from the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. Now he’s back in, sort of. Read why here. Had Bates not held out so single-mindedly for the one…
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Convictions quashed, book launched, charity announced
A busy day and evening Yesterday at the Court of Appeal seven Postmasters had their convictions quashed. I’ve written a report here. My thanks to those Subpostmasters who gave me interviews outside court. The cases of 12 individuals were going to be heard yesterday, but two appellants dropped out before the hearing, and another, Steven…
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