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Compensation claims reach £311m
Worrying levels of incompetence Good afternoon! This is your irregular Post Office scandal update, better known as the “secret” email. Lots to tell you about: Sum-thing’s wrong The Post Office somehow managed to underestimate the value of claims to its Historical Shortfall Scheme by at least a factor of nine. This suggests no one involved…
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Post Office and DWP opposing appeals
Next Court of Appeal cohort coming through Hi everyone There are 31 new appellants lined up waiting to have their cases heard at the Court of Appeal. There is a directions hearing scheduled for 19 July. If I am not called away by more urgent business, I’ll be there in my usual spot. Some interesting…
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June 2021 update
Hello again Apologies – I feel a bit sheepish writing this because it’s been so long since I last wrote. I am sorry it’s taken so long to put together a simple email, but… … it turns out writing a book is quite tough, because every second you are not writing a book, you should…
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“I hope that some of them may end up in prison for perverting the course of justice.”
Marshall spells it out Yesterday afternoon I watched Zoom lecture by the barrister Paul Marshall, hosted by the University of Law in London. It was spellbinding. Mr Marshall neatly draws the line between Fujitsu, the Post Office, government and his own legal profession’s multiple failings whilst hammering home the impact on people whose names may…
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Radio 4 doc double-whammy
The Digital Human and Episode 11 go live Just a quickie! The Great Post Office Trial Episode 11: The Reckoning went out on BBC Radio 4 last night. If you didn’t manage to catch it, you can listen to it here. My thanks to the cast of thousands whose contributions we had to edit to…
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JFSA suggests members apply for core participant status in Post Office Horizon inquiry to “be ready” for change of position
But Bates waits on guarantee from Sir Wyn Alan Bates has made it quite clear that unless the issue of compensation is on the table he will continue the JFSA’s boycott of the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. But… … after a meeting with Sir Wyn Williams (the inquiry’s chair) last week, there is still a…
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Johnson wants accountability AND compensation for Subpostmasters
PM now on the record Seema Misra’s MP Jonathan Lord squeezed what could be an important statement from the Prime Minister during PMQs this week. I’ve written it up on the blog here. The parliamentary pressure on the government over the past couple of weeks has been phenomenal. As well as the debate engendered by…
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“Mealy mouthed” letters of apology drop
Post Office expresses hope Court of Appeal judgment brings “comfort and peace” Hello. I have spent the day a little groggy after a thoroughly enjoyable night watching Eurovision. I’m not why I enjoyed it so much, but as my BBC acquaintance Rob Corp said: “I’ve been watching this show since probs Bucks Fizz, and this…
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Bates waits to see the whites of Wyn’s eyes
Summit meeting to discuss cooperation Morning all! Alan Bates, founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, appears to have slightly softened his stance towards the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry now it has been put on a statutory footing. The inquir is chaired by a retired judge, Sir Wyn Williams. In a circular to members…
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Inquiry goes statutory – the campaigners’ reaction
CoA result turns Horizon inquiry statutory I have just bashed out a monster blog post which carries the full ministerial statement and debate over the upgraded statutory inquiry with links to its scope, Sir Wyn Williams’ statement in full and various quotes from the good people who have been kind enough to get in touch…
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