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Horizon trial day 3 – Patny, Burke and Roll
Patny, Burke and (above) Richard Roll Hello secret emailers Before I start letting you delve into the links, let’s first drop the big news. The Common Issues trial judgment is due at noon on Friday. The judge said today he was on track to deliver it and then casually mentioned it is 180,000 words long.…
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Horizon trial secret email 13 March
Horizon trial day 3 preview Good morning all After yesterday’s car crash my hopes are not high. Anup Patny will continue to be cross-examined in the witness box, then it will be the turn of Anup Patny’s son, Aakash. Later today we can hear from our first female witness, which will make a change. We…
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Horizon trial Day 2 report: Disappeared Into Magic Air
Hi there I am changing the way I do things for this trial with a view to getting information out to you more quickly. It’s essentially boring and administrative, so if you are looking for the skinny on what happened today, let me give you that first: Write up of today’s proceedings – Disappeared Into…
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PoT secret email 12 March – Strong reactions [updated]
With thanks to secret emailer Gillian who pointed them out, I’ve fixed a couple of erroneous links in my last mailout. Apologies all round. I will improve my proofing before pressing send in future. I don’t want to be clogging up your inbox with guff. Three key things to draw your attention to this morning.…
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PoT secret email 12 March – Strong reactions
Morning all. Three key things to draw your attention to this morning. 1) I have posted up a quick fisk of the pertinent reactions to yesterday’s court proceedings. Sam Greenhill’s brilliant piece in the Daily Mail is linked to, as is Jane Croft’s in the FT – both are well worth a read. As are…
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Day 1: Horizon “not fit for purpose”
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court This is an email version of this blog post published on www.postofficetrial.com Oh, hello. On day one of this trial, we have already had reference to an internal Post Office document (dated Jan 2017) which says Post Office IT is “not fit for …
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PoT secret email 11 March – and they’re off!
Good morning secret emailers and welcome to the first day of the second trial of the Bates and others vs Post Office group litigation. This is, of course, the Horizon trial, and as with the Common Issues trial it is going to be held in court 26 of the High Court’s Rolls Building in central…
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Money money money – please read
Hello you ridiculously generous lot. Over the last few weeks I have not been actively soliciting donations for this blog. I have repeatedly stated that I have enough crowdfunded money in the kitty to cover the Horizon trial. That said, I have not refused any donations as I am aware that some people may feel…
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Horizon trial menu (with broken link fixed)
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court The Horizon trial is the second trial in the Bates and others v Post Office group litigation at the High Court. It is being held between Mon 11 March and Thu 4 April 2019 at the Rolls Building in London. Mr Justice Fraser…
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Horizon trial menu
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court The Horizon trial is the second trial in the Bates and others v Post Office group litigation at the High Court. It is being held between Mon 11 March and Thu 4 April 2019 at the Rolls Building in London. Mr Justice Fraser…
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