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Day 2: The Empire Strikes Back
Post Office explains everything It’s late so I’ll be super quick. I’ve published my court report from today here. Do please have a read. Most of today was spent listening to Brian Altman QC explaining the Post Office’s perspective on everything, but right at the very end, there was quite a moment in court as…
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Post Office ordered shredding of Horizon-related documents
Cover-ups and destruction at the Post Office It was jaw-dropping to listen to Tim Moloney’s opening submission this morning. Most of what he had to say was not new to me, but when a summary of an appalling scandal is compiled and delivered to a courtroom by a skilful QC it can be devastating stuff.…
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Historic appeal hearing begins
Historic week ahead This is a short preview email to let you know a Court of Appeal hearing you should now be aware of will start today at 10.30am in court 4 of the Royal Courts of Justice. I am sending this to you from the jury box in court 4 surrounded by all the…
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CoA: The long, lonely road to justice
Historic week ahead Next Monday, 42 Subpostmasters will aim to have their criminal convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal. Nothing quite like this has ever happened before. I have been lucky enough to secure a place in the well of the main court and I will be live-tweeting every twist of proceedings. I will…
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Judicial Review of Post Office compensation scheme fails at application hearing
Chirag: “we’ll be back” Definitely, definitely a shorter email this time. Chirag Sidhpura’s attempt to force a judicial review of the Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme failed at an application hearing today. I have written a piece about it here. It was my first attempt at live-tweeting a virtual High Court hearing. When it works,…
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Government latest on Horizon scandal and back to the High Court tomorrow
“Full and final settlement…” Hello again, secret email friends, After yesterday’s epic, I’ll try to keep it brief. I took a break from writing this morning to watch a short parliamentary debate which picked up on some of the continuing fallout from the Bates v Post Office litigation, specifically the hopeless failure of the courts…
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Curse of AvdB confirmed and Post Office Horizon IT being raised in parliament tomorrow
Post Office toxicity spreads…. Good evening. Four things for you to consider tonight: 1. The Curse of AvdB is confirmed. 2. The Post Office Horizon system and the way the courts deal with IT will be in the parliamentary spotlight at 11am tomorrow. 3. The Judicial Review application hearing scheduled for Thursday is still currently…
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Chirag’s Judicial Review reaches the High Court, plus 17 Dec Court of Appeal transcript now live
2021 finally gets going… Hello everyone A special welcome to all the new secret emailers who have joined as a result of the current crowdfunding campaign. I am deeply indebted to everyone who has donated and you’ll be pleased to know I am finding the process of writing 100,000 words on the Post Office Horizon…
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Two new transcripts posted including first historic convictions quashed
Transcripts and CoA latest Good morning Firstly – thanks to every single secret email reader, new and old, who has donated to my second crowdfunding campaign. Given the start we have made it looks likely I am going to be able to cover both the forthcoming Court of Appeal hearings and any further open sessions…
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Book deal klaxon
The Great Post Office Scandal is go I’m delighted to tell you that I have signed a deal with Bath Publishing to write a book about the Post Office Horizon scandal. It has a working title (see above), and it will be available in hardback in Autumn 2021. Bath Publishing are brilliant. They have been…