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Cod and chips
Sorry this is so late. I’ll be quick: Report of today’s proceedings here. Collated live tweets here. Transcript here. Fun secret email fact: Jason Coyne, the claimants’ independent IT expert, kindly let me take his photo this lunchtime (see what he looks like here), so I walked him down from the courtroom to the street.…
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Court daze
Morning! The air is slightly chilly but the sun is plenty hot, when its out. Strolling to court up from the Embankment and through middle temple this morning should feel very civilized. There isn’t much to preview today as it will be more of the same: the claimants’ independent IT expert Jason Coyne being cross-examined…
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Horizon trial day 14 write-up: It’s all relative
Anticipation is a beautiful thing, but complaining when the show doesn’t live up to expectations is a bad look when the show is a deadly serious ongoing litigation about peoples’ livelihoods. Today was a means to an end. We had the independent IT expert for the claimants in the witness box (Jason Coyne) and a…
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Horizon trial: re-start preview
Alors The Horizon trial re-start preview Here is your piping hot Horizon trial re-start preview. Packed with facts and a bit of comment. CWU vs Post Office Here is a piece I also wrote today about a new legal battle the Post Office faces over the employment status of its Subpostmasters. Talking turkey, speaking cheese…
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Speaking cheese
Hi all This is likely the first of two secret emails today. By this evening I hope to have published a few court docs, written a brief preview to the resumption of the Horizon trial (which restarts tomorrow) and written up Tracy’s story. Tracy was 19 years old when the Post Office accused her of…
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The Daily Mail has a go
It’s a bit late in the day, but if you have an opportunity to go and buy a copy of today’s Daily Mail please do so. It features a one page feature AND a leader article about the money the Post Office has spent on the Bates v Post Office litigation. If you don’t have…
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Pete Murray pt 4: “You’d better get yourself a lawyer.”
Morning all When we last met him, Pete Murray was suspended for a £35,000 discrepancy, losing money hand over fist and getting no communication from the Post Office as to what was happening. In the latest instalment, written this month, there is progress of sorts. Pete is back at work, but it appears having both…
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Trouble in SPDO country
Good morning, emaileurs prive. It seems that in spite of a High Court ruling which had a few things to say about the Subpostmaster contract, the Post Office’s way of doing business and the NFSP, the Post Office last month decided to land a new contract on a subset of Postmasters without any obvious consultation…
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The Pete Murray trilogy: pt 3
Morning secret emailers I hope you are well and looking forward to a fine, if slightly chilly Bank Holiday. This weekend I have posted up part 3 of the Pete Murray trilogy. Pete is a Subpostmaster who was suspended in November last year after mysterious discrepancies appeared at his Hope Farm Road branch. I have…
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Yesterday’s transcript with notes
Heeeey secret emailers I have in my hands yesterday’s High Court hearing transcript, which is now up on the Post Office Trial website (with some guidance notes) for your reading pleasure. The write up of the hearing, linked to in the last secret email is here. Expect a piece in the Daily Mail tomorrow about…