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Horizon trial day 18: Enter Dr Robert
Evening all Today was almost comical. Over lunch and for most of the afternoon I could not help wondering what the point of this particular trial actually is. The first one was all about demonstrating the persistent cultural stupidity and callousness of the Post Office in the way it interpreted its contracts and the way…
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Horizon trial day 18 preview: Return of the JFSA
Morning all I spent the day yesterday in the dock of court 1 of the Old Bailey, which wasn’t something I was expecting.. It’s the venue for the London Bridge/Borough Market terror attack inquest. There is a huge dock in the centre of the court and for some reason reporters have to sit there. As…
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Horizon trial day 17: PEAKs and troughs
Ouch, ouch and double ouch What happened in court today was brutal. Really brutal. Have a read of my report here. My collated live tweets are here. The transcript is here and judgment number 5, which explains the thinking behind ordering the Post Office to pay 90% of the claimants’ costs is here. I am…
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A day of surprises
Horizon trial day 16: a day of surprises Evenin’ all I’m not making a very good fist of getting these out in good time am I? The trouble is, after 5 hours of live tweeting my brain is mush, especially when the subject matter is as technical as it was today. Tweeting is usually a…
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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…