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February 2019
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The ballad of Paula Vennells
Nick Wallis
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court Paula Vennells has this week announced she’ll be leaving the Post Office to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as its Chair in April. In January she was awarded a CBE and on 7 Feb she was appointed as a non-executive board member…
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So where are we now?
Nick Wallis
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court Today’s pre-trial review was a matter of crossing the tees and dotting the ayes before the Horizon trial, which begins three weeks on Monday. As the “unbelievably clever and super charming” Anthony de Garr Robinson QC (above) will be leading the Post Office’s…
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Live tweets: Horizon trial pre-trial review
Nick Wallis
Reporting the class action against the Post Office at the High Court Live tweets: Horizon pre-trial review Here are the live tweets I sent out during this morning’s pre-trial review. You can read a beautifully-formatted version on thread reader here and you can read the original thread on twitter here. Or just read down… We…
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Post Office Trial secret email Valentine’s Day Special
Nick Wallis
Hello there It really is a stunning, frosty morning down here in the South East. Today I’m up to the Rolls Building for the second time this week. Tuesday’s case management conference (CMC) barely touched on the upcoming Horizon trial (starting 11 March). Today’s Pre-trial Conference (PTC) is all about it. I am hoping we…
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Post Office Trial secret email update 12 Feb
Nick Wallis
Schedule me this Hi secret emailers I went to another Case Management Conference (CMC) at the High Court today. They are knuckle-gnawingly dull from a headline perspective, but grimly-rewarding when it comes to gaining a better understanding of this case. CMCs effectively prescribe the terms of engagement. Any tiny victories gained in defining these terms…
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Post Office Trial secret email update 1 Feb
Nick Wallis
Cash Money Cerebrations Hello secret emailers I thought I’d write a note about the logistics and finances of reporting the judgment and forthcoming trials now we have a bit more clarity about what’s going on. There is a half day case management conference (CMC) for the third trial coming up on 12 Feb. I’ll go…