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June 2019
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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…