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2019
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Alan Bates interview – for the record
Morning secret emailers Just over six weeks ago Alan Bates stood outside the High Court’s Rolls building holding in his arms an enormous and significant judgment. He gave a press conference and a series of interviews in the immediate aftermath of the judgment, as did James Hartley, a litigation partner at Freeths and the lead…
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“I am ready to take any action against the Post Office”
Heey I have a guest blogger for you – a journalist who has his ear to the ground. His words will be familiar to every current Subpostmaster, so his opinion may well be of interest. His name is Jack Courtez from Retail Newsagent and Retail Express and you can read what he has to say…
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“I balanced and it showed a loss of £32,000”
Hi there secret emailers I’m heading down to Southend, taking in the stunning views across the Thames Estuary mudflats at Chalkwell. Not what I expected to be doing at 7am this morning as I struggled aboard a busy commuter train in deepest Surrey. But that’s the job. The train time has given me a few…
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Horizon trial: The Story So Far
Good morning all Amazingly most of the children have stayed in bed long enough for me to bring the Horizon trial menu up to date. When I started thinking about the workflow for this project, I must admit I didn’t really take into account the time I would spend generally bashing the keyboard from a…
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Common Issues trial: The Box Set
Common Issues box set: Deluxe edition Remember the Common Issues trial? Happened a while back. The judgment was just over a month ago. It turned everything in this story on its head. For years it had been the word of the Subpostmasters against the Post Office. And despite a select committee inquiry, several parliamentary debates…
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Horizon trial: Sterling Works
As promised – I’ve finally done me accounts! You can find all the grubby incriminating details here. I think I’ve said everything I need to say in the blog post itself, so please click on it if you want to see how your hard-earned moolah has been spent. Other things 1: Techy talk Tim McCormack,…
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Horizon trial: The Next Chapter
Hey there secret emailers I’m back from my hols and starting the process of tidying up the Post Office Trial website. I say starting, because I haven’t actually done any yet. The reason for that is because I received a document yesterday of minimal legal significance, but symbolic nonetheless: the first formal acknowledgment that Bates…
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Horizon trial: day 12 – Getting the show back on the road
Morning all! I wasn’t in court yesterday, but I have been sent the transcript and witness statements of the one witness who was cross-examined in court yesterday, so I have got something of a feel for what happened. If you want to get a feel yourself, you can find all the relevant documents here. Fujitsu’s…
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Post Office loses recusal appeal in stinging judgment
Morning secret emailers Not only has the judge refused to recuse himself on grounds of apparent bias, he has made it quite clear the “curious” tactics of the Post Office in their way of making the recusal application waived any right they might have had to ask him to do so. He also found that…
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Recusal judgment WILL be tomorrow
Alright pop pickers The recusal judgment WILL be handed down at 2pm tomorrow in court 26 of the Rolls Building. The judge may then tell everyone what happens next – he may not. Unfortunately I cannot be there, but Mrs Goggins can and will. Mrs Goggins is a fictional postmaster run by a real former…