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2020
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Application to the Court of Appeal for the Clarke advice
Open hearing on Thu 3 Dec Morning! This could well be the longest email I have sent to date. I don’t know what incentive I can offer you to read to the very end, but I would recommend making a cup of tea to get you through. The fallout from the court hearings last week…
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Lord Arbuthnot tells govt the Post Office “lied” to parliament
The scandal ratchets up Morning secret emailers There was a deadly serious development in the Post Office story on Friday evening as Lord Arbuthnot wrote to the government, the Lord Speaker and the Speaker of the House of Commons alleging that the Post Office had lied to parliament. His letter was emailed in relation to…
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High drama at the Court of Appeal
Fujitsu staff named and barrister carpeted Hello There were extraordinary moments at the Court of Appeal today. First, a barrister admitted handing a confidential document to a journalist – her brother – in possible breach of the law. Secondly, the former Fujitsu employees under criminal investigation were named in open court. I have written up…
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Tomorrow’s hearing at the Court of Appeal
Looking for Directions Hello Tomorrow there will be a directions hearing at the Court of Appeal where we might start to find out a bit more about when the first Subpostmaster convictions might be quashed. As your loyal scribe I will be going along – partly to live-tweet proceedings, partly to try to get my…
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From the archives: first Bates v Post Office trial started two years ago today
A Big Day in court Don’t worry, I’m not going to ask you to read every archive Post Office Trial post on each of their anniversaries, but you might want to see the report for day one of the Bates v Post Office Common Issues trial, written two years ago today. It was an important…
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Dunelm shareholders advised to fire Paula Vennells
Pressure grows on former Post Office boss Hi A scoop for Tom Witherow from the Daily Mail: on the thisismoney website, Tom reports that the advisory group Pirc has recommended Dunelm shareholders vote Paula Vennells off their board, citing ‘serious concerns’ about her ‘suitability’ to act as a director of a major company. For those…
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Interview with the journalist who broke the Post Office Horizon scandal
Rebecca Thomson speaks Hi Being in isolation give you a chance to do some literal and metaphorical housekeeping. The hoovering starts tomorrow! The following is an example of the latter. Four years ago I contacted Rebecca Thomson, the journalist who broke the Post Office Horizon story for Computer Weekly in 2009. She worked under the…
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Govt minister queries Paula Vennells’ fitness to chair NHS Trust
Lord Callanan weighs in Morning campers It’s nice to have an exclusive every now and then. I have posted on my blog the contents of a letter from Lord Callanan, the business minister in the Lords, to Lord Bethell at the department for health. You can read the details, context and actual letter here. Reading…
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Media representations over evidence made to Post Office Horizon inquiry
Do you mind if we have a look, your honour? Hello! It’s Monday, I’m on Day 12 of isolation, but the morning was rather glorious and autumnal, and there are worse ways to start the day than by posting up another piece about access to evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. The inquiry’s…
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Remember, remember 18 November
CoA showdown: booked in Hello everyone Thanks to everyone who has been in touch re the COVID situation in our house. Unfortunately Child 1’s test came back positive, so we are all isolating for a bit. She is isolating from us, too, which means spending around 22 hours a day in her room. Not great,…