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Settlement disagreement
Alan BatesThe confidential (now published) settlement agreement which ended the Subpostmasters' group litigation has been attacked twice in the space of two weeks by the two men who signed it. What's...
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Judgment Day - picture gallery
At last....I asked for anyone who had them to get in touch with photos of the post-judgment celebrations. I am posting them below with thanks to everyone who contributed. Please don't copy and re-use...
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Court of Appeal quashed a further 39 convictions - bringing the total to 45
Banners, photographers, camera crews and celebrating Subpostmasters outside the RCJ todayThere were jubilant scenes outside the Royal Courts of Justice today as 39 Subpostmasters' convictions were...
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Vennells' career ends in ignominy
The Reverend Paula VennellsHaving quietly left the Cabinet Office, withdrawn from her role chairing an NHS Trust in March, and last year stopped advising the Church on its ethical investments, Paula...
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Page and Marshall in the clear
Flora Page with her legal team (posing like seasoned Eurovision entrants) outside courtOne of the most extraordinary sideshows to the recent Court of Appeal proceedings came to a close yesterday with...
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Major new ITV drama on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
ITV COMMISSIONS POST OFFICE SCANDAL DRAMA,PEOPLE vs. POST OFFICE, WRITTEN BY GWYNETH HUGHES AND PRODUCED BY ITV STUDIOS, PATRICK SPENCE, AND LITTLE GEMOne of the greatest miscarriages of justice in...
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The Great Post Office Scandal - buy it here!
My forthcoming book - The Great Post Office Scandal: the fight to expose a multimillion pound IT disaster which put innocent people in jail - is now available on pre-sale from Bath Publishing. It will...
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540 MORE Subpostmaster convictions could be unsafe
Pic: Hudgells SolicitorsThe 45 Subpostmasters and Post Office workers who had their criminal convictions overturned two weeks ago today may only be the tip of the iceberg. Today the Post Office...
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So who did it? - Peer calls for police investigation
Lord Arbuthnot outside the Royal Courts of Justice on 23 April 2021Lord Arbuthnot, the former barrister, has called for a police investigation into the activities of former Post Office executives...
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Two more convictions quashed - total now 47
Neil Hudgell, Jo Hamilton, Tim Moloney QC, Tara Adedayo, Parmod Kalia, Amit Bhanot, Kathleen Donnelly and Ognjen MileticThis morning Teju (Tara) Adedayo and Parmod Kalia had their convictions quashed...
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Government to make Sir Wyn Williams inquiry statutory
Someone has told Sky News the government is going to announce the Wyn Williams inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal will be put onto a statutory footing tomorrow. Sir Wyn will now be able to...
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Sir Wyn's statutory super powers and scope revealed
Paul Scully MPSir Wyn Williams' power-pack upgrade to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry was announced in parliament today by the Business Minister Paul Scully, who said it will now: "be able to compel...
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Johnson wants accountability AND compensation for Subpostmasters
Boris JohnsonThis week Boris Johnson appeared to agree with the evolving position of the Business Minister Paul Scully* to agree during Prime Minister's Questions that all Subpostmasters who have been...
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JFSA encourages members to sign up with solicitors ahead of inquiry decision
Alan Bates from the JFSA (l) and Sir Wyn Williams (r)The Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance may have inched closer to participating in the Post Office Horizon Inquiry - but there's still one big red...
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Marshall spells it out: speech to University of Law
P. Marshall EsqWhat follows is perhaps the most important speech given on the subject of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to date. I watched Mr Marshall deliver it remotely yesterday evening on Zoom...
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31 new Subpostmaster appeals - 10 convictions certain to be quashed - Tim...
Tim BrentnallTen more Subpostmasters whose cases are being readied for court have been told the Post Office will not be contesting their appeals.One of those former Subpostmasters is Tim Brentnall...
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Value of claims to Historical Shortfall Scheme revealed
The total amount of compensation being claimed by 2,200 applicants to the Post Office's Historical Shortfall Scheme has been revealed as £311m. It was this figure which prompted the CEO of the Post...
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On Monday 7 June 2021 a panel of wise minds gathered remotely at an event hosted by University College London's Faculty of Law to discuss "Justice for Subpostmasters in the Post Office case". The...
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12 more convictions quashed - total now 59
(l-r) Sami Sabet, Carina Price, Harmukh Shingadia, Jerry Hosi, Tim BrentnallTwelve more Subpostmasters have had their convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal today. They were part of a group of 31...
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