‘Disclosure requests from the Post Office Inquiry will carry the express threat of criminal sanctions if responses are not good enough. Inquiry chair Sir Wyn Williams has given further directions following a catalogue of disclosure failings by the Post Office which caused proceedings to be postponed for three weeks this month.’
Law Society's Gazette, 17th July 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Post Office’s use of two former senior judges in its defence of the sub-postmaster prosecutions indicates the need for guidance or regulation on what judges do in retirement, it has been argued.’
Legal Futures, 19th June 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Royal Mail is falling down on its letter delivery obligations, a group of MPs has said.’
BBC News, 17th March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is going to have to wait until the end of the Post Office inquiry before it can take formal disciplinary action against any lawyers involved in the scandal, it has revealed.’
Legal Futures, 24th October 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It is “essential” that sub-postmasters claiming on one of the compensation schemes following the Horizon scandal can recover their legal costs, the chair of the Post Office scandal enquiry said yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 16th August 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Scores of post office operators wrongly accused of embezzlement by the Post Office due to faulty accounting software, may be disqualified from a dedicated compensation scheme.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This is the second judgment given by the Supreme Court in this case. In the first judgment ([2020] UKSC 15), the Court set out the background to the dispute and made a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union, upon which judgment was delivered on the 13th of January 2022. The Supreme Court could then determine this appeal without the need for any further hearing.’
UKSC Blog, 11th May 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A year since wrongful convictions of subpostmasters were first overturned, most say they are no closer to agreeing a financial compensation settlement.’
BBC News, 23rd April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Post Office and the government need to speed up compensation payments to workers who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report by an influential group of MPs.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former Post Office workers who were among those wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting have called for the company’s former management to go to jail for their part in the long-running scandal.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will be examined by a public inquiry starting on Monday.’
BBC News, 14th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘UK taxpayers could have to pay as much as £1bn in compensation to former Post Office workers wrongly convicted of theft due to the defective Horizon IT system.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Less than a third of Post Office workers who applied for compensation under a government scheme in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal have received a payout offer, almost 17 months after it closed, MPs have been told.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has agreed to foot the bill for the compensation of former Post Office workers who were falsely convicted of theft in the long-running Horizon saga.’
BBC News, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The watchdog unveiled plans to impose new rules on the sector, requiring companies to treat their customers more fairly, following a damning study.’
The Independent, 9th December 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The independent inquiry into how hundreds of post office workers were wrongfully accused of theft, fraud and false accounting as a result of computer errors has been urged to demand immediate compensation for those affected.’
The Guardian, 8th November 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
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