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The unauthorised barrister working for the Post Office and TEN acquittals between 2000 and 2015
Two-tier justice? Thanks to some assiduous work by readers of this newsletter, I have got some interesting information to pass on. The first concerns Nick Vamos (pictured), the Peters and Peters barrister who was instructed by the Post Office during the Appeals process back in 2021. Although he never spoke in court, Mr Vamos was…
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The Post Office worker who took his own life after being interviewed by Stephen Bradshaw and Helen Rose
A Sunday Times investigation Hello, It’s good to know that serious and important journalism continues to drive public awareness of the Post Office scandal. If you have a Times subscription, please read Hugo Daniel’s devastating story about an experienced Post Office manager who ended his life after being interviewed by two of the most notorious…
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Sir Alan settles, Post Office play “Glitch” goes on tour
Some good news for once… He’s won a BAFTA, got a Knighthood and now he’s a millionaire! Congratulations to Sir Alan Bates. This week the government confirmed he had finally reached a settlement. He had to fight hard for it, which is, of course, crazy. What he received is not a matter of record, though…
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Operation Olympos costs, Inquiry report date pushed back
A painfully slow and expensive affair Hi everyone I thought I’d send you an update after a month in which I have been chasing down a number of Post Office and non-Post Office stories for various outlets. Here are some of the Post Office stories: Operation Olympos The police investigation into those who were responsible…
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Books (not just mine), live events and other news
A Very Good Read Hi everyone Hope you had a good summer. I went on holiday to France and spent my days reading Jo Hamilton’s book and working on my own. More on Jo’s book in a moment. I want to begin this email proper by extending the warmest of welcomes to a lot of…
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Sons and daughters of Horizon victims to be compensated
plus: thirteen suspected suicides There’s no feeling of anything but bleakness, writing the headline above. Here’s the full story. The Inquiry asked the question and the Post Office gave its best guess, based on the applications it had received from the families of deceased compensation claimants and its own media monitoring. Thirteen dead, at their…
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“Final” compensation report due tomorrow
Back to the Oval in July Hello Tomorrow will be a big media day in the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. “Volume One” of the Inquiry report is being released at noon at The Oval cricket ground in South London. The Oval hosted a number of Human Impact hearings in 2022 before the inquiry moved…
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Inquiry report Volume 1 to drop on 8 July
Hello The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has today announced that the first part of Sir Wyn Williams’ report will be published at high noon on Tuesday 8 July. Volume 1 of Sir Wyn’s report focuses on Compensation and Human Impact. Whilst I suspect it will not tell us anything new (we know the Post…
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Inquiry to report on compensation and human impact within the next three months
Plus: from the BAFTAs to BGT Hello! As I write (Sunday morning) the Hear Our Voice Subpostmasters choir are in rehearsal at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, preparing to sing live to the nation on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent, which starts at 7pm tonight on ITV1. There are eight acts to get through and the…
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Mr Bates wins a BAFTA and Central London Book Festival event this Friday
Sir Alan goes to the BAFTAs Hello! First of all congratulations to everyone involved in Mr Bates once more. The series won big at the BAFTAs last night, and it was quite a sight to see Sir Alan in his best bib and tucker doing the red carpet rounds. Alan also did a sit down…
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