Hi all

I’ll get the transcript up when I can, but I’ve posted a report on what happened today in court. Definitely the most interesting thing is that plans for mediation are going full steam ahead.

Read what happened here.

The prospect of mediation may cause some disquiet amongst Subpostmasters, but according to both the Post Office and the claimants’ legal team, it’s an accepted and expected part of any litigation process.

But the question remains – if there were an attractive offer to settle the civil case, what would happen to the claimants with criminal convictions – how would they go about progressing their cases?

I spoke to a source earlier today, who said among the claimants legal team there was “no intention to leave them behind.”

AOB

I have had a rash of correspondence and donations recently. In fact, today’s work was entirely paid for by donations gathered across the last two weeks. No idea why everyone is being so generous all of a sudden but believe me I am extremely a) grateful and b) relieved the paypal button appears to be working again.

If you are new to the secret email gang, welcome and thank you. All you have to do to get in touch is hit reply to this email. I am extremely grateful for all correspondence and even if I don’t reply I promise I do read every single email and some of them are fascinating.

Before I go, do have a read of the Tim McCormack’s own take on mediation. Ever a thorn in the Post Office’s side, Mr McCormack suggests the Post Office should be weeding out and either sacking or prosecuting some of its own staff allegedly responsible for the claimant Subpostmasters’ plight. Maybe they should, but I wouldn’t hold your breath…

That said, after a long dormant period, it looks like this litigation is about to erupt once more.

Transcript will be up tomorrow. I really need to go to bed – I’d forgotten how long court days end up being!

Yours

Nick