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March 2019
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Post Office trial: catching up is so very hard to do
One off the fisk Good afternoon secret emailers I have posted up part 4 of my fisking of the common issues trial judgment. After Monday’s 5000+ word epic, I have kept this down to a reasonable size. It deals with the judge’s finding on the Post Office’s general attitude, and his reading of the infamous…
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Post Office trial: The Smoking Gun
Hello secret emailers I write this as Gareth Southgate’s youthful England side are having the wind knocked out of them by a plucky Montenegran side who have taken the lead with the only attack of the game so far. Sometimes the unfancied minnows topple a really big outfit. But there’s a long way to go….…
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Post Office trial: Je recuse
Hi there Just a very quick post to let you know I’ve set out the recusal situation and the response to it. Read it here I hadn’t seen the comments from Freeths, the JFSA solicitors until just now. This is what they have said to the claimants: “Post Office has strongly resisted this Group Litigation…
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Post Office trial secret email 22 March
The long game Hello secret emailers I had always expected to spend today “on the clock” doing an admin day. The plan was to mop up everything from the first two weeks of the trial, get some evidence posted up and ensure the Horizon Trial Menu was up to speed (right now it’s very much…
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Going Postal
Evening all I have written up what happened this afternoon, posted up the transcript and posted up the recusal application. Do have a look at the links below. I realise many of you are stunned by what has happened today. We are going to have a gap in the trial proceedings now. One lawyer thought…
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Horizon trial stopped with immediate effect
Wowsers. The trial has been stopped. An application has been made to recuse the judge from the trial and all future trials in this litigation on the grounds of bias. This is the story as it unfolded through my tweets (worth reading for the revelations in the morning too) This is the Post Office’s rationale…
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Horizon trial secret email – 21 March
Not particularly engaged Hello secret emailers I am so frustrated Kim and I didn’t manage to get a report to you yesterday. Court days tend to be 13 hour days for me, and trying to train someone up to use all the emailing, blogging and tweeting platforms was stressful. We made one slip whilst I…
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Horizon trial – Day 7 – A not uncontroversial project
Hi all Apologies for the late delivery. We’ve had major technical problems. Here is the transcript of today’s trial Here are Torstein Godeseth’s 3 (three) witness statements. Here is Andy Dunks’ witness statement Here is David Johnson’s witness statement. Here are the live tweets from this morning Here are the live tweets from this afternoon…
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Horizon trial 20 March secret email
Into the Horizone G’ mornin’ My daughter decided to get up at 5am today to do some revision. She thought playing Eminem very loudly would help. Our bedroom is directly above our daughter’s. What a time to be alive/awake. Please have a look at last night’s secret email for all the links to all yesterday’s…
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Horizon trial day 6 – the £5000 question
Good evening. It is late, I am tired and the action starts again very soon after a short lie down for before breakfast. So for that reason I will keep things brief. Here are your links! Today’s write up – the £5000 question Today’s transcript Dawn Phillips witness statement Paul Smith’s witness statement Tracy Mathers’…