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Paul Marshall
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The Trials of Lee Castleton
Arcane legal argument aside it was a fairly straightforward day in court. Lee Castleton and his team wanted a trial of all the issues in his claim against the Post Office. The Post Office (and Fujitsu) argued it would be easier, quicker and cheaper to first see if Lee was still bound by the Bates v…
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Lee Castleton’s case against the Post Office and Fujitsu
There are three documents of interest in this blog post. The first is a 41-page Particulars of Claim, filed on 10 July 2025 by former East Bridlington Subpostmaster Lee Castleton against the Post Office and Fujitsu. He is seeking a ruling that the 2007 judgment against him was obtained by fraud and £4m in damages.…
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Lawyer threatens legal action against victim of Horizon scandal
A victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, Seema Misra, has been threatened with legal action over a £60,000 bill by one of her former lawyers, Nick Gould. Gould worked pro bono (for free) with the barristers Flora Page and Paul Marshall, doing the groundwork in 2020 on Seema’s successful appeal against her conviction…
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What’s really going on with the Subpostmaster compensation schemes pt. 3
This short series of blog posts reveals the contents of a letter sent by the barrister Paul Marshall to the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. The letter shares Marshall’s concerns at the Post Office/Government compensation schemes and the way they are being run. It was written on 9 January 2024. Part 1 deals with the section…
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What’s really going on with the Subpostmaster compensation schemes pt. 2
In Part 1 of this short series I quoted at length from a letter written to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on 9 Jan 2024, by the barrister Paul Marshall. That blog post covered Mr Marshall’s concerns about Subpostmaster claimants in the Bates v Post Office High Court litigation with overturned criminal convictions. The…
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What’s really going on with the Subpostmaster compensation schemes pt. 1
I’ve obtained a letter to Sir Wyn Williams, written by the barrister Paul Marshall. Sir Wyn is the retired judge who chairs the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Paul Marshall represents, in his words, “some of those most grievously affected by the Post Office’s conduct”. The letter is dated 9 January 2024. Whilst recent government…
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Exclusive: Post Office fails in compensation clawback attempt
Publicly, the government has said it is determined to compensate Subpostmasters affected by the Post Office scandal “as soon as possible”. Behind the scenes it seems determined to drag things out to a ridiculous degree. Earlier this year both the Post Office and the government decided that money gifted to Subpostmasters with criminal convictions, by…