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Post Office and Fujitsu accused of delaying £4m damages claim
- On January 23, Lee Castleton's barristers sought to set aside the 2007 judgment as obtained by fraud, alleging withheld Horizon bug evidence at the Rolls Building, High Court in London.
- The Post Office sued Lee Castleton in 2005, and Judge Richard Havery QC ordered him to pay £25,858.95 in 2007, finding the shortfalls were caused by Castleton or his assistants.
- His legal team says losses were illusory accounting errors from the Horizon IT system and alleges an unlawful-means conspiracy between the Post Office and Fujitsu; Fujitsu spent extraordinary sums of £700,000 considering but not responding to the claim, and its counsel proposed a split trial.
- Friday's hearing concerns whether a separate trial will decide if the 2019 settlement covering more than 500 claims bars Mr Castleton, with The Post Office arguing it is `more than willing` to set aside the 2007 judgment.
- Beyond this case, the Horizon scandal affected around 1,000 wrongfully prosecuted people and led to about £1 billion in compensation, with Castleton among the 555 postmasters who sued in 2019.
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Post Office and Fujitsu accused of delaying £4million legal claim by former sub-postmaster
Former sub‑postmaster Lee Castleton OBE is seeking £4million in damages from the Post Office and Fujitsu, with his legal team accusing both organisations of deliberately inflating costs and placing repeated obstacles in his way as he attempts to clear his name.A preliminary hearing at the High Court on Friday was told that a series of “hurdles” had been placed in front of Mr Castleton to make his claim as “difficult, time‑consuming and expensive…
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