US EditionPost Office scandal compensation shake-up and new redress body revealed
The government plans a new appeals process and legal funding for victims after paying over £1.2 billion to 9,100 people affected by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
- The government announced improvements to Post Office compensation schemes, funding for legal advice, and said Horizon Shortfall Scheme will close to new applicants at the end of January next year.
- The Horizon inquiry found the faulty Horizon accounting system caused false theft and false accounting accusations against at least 1,000 postmasters, and Sir Wyn Williams, retired judge , made 1 recommendation.
- Claimants can choose between a £75,000 fixed sum offer or a full case assessment, with over £1.2bn paid to 9,100 people across all schemes including the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
- Sir Gary Hickinbottom has been appointed senior lawyer for HSS, and Business Secretary Peter Kyle said `We must never lose sight of the wronged postmasters affected by the Horizon Scandal, which the Inquiry has highlighted so well`.
- Restorative measures include Fujitsu detailing its partnership with the Restorative Justice Council to Sir Wyn Williams before the October 31 deadline, while the government will publish a clear definition of full and fair redress.
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Post Office scandal compensation shake-up and new redress body reveale
Post Office IT scandal compensation schemes are to be improved and victims’ legal advice to be funded , according to the government which may create an independent body to handle similar miscarriages of justice in future. The announcements were made as part of the official response to the damning conclusions of the first volume of the Horizon inquiry’s findings, released in July. It focused on the “disastrous” human impact of false theft and fal…
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Post Office IT scandal compensation schemes are to be improved and victims’ legal advice to be funded , according to the government which may create an independent body to handle similar miscarriages of justice in future. The announcements were made as part of the official response to the damning conclusions of the first volume of the Horizon inquiry’s findings, released in July. It focused on the “disastrous” human impact of false theft and fal…
Post Office Scandal Compensation Shake-up And New Redress Body Revealed - Great Yorkshire Radio
The announcements were made as part of the official response to the damning conclusions of the first volume of the Horizon inquiry’s findings, released in July. It focused on the “disastrous” human impact of false theft and false accounting accusations made against at least 1,000 postmasters as a result of the faulty IT accounting system used by the Post Office. The retired judge who chaired the two-year inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, made 19 recomm…
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