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The Common Issues trial examined the contract between the subpostmasters and the Post Office and found largely in favour of the claimants, while the Horizon Issues trial found that Horizon, the Post Office's accounting software, contained bugs, errors and defects that could cause shortfalls in the subpostmasters' accounts.
Royal Mail was selling some of its branches to private companies under a franchising arrangement. Royal Mail thought that no automatic transfer took place under TUPER 2006 regulation 4 when workers went to the franchisee. It therefore refused to offer this option to the employees (on top of what it was doing to relocate staff under mobility ...
Sir Alan Bates (born 1954 or 1955) is a former subpostmaster and a leading campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal, in which thousands of subpostmasters were accused of dishonesty when faulty Post Office accounting software created shortfalls in their accounts. After the Post Office terminated his contract in 2003 over a false ...
On 12 October, Royal Mail challenged the legality of the next phase of the planned action, claiming that the notice of the strike had been improperly issued. [10] 24 hour strikes were planned for; [11] Monday 15 October from 6pm at Mail sorting offices and airports; Tuesday 16 October from 3am at Deliveries and collection hubs
Sullivan seeks “damages on account of the counterclaim defendant’s breach of [his] employment agreement” and rights to unpaid and future carried interest payments on the LCP portfolio.
Historically, Royal Mail and the Post Office were part of the same entity and were a public authority. They split into separate organisations in 2012. [ 11 ] The Post Office's unique position, with a history as a prosecutor going back to 1683, gave the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) concerns about its neutrality.
A bank which executes a fraudulent instruction to transfer funds out of a company's account can be held as liable for a breach of its duty of care even if the instruction to transfer the money was made by the controlling shareholders and directors of the company. [50] R v Reeves Taylor [2019] UKSC 51: 13 November
The basis of the strike was a disagreement over pay and pensions. On 7 June 2007, the union's postal members voted by 77.5% to strike after a 2.5% pay rise coupled with £350 million every year for five years (totalling £1.5 billion) of cuts was offered.