Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court over compensation delays
- Sir Alan Bates has urged victims of the Post Office scandal to take the government to court due to delays in compensation, predicting it might take until 2027 to complete all claims.
- More than 900 subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 because of the faulty Horizon IT system, and many are still waiting for compensation.
- The Chair of the Inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, emphasized the importance of providing timely answers to those affected by the scandal.
- A public inquiry has finished gathering evidence and is drafting a final report.
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Alan Bates calls for legal action against Labour government over Post Office scandal
In a significant development in an ongoing fight for justice, Alan Bates has urged fellow subpostmasters to consider legal action against the Labour Party government for persistently delaying financial redress over the Post Office Horizon scandal. Post Office scandal: WTF is Labour doing? The Post Office Horizon accounting software, which was fraught with unreliable reporting issues, turned into a huge scandal. It unjustly implicated over 900 su…
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