POL00073734 - Email from Stephen Dilley to Liz Morgan, Davlyn Cumberland, Tom Beezer and others re Post Office Limited v Lee Castleton.

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POL00073734
POL00073734

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ce: "Tom Beezer" < H
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24/08/2006 11:53 <carol.king
Subject: RE: Post Officé

Lee Castleton

Dear Davlyn,

Further to our telephone conversation today, I confirm that I am available to
meet on Thursday (preferably morning) next week with you and Liz. Once Liz
gets back from holiday, please can you ring me to £ and venue
(probably Rawdon). My mobile telephone number is I’

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Kind regards.

Stephen Dilley
Solicitor
for and on behalf of Bond Pearce LLP

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Fax: i.

www.bondpearce.com <http://www.bondpearce.com/>

From:
Sent

Stephen Dilley
22 August 2006 13:41

To: "liz.morgan¢_

Cc: Tom Beezer;

"cheryl. 7 ‘carol. king@
Subject: Mr Lee Castleto:

FAD 213337

Dear Ms Morgan and Ms Cumberland,

I act on behalf of the Post Office. From approximately 18 July 2003 to 23
March 2004 Mr Castleton was a sub-postmaster at 14 South Marine Drive,
Bridlington. His contract provides that he is strictly responsible for the
safe custody of cash and stock and to make good any losses caused through his
own negligence, carelessness or error and also loss of any kind caused by his
assistants.

The Post Office has issued a claim against Mr Castleton to try to recover the
net losses that accrued whilst he was a subpostmaster. Mr Castleton has
issued a counter claim claiming wrongful termination of his contract. The
P.O's claim is for the sum of £25,858.95 plus interest and costs.

Mr Castleton's defence is that the apparent shortfalls are nothing more than
accounting errors arising from the operation of the Horizon computer system.

Mr Castleton was suspended on 23 March 2004. On 10 May 2004, Cath Oglesby
(then the retail line manager) interviewed Mr Castleton. After the interview,
she sent copies of the cash and suspense accounts to you and you confirmed to
her that you could not see anything wrong with the way that the computers were
working.

I would like to discuss with each of you whether you have any recollection of
this matter, any records of what it was you looked at and if so, whether you