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Mr L Castleton , q0
Post Office® Marine Drive branch
14, South Marine Drive
Bridlington
YO15 3DB
23.03.04
Dear Mr Castleton
Re: SUSPENSION ®
This is to confirm that your contract for services as Subpostmaster at
Post Office® Marine Drive branch has been suspended with effect
from 23 March 2004.
The suspension is precautionary pending further investigations and
your remuneration will cease from this date. Any outstanding
remuneration will also be withheld for the period of the suspension and
the question of payment of remuneration to you for this period will be
determined in accordance with Section 19 paragraph 6 of your
Contract For Services on the termination of the period of suspension.
[will contact you again about this matter as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Contract Manager ate reon te
Post Office Ltd
Dartington Area Office
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Crown Street Registered in England and Wales number: 2154540
Dartington Registered Office: 80-86 Old Street
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Mr Lee Castleton
Post Office® Marine Drive branch
14 South Marine Drive
Bridlington
YO15 3DB
26.04.04
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Dear Mr Castleton
Re: SUSPENSION OF CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
I wrote to you on 23 March 2004 confirming the suspension of your
contract for services as subpostmaster of Post-Office® Marine Drive *
Branch.
I am now considering the summary termination of your contract for
services on the grounds that the audit at your office on 23 March 2004
resulted in a total shortage of £25,758.75. You had reported to me large,
unexplained losses over the preceding period of 12 weeks. You were
unable to make good the losses and therefore the decision was made to
suspend you from your contract for services due to the obvious risk to
Post Office Ltd funds. There are a number of obligations set out within
the Subpostmasters contract for services, one of which being retention of
the appointment is dependant on the branch being well managed and the
work performed properly to the satisfaction of Post Office Ltd, the
Subpostmasters contract section 1, paragraph 5 and section 12,
paragraph 12 refers. This is in accordance with Section 1, paragraph 10,
of your Contract For Services, which provides that the Agreement may be
determined at any time in case of breach of conditions by you, or non-
performance of your obligations or non-provision of Post Office services.
I would now like to give you the opportunity to put forward any reasons
why I should not pursue this course of action. You can do this by
requesting a personal interview or submitting a response to the charge(s).
In either case you should inform me of your intentions, in writing by 5 May
2004.
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I have provisionally set aside the morning of Monday 10 May 2004, at the
Area Managers Office in Darlington, should you choose a personal
interview. If this date is Inconvenient we will of course re-arrange.
Should you choose a personal interview, you may be accompanied at the
interview by a friend, who must be a fellow subpostmaster, or a registered
Sub Office Assistant or a Consignia employee or an official/
representative of the National Federation of Subpostmasters. You also
have the right to request and receive all information relating to the
aforementioned charge.
Yours sincerely
Cath
Retail Line Manager
Post Office Ltd
Operations
Darlington Area Office
Crown Street ©
Darlington DL1.1AN
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Retail Line Manager
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