POL00181607 - Email chain from Hugh Flemington to Rodric Williams re Board report on significant litigation

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From: Helen M Perkins
Sent: 12 September 2012 20:34

To: Hugh Flemington

Subject: RE: Board report on significant litigation

That’s very sad. Morning really would do - but here’s the last one (which I did and had sent back to him last time) and
also Rodric’s (or Chris’s) in its full new Board format after I’d tinkered with it earlier today. We’re getting rid of paper
numbers and instead having sensible headers and footers, so that was all I did to it.

Helen Perkins

Assistant Company Secretary

Post Office Limited

148 Old Street
London
EC1V 9HQ.

Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales,

company no.2154540

From: Hugh Flemington

Sent: 12 September 2012 20:30

To: Helen M Perkins; Alwen Lyons

Subject: RE: Board report on significant litigation

Rodric and I still here so he’s looking at it now.

Re Jarnail’s one — I can see the spelling, formatting etc. Can I see what you do want when it’s done and I'll talk him
through it. I can also get Rodric to give him some pointers. Assume it would ideally be in a similar format to the Civil

one?

From: Helen M Perkins

Sent: 12 September 2012 20:26

To: Hugh Flemington; Alwen Lyons

Subject: RE: Board report on significant litigation

V'll talk to him tomorrow — won't take long -unlike Jarnail’s which, I have to say, ranks well down on the scale of
acceptable Board documents in its current form. See attached, just for info (once you have put on your sunglasses). I
think I will just sort that one myself; it will be quicker all round.
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Helen

Helen Perkins
Assistant Company Secretary

Post Office Limited
148 Old Street
London

EC1V 9HQ.

Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales,
company no.2154540

From: Hugh Flemington

Sent: 12 September 2012 20:22

To: Helen M Perkins; Alwen Lyons

Subject: RE: Board report on significant litigation

Agree — good spot — thanks — when do you need it by? Rodric will have to polish it.

From: Helen M Perkins

Sent: 12 September 2012 20:18

To: Alwen Lyons

Cc: Hugh Flemington

Subject: FW: Board report on significant litigation

I gather Hugh thought that we ought to include employment claims in the significant litigation report and Rodric has
obliged. I agree with the principle but am a little worried by the detail in this report as, clearly, this is sensitive
personal data and I think the Board would prefer to deal at the high level of Company liabilities rather than individual
cases. Do you think it would be acceptable simply to add a bit onto the existing litigation report instead, along the
lines of:

Employment litigation claims in progress: 3. (2 unfair dismissal, 1 sex and race discrimination and victimisation).
Maximum potential liability to Post Office: £175k (or whatever it is — 1 added £100 + £23 + a guess but Rodric would
presumably give me a guesstimate)

Special circumstances: None (ie the claims are not very high profile or break new ground in terms of legal procedure
or policy changes for Post Office).

Helen

Helen Perkins
Assistant Company Secretary

Post Office Limited
148 Old Street
London

EC1V 9HQ.

Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales,
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From: Rodric Williams

Sent: 12 September 2012 19:41

To: Helen M Perkins

Subject: RE: Board report on significant litigation

Helen,
Please find attached a report on the significant employment litigation which is currently pending.

Please let me know if you would like this rolled in to the civil litigation report emailed to you earlier today by Chris
Darvill.

Thanks, Rod

Rodric Williams
Litigation Lawyer

Post Office Ltd

From: Helen M Perkins

Sent: 11 September 2012 11:17

To: Rodric Williams; Jarnail A Singh
Subject: Board report on significant litigation

Gentlemen

Please can you update the report on litigation for me? (Last version attached). I need this tomorrow for the Board
pack which is due to be sent out on Thursday. I will need to make some formatting changes to it as we are dispensing
with paper numbers and adding a confidentiality banner, so the sooner the better please! Thanks.

Helen

Helen Perkins
Assistant Company Secretary

Post Office Limited
148 Old Street
London

EC1V 9HQ.

Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales,
company no.2154540