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Subject: Re: Chairman's review - CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Dear Jane,
Let us meet to discuss on Thursday.
Best
Tim
Tim Parker
Chairman
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Chairman
Post Office Limited
Chairman
Samsonite International SA
Tim
Further to my email below, we met with Tony Robinson QC last night to discuss the Postmaster Litigation. In the course
of that discussion we asked him for his advice as to whether the work being undertaken for the purposes of your review
should be continued.
His strong advice was that the work being undertaken under the aegis of your review should not continue in light of the
litigation. However, he also recommended that the subject matter of that work should continue provided it is re-
scoped and re-instructed for the purposes of the litigation.
Clearly you will need to inform the Minister and we will prepare a form of words for you to use. I understand you are in
the office next Thursday (16 June), so please let me know if you would like to discuss this then. I am of course available
by phone in the meantime.
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Kind regards,
Jane
Jane MacLeod
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jane MacLeod
Sent: 27 May 2016 18:07
To: Tim Parker
Subject: Chairman's review
Tim
As flagged at the Board earlier this week, I hosted a call with Jonathan Swift QC today to ask what, in his view, would be
a reasonable course of action for you to take in relation to his recommendations as to the further lines of enquiry which
could be undertaken, now that POL faces litigation covering essentially the same ground.
In summary, Jonathan felt that Tony Robertson QC (the barrister retained to advise POL on its defence to the
proceedings) should first be requested to advise POL whether in light of the litigation, the various works teams should
be continued, paused or re-defined.
We will send instructions to Tony early next week and expect to have this advice relatively quickly. Once this advice has
been received, Jonathan has said that he would be happy to discuss with you how best to take this forward in the
context of your review, as well as considering how to position this with BNR, and others with knowledge of and interest
in the Review.
I will let you know as soon as we have Tony Robinson's advice. As ever, please give me a call if you would like to discuss.
Kind regards,
Jane
Jane MacLeod
General Counsel
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