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To: Jane MacLeo:
Subject: Re: Postmaster Litigation - CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE - DO NOT FORWARD
Thanks, Jane
Tim Parker
Chairman
National Trust
20 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0DH
Chairman
Post Office Limited
Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ
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Chairman
Samsonite International SA
Westerring 17, B-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
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From: Jane MacLeod
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 10:34:55 PM
To: Tim Parker
Subject: RE: Postmaster Litigation - CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE - DO NOT FORWARD
Tim
As requested, please find a copy of the embargoed judgment.
Jane
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Group Director of Legai, Risk & Governance
Ground Floor
20 Finsbury Street
LONDON
EC2Y 9AQ
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From: Tim Parker
Sent: 08 March 2019 1!
To: Jane MacLeod
Subject: Re: Postmaster Litigation - CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE - DO NOT FORWARD.
Hi Jane,
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A lot of work to do: I am sure you are preoccupied with analysing the judgement. Once this has been done, I would also
appreciate a copy of the original judgement.
Thanks
Tim
Tim Parker
Chairman
National Trust
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Chairman
Post Office Limited
Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street, London, EC2Y 9AQ.
Chairman
Samsonite International SA
Westerring 17, B-9700 Oudenaarde, Belgium
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From: Jane MacLeod!
Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 3:25 pm
To: Tim Parker; Ken McCall1; Carla Stent1; Cooper, Tom - UKGI; Tim.Franklin1; Shirine Knoury-Haq
Cc: Paula Vennells; Alisdair Cameron; Veronica Branton
Subject: Postmaster Litigation - CONFIDENTIAL AND SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE - DO NOT FORWARD
All
We received the judgment this morning in the Common Issues Trial. The judgment is 325 pages and very detailed, and
as a result we have not yet read it completely or fully understood all the arguments. However a high level review
indicates:
e@ We have lost on all material points
@ — The judge has criticised Post Office comprehensively — both as to our historic operations and behaviours and
our conduct of the case
The judge accepts the evidence of the Lead Claimants but is sceptical of our witnesses who he characterises as
‘extraordinarily partisan’
e He has struck out the key contractual provisions which require postmasters to account to Post Office, and
e He has stated that the Branch Trading Statement — which is the key document on which Post Office relies for
postmasters to account for cash and stock in branches — cannot be relied on as a statement of account.
The judgment will be handed down formally either next Friday (15") or on Monday 18". In the meantime we are
working on grounds for appeal.
We have activated our contingency planning in order that we have communications and detailed plans available and
ready to launch at the point the judgment is formally handed down. In the meantime, the judgment is subject to
embargo and cannot be shared or discussed outside of Post Office and its legal team. We are keeping the news to a
tight team within Post Office.
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There are many questions that we cannot yet answer and we need some time to fully digest the verdict. We will
therefore be setting up a Board call probably on Tuesday. In the meantime, please call either myself or Al as needed.
Jane
@ Jane MacLeod
Group Director of Lega’, Risk & Governance
Ground Floor
20 Finsbury Street
LONDON
EC2Y 9AQ
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