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From: Paula Vennells[/O=MMS/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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Sent: Thur 29/09/2011 2:32:05 PM (UTC)
To: - ~__ GRO
Subject: Fw: Private Eye/Horizon
Fyi. Susan will provide a background brief.
Any queries in the meantime, don't hesitate to ask Susan, Mike or me.
Paula
From: Paula Vennells
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 04:26 PM
To: 'Donald.Brydon‘ — ~
Cc: Moya Greene; 'paulcmurrayt_
Subject: Re: Class Action
GRO
Donald, you may remember this has reared its head before. I'll get a brief circulated for the new board members.
In summary, each time any cases have gone to court, POL's position has been upheld. And from memory, in at least 2
cases fraud was proven with subsequent imprisonment.
However, to avoid to avoid future doubt, POL took a decision several months ago to have Horizon and the newer HNGx
(Horizon online) independently verified by an external systems auditor. This is currently in process and we should have
the results at the end of next month.
Paula
From: BRYDON Donal
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:32 PM
To: Paula Vennells
Cc: Moya Greene; Paul Murray
Subject: Class Action
Alice Perkins
Paula,
I was a bit surpised to see the article in Private Eye this week about a class action by subpostmasters. It may be a bit after
the horse has bolted but it may be appropriate to have an explicit litigation/legal report in the POL board papers for the future -
obviously Alice's call.
The article raises some questions about Horizon. I suspect the ARC ought to take an interest. Have we ever had an
independent audit of Horizon?
Donald