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From: Cooper, Tom - UKGI[/O=HMT/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
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COOPER, THOMAS (TCOO]
Sent: Fri 08/06/2018 3:21:12 PM (UTC)
To: Callard, Richard - UKGII
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Clarke, Stephen - UKGI
Subject: Re: Post Office Group Litigati
Yeah. Doesn’t feel like the last time
Tom Cooper
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On 8 Jun 2018, at 16:06, Callard, Richard - UKGI
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Good work. Let’s see how long that lasts.
R
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Spoke to Jane. She apologised. We’ll get the update on Monday.
In future we can expect updates within a week of the board meeting
She now knows the Protocol is agreed and will turn it around as well.
Tom
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On 7 Jun 2018, at 13:58, Lambert, Helen - UKGI < wrote:
Hiall
The requirement for this particular update is set out in the protocol (i.e. an update after
the board meeting of 24 May). Rod acknowledges this in the first of the emails attached, in
response to my email of 16 May, but also actually indicates that he will try to get this to us
before the Board meeting. I then subsequently asked him for the update on 31 May (also
attached) and then yesterday.
Obviously the sub went up in the meantime and potential dates for POL’s GC to brief
Alex/Andrew Griffiths directly have been discussed, but the idea that this could be
considered a substitute for the reporting requirements we have agreed in the protocol is
not one which would have occurred to me, particularly considering that meeting may not
happen until late September. We certainly can’t wait that long for an update on the Merits.
Thanks
Helen
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UK Government Investments
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From: Callard, Richard - UKGI
Sent: 07 June 2018 13:07
To: Cooper, Tom - UKGI
O'Neill, Elizabeth - UKGI
Subject: FW: Post Office Group Litigation - SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Tom
Think it’s time to escalate to Paula again. Might be worth Helen digging out the emails that
showed what we asked for etc.
It’s constant defer defer defer. And it will keep happening.
R
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Sent: 07 June 2018 13:00
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Cc: O'Neill, Elizabeth - UKGI
Cooper, Tom - UKGI
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Subje: Post Office Group Litigation - SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Helen,
I had understood that the report I sent on 14 May 2018 had been shared with Alex
following the Board and Subcommittee meetings held in May, the outcome of which is that
a further meeting on the Postmaster Litigation will be held between Alex, Tom and our
senior management later in the summer, once the practical implications of counsels’
opinion (which is essentially lengthy and complex legal analysis) had been assessed by Post
Office.
In light of that development, I had no longer anticipated the need to provide a formal
briefing on the merits opinion. We have however provided you with five separate updates
on developments with the Postmaster Complaints in the intervening period.
In addition to the CCMC held on Tuesday, we are also this week finalising Defences to the
Individual Particulars of Claim filed by five of the Lead Claimants in the Common Issues
trial, each of which is c.50 pages long. These must be filed with the Court tomorrow. I
trust you will appreciate that hitting this critical court deadline needs to take priority over
any additional reporting.
Kind regards, Rodric
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Sent: 06 June 2018 11:14
Callard, Richard - UKGI
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Hi Rodric
I hope all is well.
I am sure you have been busy with the CMC yesterday, but was hoping you might be able
to give me an update on the below. The urgency in getting an update on the case to Alex is
in increasing significantly and we would appreciate if you could provide the update, in
particular on the merits opinion, so that we are able to do so as soon as possible.
Many thanks
Helen
Helen Lambert I Legal Secondee
UK Government Investments
1 Victoria Street I London I SW1H OET
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Sent: 31 May 2018 09:29
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Subject: RE: Post Office Group Litigation - SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Rodric
Please find attached the protocol with minor amendments. We hope this can now be
considered agreed.
I was also wondering whether you might be able to give me an expected timescale for
receipt of the written update following last week’s board meeting.
Many thanks
Helen
Helen Lambert I Legal Secondee
UK Government Investments
1 Victoria Street I London I SW1H OET
From: Rodric Williams [mailto:
Sent: 22 May 2018 13:32
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Subje: ost Office Group Litigation - SUBJECT TO LEGAL PRIVILEGE
Elizabeth, Helen,
Information Sharing Protocol
Please find attached the draft Protocol, the amendments to which seek to reflect the
discussion we held last week. I hope these are acceptable, but please let me know if not.
Case Management Conference
By way of an update, a Costs & Case Management Conference has been listed for a half-
day hearing on 5 June 2018, which (time permitting) will deal with the parties’ respective
costs budgets and the progress the parties’ experts have made in preparing for the Horizon
issues trial to held in March 2019.
Kind regards, Rodric
Rodric Williams
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