UKGI00043848 - Email from Alisdair Cameron to Thomas Cooper, Tim Parker, Shirine Khoury-Haq and others re: RE: Post Office trial

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From: Alisdair Cameron{___
Sent: Sun 12/05/2019 10:
To: Thomas Cooper;

Shirine Khoury-Hagf

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KirstenI

Subject: RE: Post Office trial

Thanks all. A couple of conclusions.

1. I find this entirely unsurprising. The recusal was always a longshot.

2. We were sensible to ignore the advice to co-join the appeals.

3. The urgent question is whether we further narrow the appeal on the judgement to pure points of
legal interpretation of the contract. The reality is that most of the findings of fact are nothing of the
sort, they are arguments that facts were heard out of sequence or without evidence from us — in other
words, unfair handling. Alan, we need to debate this tomorrow and circulate a note to the sub
committee with recommendations as soon as possible. I completely support the independent review
as discussed last week.

4. The next question is who leads the appeal.

5. Then, which we will discuss at May Board, is how we prepare for a very nasty Horizon verdict.

Al

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Subject: Post Office trial

Worth reading this piece as a summary of the ruling.
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Alan - how do we actually change the tone here? In particular, are there changes to the appeal that need
to be made - as currently framed are we just lining ourselves up for more criticism? I’m particularly
concerned about the approach taken to the “findings of fact” that we're so critical of, but so far the judges
involved have taken the other side’s view.

Tom

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Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2019 7:43 am
To: Thomas Cooper

Subject: FW: Official Sensitive and Legally Privileged: Update on Post Office Appeal Strategy

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