Law Society of Scotland on Post Office Scandal Litigation 

By John Freund |

The Law Society of Scotland shares a new debrief of the Post Office scandal. The story goes: When the Horizon computer system found over 736 sub-postmasters were allegedly grifting from the United Kingdom’s postal budgets, they were summarily punished. However, Horizon’s back office capabilities were later found to contain bugs and other system defects that allegedly found workers at fault by mistake. Enter litigation funding, a utility that many of the former post office workers found necessary to clear their name. 

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Legal Finance SE Announces Plans to Fund Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Illegal Online Casinos

By Harry Moran |

The Law Society of Scotland shares a new debrief of the Post Office scandal. The story goes: When the Horizon computer system found over 736 sub-postmasters were allegedly grifting from the United Kingdom’s postal budgets, they were summarily punished. However, Horizon’s back office capabilities were later found to contain bugs and other system defects that allegedly found workers at fault by mistake. Enter litigation funding, a utility that many of the former post office workers found necessary to clear their name. 

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Lord Macdonald: Sub-Postmasters’ Rights to Claim Additional Compensation “Would Be Extinguished” by Litigation Funding Bill

By John Freund |

The Law Society of Scotland shares a new debrief of the Post Office scandal. The story goes: When the Horizon computer system found over 736 sub-postmasters were allegedly grifting from the United Kingdom’s postal budgets, they were summarily punished. However, Horizon’s back office capabilities were later found to contain bugs and other system defects that allegedly found workers at fault by mistake. Enter litigation funding, a utility that many of the former post office workers found necessary to clear their name. 

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£25M Settlement Agreement Reached in South Western Trains ‘Boundary Fares’ Claim

By John Freund |

The Law Society of Scotland shares a new debrief of the Post Office scandal. The story goes: When the Horizon computer system found over 736 sub-postmasters were allegedly grifting from the United Kingdom’s postal budgets, they were summarily punished. However, Horizon’s back office capabilities were later found to contain bugs and other system defects that allegedly found workers at fault by mistake. Enter litigation funding, a utility that many of the former post office workers found necessary to clear their name. 

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