Dear Post Office Limited,

On 23rd May 2019 Judge Fraser ordered POL to pay £5.5m to the Claimants for costs incurred during the Common Issues Trial (transcript below). POL’s QC, Mr Cavendar sought a 14 day extension to the payment deadline explaining: ‘It is a question of arranging the funds I suppose and talking to our shareholder about it’.

i) Please can you release documents between POL and the Department for BEIS and/or between POL and UKGI regarding the authorisation of this payment from the shareholder?

ii) What was the agreed threshold beyond which POL was bound to consult its shareholder before releasing funds to Claimants as part of the Horizon Litigation? Please can you release documentation in which such limits were specified?

On 11th December 2019 mediation between POL and the GLO Claimants concluded with a £57.75m settlement awarded to the Claimants.

iii) Please can you release documents detailing communications between POL and the Department for BEIS and/or documents detailing communications between POL and UKGI which authorised this payment?

https://www.postofficetrial.com/2019/05/...

Yours faithfully,

Eleanor Shaikh