Fujitsu and trusted Post Office colleagues offering assurance on Horizon robustness
Dear Post Office Limited,In a letter to Darren Jones on June 24 2020 Paula Vennells said this"But what appears now to have been the actual or potential root cause of many reported
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problems, namely the defects in the IT, was not uncovered: the problems with Horizon 1 and
2 were not apparent to the Board, which was assured by Fujitsu and trusted colleagues at Post
Office that there were not - and there had not been - any systemic problems with the system. "Who were the Fujitsu people and who were the trusted Post Office colleagues who gave assurances?What were their names,roles,job descriptions and qualifications for providing such comfort to the Board?
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john o'sullivan
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Dear Post Office Limited,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Post Office Limited's handling of my FOI request 'Fujitsu and trusted Post Office colleagues offering assurance on Horizon robustness'.
[ GIVE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR COMPLAINT HERE ]The point is not the date of Paula's evidence but what she says.The Board(yourselves)received evidence of Horizon robustness.In your 2018 report laid to Parliament you say". Post Office is robustly defending the
claim, believes it lacks merit, but welcomes the opportunity to have these matters resolved through
the Court managed Group Litigation Order. "What were the asurances and who supplied them after all they prompted you to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer money on a doomed strategy.Who gave you the confidence to proceed and what did they say that allowed you to tell Parliament the Claim lacks merit?
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/f...
Yours faithfully,
john o'sullivan
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Dear John O'Sullivan
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IR2023/00611, has been changed to 14th December 2023.
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Dear [email address],You have not explained the reason for the delay.Is it by any chance related to how certain witnesses come across in the Horizon Inquiry?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
Dear John O'Sullivan,
Please find attached the outcome of your Internal Review request. We
apologise for the delay in sending this outcome.
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Dear [email address],Thanks for a reply.Two days of Duncan Atkinson KC and Gareth Jenkins in not named as the Fujitsu expert or source.Surely Jarnail Sing,Rod Ismay,Andrew Winn,John Scott would be the people giving the Board the confidence to embark on a High Court Adventure?And three or four years back these people might have seemed credible,suitable or well-placed?Why not search these names or are they so obviously discounted?I am refering your reply to the ICO as even The Post Office would not base a multi million law case on whispers and unknown corporate belief-would they?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
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