Mandy Talbot dismisses Expert Evidence
Dear Post Office Limited,When cross examined at the Horizon Inquiry Mandy Talbot says"Fujitsu wrote to Legal
Services, again disputing the conclusionsreached by Mr Coyne, but being open to invitinghim to come and visit engineers and theirfacilities, to take him through the HorizonSystem."
" I didn't
consider it to be a full report because the
offer from Fujitsu for him to come and visit
their sites and look all over the data was never
communicated to him. So I didn't consider that
it was a full and comprehensive report."Who in Legal Services dealt with the Fujitsu offer and decided not to tell Mr Coyne of its existence?Who decided that Mr Coyne not taking up an offer he was not aware of as proof of Horizon robustness and discrediting his report?
Yours faithfully,
john o'sullivan
Our ref: FOI2023/00577
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Dear [email address],Thank you for a reply.Can you say if the opinion that Jason Coynes report was incomplete was Mandy Talbot's alone or shared by Post Office LTD?A few minutes on the PC this morning found this quote 26 JULY 2023 hORIZON iNQUIRY Susane Halliwell May we have on screen, please, FUJ00121567. This is an email from Jan Holmes to Jim Cruise, dated 12 March 2004, copied to Colin Lenton-Smith"“We are happy to accommodate him at any or all of our locations and arrange such interviews and access to data that he requires, and would ask that you make this offer to him.”"Can you from this information establish who did not pass on the invitation and why Mandy Talbot used Mr Coyne not accepting an invite he never received as reason to discredit his report?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
Our ref: FOI2023/00636
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of Information Act 2000.
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within 20 working days. We will therefore reply at the latest by 4th
December.
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Regards,
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London,
EC2V 7ER
Dear John O'Sullivan,
Thank you for your patience.
Please find the response attached relating to your Freedom of Information
request.
Regards,
Data Protection and Information Rights Team
100 Wood Street,
London,
EC2V 7ER
Dear [email address],Thank you for a reply.Are you saying that Mandy Talbots recollection that Fujitsu asked the Legal Team to invite Jason Coyne to visit Fujitsu is not to be found on any Post Office documents?Further that no-one in POL discussed rejecting Coynes report because he didnt visit Fujitsu because he wasnt aware of an invitation might be unsound reasoning?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
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add to our response letter to FOI2023/00636, sent to you on 7 December
2023. However, we would like to reiterate the paragraph in the letter
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"As we have set out in previous responses, the purpose of an FOI request
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Dear information.rights,Thank you for a reply.I am not seeking opinion but rather if any documents exist that can show who in Post Office Legal team did not extend Fujitsu's invitation to Jason Coyne and if Mandy Talbot was ever aware of that.This would be recorded information and under FOI guidance could be requested.I appreciate your efforts to uncover some details but on this ocassion it is a dead end.
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
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