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...The Post Office said: “The safety of convictions is determined by the courts and the relevant route of appeal....
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...Though some had their convictions quashed on appeal, the court has been slow to process cases, leaving many in limbo and unable to claim compensation....
...The Post Office, which is state-owned, has privately told ministers it would have opposed appeals by nearly half of the 700 sub-postmasters convicted, arguing that non-Horizon evidence supported the convictions...
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...This year, an internal review by the Post Office’s lawyers found it was legally “bound to oppose” more than 350 possible appeals based on corroborating evidence....
...The FT revealed last month that the Post Office warned ministers in January it would have opposed some 333 appeals because of corroborating evidence....
...Supreme Court has rejected a request by the US government to fast-track a decision over whether Donald Trump is “absolutely immune” from federal prosecution for crimes allegedly committed while he was in office...
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...The Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance won a High Court case against the Post Office in 2019, rather than a High Court appeal as incorrectly stated in several recent articles on the Post Office scandal...
...The attorney-general’s office said in a statement that Trump was “still facing accountability for his staggering fraud”....
...Vennells’ defence also fails to explain why the Post Office pursued the accused sub-postmasters so aggressively for so long and frustrated their legal appeals....
...In an order on Monday morning, the appeals court gave Trump and his businesses 10 days to find the new sum. Read more here...
...Sunak confirmed a Sunday Times report that options under consideration by Chalk included removing the Post Office as a participant in appeals and instead giving the task to the Crown Prosecution Service....
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