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...The government said it had so far paid about £179mn in compensation to 2,800 claimants....
...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....
...Otherwise, there is a risk that, if the cargo is brought to the UK and was owned by a government and intended for use for a state purpose, they will have to deliver it up without compensation.”...
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...Staunton also claimed in an interview with the Sunday Times that he was told by a civil servant to stall compensation payments to Horizon victims....
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...The government said: “We are clear that justice needs to be delivered for the victims and have already accepted the moral case for compensation....
...Read, who was appointed Post Office chief executive in 2019, also denied claims the business had a “toxic culture” after a memo released on Monday revealed that Elliot Jacobs, a board member, had alleged...
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...’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed that victims of the practices would be compensated through a fund financed by South Korean companies....
...Christopher Hodges, chair of the government-appointed Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, said most victims did not care about how an exoneration happened but about how fast it could be delivered....
...An advisory board on compensation suggests the Post Office’s mishandling of prosecutions was so egregious that it would constitute a “cogent ground” for overturning convictions....
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...The board of the International Finance Corporation is meeting on Thursday under growing pressure to pay compensation to alleged victims of child sexual abuse in a network of schools in Kenya operated by...
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...“The attempt to add the amendments now has nothing to do with seeking compensation for victims of phone hacking or unlawful information-gathering....
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