Mr Bates vs The Post Office-Absent Justice

Alan Bates vs. Post Office explores the concept of legal abuse, or legal bullying, which occurs when public officials use the law to control and intimidate small business operators, including Post Office sub-contractors.

 

Nick Wallis -

Jo Swinson criticises ‘duplicitous’ civil servants at Post Office inquiry - Guardian

Vennells knew prosecution of post office operators was wrong, inquiry told - Guardian

Paula Vennells told me postmasters had their ‘fingers in the tills’, Jo Swinson claims - Telegraph

Paula Vennells 'slavishly' maintained Horizon was fine despite knowing faults - ITV

 

For nearly two decades, the British public and various British politicians have asserted that this issue is of public interest and should not be hidden by the government. It is crucial for England's interest that this matter is thoroughly investigated. Click here to watch the Australian television Channel 7 trailer for 'Mr. Bates vs the Post Office, which aired in Australia in February 2024. The British Post Office public servants knew that the Fujitsu Horizon computer software was responsible for the incorrect billing accounting system, as evident in this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/MyhjuR5g1Mc. The Australian government concealed the issues with the Ericsson AXE telephone exchange equipment, which caused widespread software billing problems across Australia for several years. This affected up to 120,000 COT Type Telstra customers. The Ericsson AXE billing problem and the '1800 Free-call' service billing software issue in Telstra's telephone exchanges are matters of public concern. Similar issues with the British Post Office Horizon software led to the loss of lives due to the stress of operating a business with known systemic equipment issues supplied by the government in both countries. 

In 1993, I provided the Australian government with a briefcase that two Telstra senior technical consultants inadvertently left at my Cape Bridgewater Holiday Camp. This incident highlighted the 120,000 COT-type telephone complaints being experienced nationwide. It is puzzling why the Australian government did not offer its citizens a redress scheme similar to the Horizon Conviction Redress Scheme.

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