UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
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Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#2They did answer my first question after reading the headline...
"The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with the existing legal process."
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#3No news about convicts being let go earlier or a little bit after yet? Some software in the uk is really just good looking bugs that work for the most straight forward use case and nothing else. Difficult to maintain attention to detail when the product management culture is to make changes for the sake of changes.
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#4They did answer my first question after reading the headline... "The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with the existing legal process."
What i am curious though is if they’ll be taxed on the money. Of so that means the compensation is far lower.
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#5They did answer my first question after reading the headline... "The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with the existing legal process."
What i am curious though is if they’ll be taxed on the money. Of so that means the compensation is far lower.
Some about that here: https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/private-client-a-estate-plannin...
Though that's talking about the prior monies paid, and not specifically this.
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#6Any prosecutions yet for the people behind the scandal?
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#7They did answer my first question after reading the headline... "The government said the new compensation offer was in addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with the existing legal process."
What i am curious though is if they’ll be taxed on the money. Of so that means the compensation is far lower.
I believe compensation doesn't count as taxable income.
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#8Any prosecutions yet for the people behind the scandal?
Get real, this is the UK, in fact if you follow the progression of some of the key players, they are now manipulating politicians.
So once politicians learn to give the bird to the media headlights, you might start to see this country cleaned up, ironically I think Russell Brand can probably do more to clean up the media and their witch hunts than any member of the Royal Family or Govt.
Personally I think £600k is an insult!
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#9I've followed this matter a little bit as I work in the I.T. industry. I don't live in the UK and have no knowledge of the actors. The government response, including this announcement is shockingly deficient and on the low side of the impact. For a start - it only targets those who were convicted. It does not take into account all actors adversely impacted including falsely accused but not convicted. It doesn't take into account the circumstances of the victims. The government does not at all seem inclined to take any substantive action on this matter other than writing a cheque.
Open question to those in the UK closer to this - How do you see the government's response? What is the public sentiment on the matter. Does anyone have any insight why charges are not being pursued against Post Office Management in light of substantial evidence of wrong doing?
Re: UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive £600k each
#10What I can't comprehend is the scale of the failure of the justice system here. Unless I am mistaken there were hundreds of victims over more than a decade. So 700 trials, in which the judges and the juries failed these people. How can such a systemic failure happen? It paints a very poor picture of the justice system in the UK ...