New UK compensation scheme finally opens for whistleblowing postmasters who exposed scandal – GOV.UK

Postmasters who first took High Court legal action against Post Office over a deeply flawed IT system and exposed the scandal can now apply to a new compensation scheme running through August 2024 and potentially beyond.
— Read on www.gov.uk/government/news/new-compensation-scheme-opens-for-postmasters-who-exposed-horizon-scandal

The system falsely suggested there were cash shortfalls, leading to 736 unsafe convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting in one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, the Guardian reported in June.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/30/post-office-scandal-postmasters-share-20m-compensation-pot

CarrZee: could this be a template for how whistleblowers across industry and government are compensated?

Q&A

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/compensation-scheme-for-group-litigation-order-case-postmasters/the-glo-compensation-scheme-questions-and-answers

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