Post Office – World Justice News

Alan Bates gets multi-million-pound payout and oldest victim, 92, receives final payout over Post Office scandal

November 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

The oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has said she can now “look to the future” after receiving her long-awaited settlement from one of the government’s compensation schemes. “I can settle […]

New law quashes convictions of Scottish sub-postmasters

June 14, 2024 World Justice News 0

Sub-postmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been automatically exonerated. Emergency legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament has been given Royal Assent and came into force […]

Post Office scandal: Met Police investigate ‘potential fraud offences’

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

The Metropolitan Police is looking at “potential fraud offences” committed in the Horizon IT scandal. More than 700 Post Office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was […]

Post Office scandal victims still waiting for compensation

April 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

A year since wrongful convictions of subpostmasters were first overturned, most say they are no closer to agreeing a financial compensation settlement. They were wrongly accused of theft and false accounting by the Post Office […]

Convicted Post Office workers have names cleared

April 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system […]

Post Office settles IT ‘fraud’ case for £58m

December 11, 2019 World Justice News 0

The Post Office is to pay almost £58m to settle a long-running dispute with sub-postmasters and postmistresses. It brings an end to a mammoth series of court cases over the IT system used to manage […]

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Under-16s in UK will be banned from social media from early 2027

June 16, 2026 0

Millions of children in the UK will be forced off social media after the government announced it would ban under-16s from accessing a range of platforms. Apps including TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram will become inaccessible […]

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Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 0

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country’s worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death. The two men, both from China’s Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning […]

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Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]