Jan 11, 2024
How do the Post Office scandal compensation schemes work?
The government has announced plans to overturn the convictions of more than 900 people linked to the Post Office scandal. The three main schemes are aimed at groups of victims who had different experiences of the scandal. A total of 93 people have already seen their convictions quashed via the courts as of 1 December 2023 - but when the government's promised law to overturn all convictions linked to the scandal becomes a reality, hundreds more people will be eligible. The Post Office scandal goes far beyond the original GLO court case and the people who wound up with criminal convictions. Professor Chris Hodges, chair of the the independent Horizon Compensation Advisory Board, told the BBC compensation payments which have been made so far range from £10,000 to "Well over £1m". The government has not provided an estimate for how much compensation will be paid out in total, but it will inevitably run into the hundreds of millions on top of what has already been paid.
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