Bates & Others v Post Office Limited

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bates_&_Others_v_Post_Office_Limited
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Post Office Horizon IT scandal group litigation
gptkbp:area employment law
tort law
contract law
gptkbp:citation public inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT scandal
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decision in favour of claimants
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Post_Office_Limited
gptkbp:endDate 2019
gptkbp:impact led to review of criminal convictions of sub-postmasters
gptkbp:judge gptkb:High_Court_of_Justice
gptkb:Mr_Justice_Fraser
gptkbp:jurisdiction England and Wales
gptkbp:notableFor exposing flaws in Horizon IT system
group litigation order
largest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history
gptkbp:numberOfClaimants 555
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Alan_Bates
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Post_Office_Horizon_IT_scandal
gptkbp:result Post Office agreed to pay £57.75 million in settlement
gptkbp:startDate 2017
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Horizon_IT_system
miscarriage of justice
sub-postmasters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bates_v_Post_Office_Ltd
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bates & Others v Post Office Limited