Recommendation 25

We ask the Government to confirm that the burden of proof should not rest solely with the claimant, not least because POL itself hasn’t kept appropriate records, including itemisation of which postmasters paid what amounts to individual suspense accounts. The fact these funds were merely added to the overall profits of the Post Office during those applicable years should be sufficient to agree that claimants must be given a significant level of benefit of the doubt when compensation is being calculated.