Source · Select Committees · Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 3
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Introduce legal timeframes in legislation to deliver sub-postmaster redress and simplify evidential requirements.
Recommendation
To correct the abject failure to deliver timely redress for sub-postmasters, the Government must include in its forthcoming legislation legal timeframes to deliver redress to sub-postmasters. Those targets should include binding timeframes for each stage of a compensation claim, with financial penalties awarded to the claimant for failure to meet those deadlines. To accelerate the submission of claims, the Government must review and radically simplify the evidential requirements of the claims process, especially in relation to medical impact, consequential loss and repetitional damage.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 May 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗