These days one of the ways to protect yourself from those dangerous doggy links are VPNs. Or so they likes of Google and other providers might say:Remember years ago warned to stay away from VPNs as they were riddled with dangerous dodgy links?
That's not correct Brendan, and the programme doesn't make that claim.The judge awarded them €68m
The legal team took €56m
That's not correct Brendan, and the programme doesn't make that claim.
Thanks for adding that Tommy as I was confused how the legal team were stating that they did a lot of their work for nothing, yet this huge sum of money was allocated away from the subpostmasters. I'm still a bit confused though about how those who funded the action came to receive a sum in the tens of millions. Is there any breakdown of what the original funding was (and what that funding was for) and the premium for the funding?That's not correct Brendan, and the programme doesn't make that claim.
The lions share of the difference went to those who funded the action, who understandably charged a huge risk premium on the grounds that they would have lost their entire investment had it failed.
The villains here are the Post Office and Fujitsu, both of whom had clearly considered it impossible for the victims to mount a case. That they were able to do so at all is to the immense credit of both their legal team and their funders.
Well if I advance you a sum of money to help you take a David v Goliath case, I'm going to need a high multiple of that sum in the event of victory to justify the risk, if the venture is a commercial proposition.I'm still a bit confused though about how those who funded the action came to receive a sum in the tens of millions.
I can't imagine it ever being made. Ireland is too small a country to rock the boat and banks for some reason remain very powerful. Fine Gael in particular ran for cover for much of the scandal. The Central Bank of Ireland to their eternal shame refused to meet with many of the early victims pleading for help while banks were quite literally robbing them blind. The banks boards and directors got off scot free. Many bank directors ended up in other roles including in the state sector despite their appaling behaviour and damming findings against the boards on which they served. Moreover the endless delays in enacting the Central Bank Individual Accountability Framework is indicative of the foot dragging in government and the Central Bank which so often typified the whole horrific scandal. And now we have so few banks left you can be sure there's no appetite in RTE to make or commission anything like this. Yet the stench remains. Hopefully the human stories might yet be told. The stories of suicide, ill health, marriage breakdown, home repossession and financial loss remain in many cases untold.Just caught the first two episodes of this today. It really dramatises what sub-postmasters went through and how the Post Office behaved.
It would be great to see a similar drama about the Tracker Mortgage scandal.
Brendan
We did discuss some of them on here at the time. Not that it did any good. An awful lot emigrated as well. It's still not over for some. The banks go on, as do their boards. And as you said, the Central Bank was shameful in it's turning a blind eye.Hopefully the human stories might yet be told. The stories of suicide, ill health, marriage breakdown, home repossession and financial loss remain in many cases untold.
It's also currently available on the freely-available Virgin Media Player, although we had a problem accessing episode 3 via Amazon Fire.Mr Bates vs. the Post Office will be starting again on Virgin One at 11 pm next Thursday February 1st.
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