Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu | Computer Weekly
Summary
Former subpostmaster Lee Castleton has received leave to appeal a High Court decision to split his multimillion-pound legal claim against Fujitsu and the Post Office. Castleton, who was awarded an OBE in 2024, is one of the seven former subpostmasters who spoke to Computer Weekly as part of its first investigation into the Horizon scandal in 2008/9. He is suing the Post Office and Fujitsu for millions of pounds for fraud on the basis of two separate legal proceedings. These are a judgement in favour of the Post Office against him in 2007, which he said was gained through false information, and a group litigation order (GLO) settlement in 2019. The Post Office legal team said it was “concerned not only to ensure that it does not incur unnecessary cost, but also that Mr Castleton does not have to either”.