The Settlement photograph

The Settlement

Use attributes for filter !
Initial release April 1999
Directors Mark Steilen
Composers Brian Tyler
Production design Aaron Osborne
Producers John Davis
Paul Hertzberg
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2284430
Send edit request

About The Settlement


A company that buys insurance policies of the terminally ill becomes incredibly successful in the '80s but hits rock bottom in the '90s.

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones's $1. 5bn debt

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones's $1. 5bn debt
Nov 28,2023 11:11 pm

... Mr Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, have since filed for bankruptcy, but a judge ruled last month it would not release him from paying The Settlement...

Inside West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack

Inside West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack
Nov 19,2023 9:21 am

... " They also forbade her to go up onto her roof, she said, or look out of her windows on Fridays or Saturdays, when the Israeli settlers use her road to walk from The Settlement to the Jewish holy site near Shuhada Street...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs: Singer Cassie settles lawsuit accusing rap mogul of rape and abuse

Sean 'Diddy' Combs: Singer Cassie settles lawsuit accusing rap mogul of rape and abuse
Nov 18,2023 12:21 am

... Confirming The Settlement, Ms Ventura s lawyer Douglas Wigdor said: " I am very proud of Ms Ventura for having the strength to go public with her lawsuit...

Divided communities in the occupied West Bank

Divided communities in the occupied West Bank
Nov 9,2023 11:01 pm

... A cheerful man who used to run bike tours, he lives in The Settlement of Efrat...

Ukraine war: Why Kyiv's Dnipro east bank gain could be significant

Ukraine war: Why Kyiv's Dnipro east bank gain could be significant
Oct 21,2023 10:21 am

... If successful, the force said, The Settlement would give advanced units a base from which to launch a larger offensive aimed at dividing Russian troops and cutting off their supply lines...

The Voice: Why Australia trails New Zealand on Indigenous journey

The Voice: Why Australia trails New Zealand on Indigenous journey
Oct 11,2023 9:41 pm

... Compared to New Zealand, where The Settlement was " much more upfront, much more open and organised" Australia s history is one of " marginalisation" and " silencing"...

King Charles to acknowledge 'painful' Kenya history on state visit

King Charles to acknowledge 'painful' Kenya history on state visit
Oct 11,2023 2:11 pm

... , rebels killed more than 70 people, mostly women and children, while The Settlement s male population fought with the British Home Guard...

BBC reaches settlement with murdered girl's mother over clothes lost by Martin Bashir

BBC reaches settlement with murdered girl's mother over clothes lost by Martin Bashir
Oct 5,2023 11:21 am

... " The terms of The Settlement have not been announced...

Post Office settles IT ‘fraud' case for £58m

Sep 22,2023 2:51 pm

Jo Hamilton is celebrating "one of The Best days I've ever had".

Her life was turned Inside Out after the sub-postmistress was accused by the Post Office of taking £36,000 from The Village shop she ran in Hampshire.

But now the Post Office is to pay almost £58m to settle a long-running dispute with sub-postmasters and postmistresses.

"You dream about victory, but now it's actually here," said Mr Hamilton.

The Settlement brings an end to a mammoth series of court cases over the Horizon IT System used to manage local Post Office finances since 1999.

A group of postmasters said faults in Horizon led to them wrongly being accused of fraud. And on Wednesday the Post Office accepted it had "got things wrong in our dealings with A Number of postmasters" in The Past .

Mrs Hamilton's fight echoes that of other postmasters Seeking Justice . She Said issues in the Horizon System led to big discrepancies in her accounts, which she reported to her Post Office area manager.

But that manager could find nothing wrong with The System , and she was put in a situation where "you had to prove your innocence".

After a distressing two-year process, she eventually pleaded guilty to false accounting at Winchester Crown Court in order to escape a more serious charge of theft.

She soon gave up her shop and found it difficult to get a new job due to her criminal record. She made ends meet by doing cleaning jobs for people in her village who didn't believe she was guilty.

"I couldn't get car insurance," She Said , and had to go to a specialist provider with higher premiums. "I couldn't be Left Alone with my grand-daughter in her classroom. "

Her fight for justice is not completely over, as her conviction is Still Going through the review process.

But Mrs Hamilton feels vindicated. "I just feel like I'm in a daze," She Said .

'Lives ruined'

Sub-postmasters run Post Office franchises across the UK, which typically provide some but not all of the services of a main Post Office .

The Group of 550 claimants joined a civil action to win compensation last year, but their complaint goes back much further.

They alleged that the Horizon IT System - which was installed between 1999 and 2000 - contained a large number of defects.

Some said their lives had been ruined when they were pursued for funds which managers claimed were missing. Some even went to jail after being convicted of fraud.

The claimants were half way through a series of four trials when the Post Office sought mediation. It could take several weeks for individual compensation payments to be worked out.

The Post Office apologised to the claimants, saying it was grateful to them "for holding us to account in circumstances where, in The Past , we have fallen short. "

'Reset The Relationship '

Mr Read said: "I Am very pleased we have been able to find a resolution to this longstanding dispute.

"Our business needs to take on board some important lessons about the way we work with postmasters, and I Am determined that it will do so. We are committed to a reset in our relationship with postmasters, placing them alongside our customers at the centre of our business. "

Alan Bates , former sub-postmaster of the Craig-y-Don branch in Llandudno, And One of The Lead claimants, said: "[We] would like to thank Nick Read , the new chief executive of Post Office , for his leadership, engagement and determination in helping to reach a settlement of this long-running dispute.

"It would seem that from the positive discussions [we have had] there is a genuine desire to move on from these legacy issues and learn lessons from The Past . "

The Horizon System , which is provided by Fujitsu, is still being used in all 11,500 Post Office branches in the UK.

This is a major climb down by the Post Office which has made multiple appeals to try to see off the court case.

But legal costs were stretching into the tens of millions, so The Price of losing at the end of this mammoth legal process could have been a great deal higher.

It's not clear yet how much individual postmasters and mistresses will receive.

Lawyers' fees have to be taken off, along with a charge from the litigation backer, Therium.

But Just Looking at the £58m suggests payouts could be in the tens of thousands and Even Higher for the worst affected.



post office ltd

Source of news: bbc.com

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯