Overview

• More than £1 billion has been disbursed to over 7,300 claimants, but bureaucratic hurdles and evidence requirements leave many cases unresolved.
• Hudgell Solicitors reports over 700 ongoing compensation claims and has secured £170 million in damages for more than 300 clients.
• Legal teams warn the current redress process could stretch on for another two to three years, prolonging trauma for surviving victims.
• Countless ex-subpostmasters have accepted the fixed £600,000 offer after finding individual assessments too onerous due to missing records.
• Campaigners and MPs are urging removal of government control from compensation schemes to ensure independent oversight.