About us
The Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) was formed in 2009 and mainly comprises of ex-Subpostmasters who have suffered at the hands of Post Office Limited. The JFSA continues to fight for justice and to expose a major national scandal of incompetence and cover up. Irrespective of the current and proposed changes to Post Office Limited, our membership, which continues to grow, is determined to pursue this issue no matter how long it takes.
On this site you can find the original JFSA home page which explains the background to the formation of the group and what we are campaigning for. You will also find a small number of example cases describing what has happened to people, and how you can contact us for further information or assistance.
Following years of campaigning with the support of many MPs, in 2012 Post Office appointed Second Sight, a firm of independent forensic accountants, to investigate the claims being made about the Horizon system and the associated issues. In July 2013 Second Sight published an Interim Report on its findings up until that date, which led to MPs raising questions with the Minister for Postal Affairs in the House of Commons.
The Interim Report demonstrated that there were issues that required further investigation, and in August 2013 an Initial Complaint Review & Mediation Scheme (ICRAMS /Scheme) was developed to investigate individual cases. The Scheme was open to both serving and ex Subpostmasters who had issues relating to Horizon, and offered an opportunity to have their cases independently reviewed and raised directly with Post Office.
In order to manage and oversee the Scheme a Working Group, comprising of Second Sight, Post Office and the JFSA was established with an independent Chairman.
The Scheme closed on 18th November 2013 and during the 12 weeks it was open 150 applications were received. The background to the Scheme and Documentation relating to the Scheme is still available to view here. However despite assurances that any cases that came along after the deadline would be independently investigated, Post Office refused to established such a scheme.
On 9th April 2015 Post Office unilaterally disbanded the Scheme Working Group, terminated the contract of the investigations team Second Sight and that of the independent Chairman. The draft of the Second Sight Part Two report was due to be released to the Working Group on 10th April 2015 - the action of Post Office stopped this from taking place. However the Second Sight Part Two report eventually appeared on a journalists' website, and a copy can now be downloaded from here. More information about how the Post Office turned the Scheme into such a sham can be gleaned from the email updates sent to JFSA members, extracts of which can be found in the folders under the Archive page.
During September 2015 the JFSA met with Freeths LLP and since then, Freeths, in association with Henderson Chambers, have started to turn our aim of exposing Post Office Limited in the Courts, into a reality. The latest available information is available on the JFSA website front page.
Following years of campaigning with the support of many MPs, in 2012 Post Office appointed Second Sight, a firm of independent forensic accountants, to investigate the claims being made about the Horizon system and the associated issues. In July 2013 Second Sight published an Interim Report on its findings up until that date, which led to MPs raising questions with the Minister for Postal Affairs in the House of Commons.
The Interim Report demonstrated that there were issues that required further investigation, and in August 2013 an Initial Complaint Review & Mediation Scheme (ICRAMS /Scheme) was developed to investigate individual cases. The Scheme was open to both serving and ex Subpostmasters who had issues relating to Horizon, and offered an opportunity to have their cases independently reviewed and raised directly with Post Office.
In order to manage and oversee the Scheme a Working Group, comprising of Second Sight, Post Office and the JFSA was established with an independent Chairman.
The Scheme closed on 18th November 2013 and during the 12 weeks it was open 150 applications were received. The background to the Scheme and Documentation relating to the Scheme is still available to view here. However despite assurances that any cases that came along after the deadline would be independently investigated, Post Office refused to established such a scheme.
On 9th April 2015 Post Office unilaterally disbanded the Scheme Working Group, terminated the contract of the investigations team Second Sight and that of the independent Chairman. The draft of the Second Sight Part Two report was due to be released to the Working Group on 10th April 2015 - the action of Post Office stopped this from taking place. However the Second Sight Part Two report eventually appeared on a journalists' website, and a copy can now be downloaded from here. More information about how the Post Office turned the Scheme into such a sham can be gleaned from the email updates sent to JFSA members, extracts of which can be found in the folders under the Archive page.
During September 2015 the JFSA met with Freeths LLP and since then, Freeths, in association with Henderson Chambers, have started to turn our aim of exposing Post Office Limited in the Courts, into a reality. The latest available information is available on the JFSA website front page.