[TwoHeadedBeast]

If I'm not mistaken, this is not some special power Royal Mail has. In the UK, anyone can launch a prosecution.

[unfocussed_mike]

Yes. I have been corrected above.

It is a longstanding power the Royal Mail had, in fact.

But yes, private prosecutions are protected by law and Royal Mail now prosecutes using the right of an individual RM employee to bring the charge.

So the bit I want to read up on later is exactly who the individuals were in each prosecution. Is it the chief executive?