The £7 million (?) (US$12m) swindle, engineeredby surveyors and lawyers, and implementedwith the assistance of tribunal, courts,accountant and police |
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Advisors to Jefferson House
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(1) Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor (CKFT), solicitorsSolicitors, 25/26 Hampstead High Street, London NW3 1QA and British Virgin Islands (which 'appears' to be a recent addition). The firm's main points of contact are Mr Lanny Silverstone and Ms Ayesha Salim. (NB: CKFT is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) CKFT acts for 'Steel Services' - as evidenced in numerous documents, including the Particulars of claim for the 29 November 2002 - false - claim filed in West London County Court (ref:WL 203537). In the context of the several transactions probably best described as further 'carving out' and 'reshuffling' in the named owners of Jefferson House which took place late 2005 and early 2006 (see Freehold ownership , Headlessors , Owners identity), CKFT became the nominated solicitors for 'Steel Services' on the Land Registry (Title NGL 373 333 ). Previous solicitors were Laytons (see below) CKFT acted for Steel Services prior to 2002, as can be seen in Ms Joan Hathaway's 15 October 2001 reply to Nucleus, (local Citizens Advice Bureau) who gave CKFT's address as contact. Mr Andrew David Ladsky is CKFT's client. In her identical letter of 11 October 2001 to Leaseholder A and Leaseholder B , Ms Ayesha Salim, Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor, wrote "We are solicitors instructed by Mr Andrew Ladsky" (see also Elderly Resident (Resident A); harassment of other residents by Mr Andrew Ladsky: (1) Other Residents ; (2) Head Residents Association , (3) Ex (?) Resident K (in this instance, 'the story' looks 'strange' ; Nucleus, Citizens Advice Bureau also suffered harassment) By sending his 28 November 2002 letter to my employer, and one to me of the same date, following my 24 October 2002 fax to K&C Housing and 24 October 2002 fax to the LVT (detail in My Diary 15 May 2008), Mr Lanny Silverstone confirmed the connection between Mr Ladsky and Steel Services. CKFT acted for Mr Arthur Ladsky, instructing counsel, in the TSB Bank v. Arthur Ladsky 1996 Court of Appeal case. Messrs Andrew Ladsky and Arthur Ladsky were both directors of Combined Mercantile Securities. Other examples include: the 7 October 2002 letter sent to me by Mr Lanny Silverstone in which he - illegally - threatened to forfeit my lease (*). This letter has the reference ' LAD '; the 1 July 2004 Consent Order has, likewise the ref ' LAD '. (*) For explanation, see Mr John Prescott # 4.3 CKFT has acted for Mr Andrew Ladsky since at least the early/ mid 90's as it instructed counsel in the TSB Bank plc v. Arthur Ladsky 1996 Court of Appeal case. Messrs Andrew Ladsky and Arthur Ladsky were both directors of Combined Mercantile Securities. (I do not know whether CKFT acted for Mr Andrew Ladsky in the case reported in the article in the Sunday Times (printscreen of site), referring to a relationship he had with a model that "culminated in a court battle over a floor-length sheepskin coat and two paintings" ) At the 29 October 2002 LVT pre-trial hearing when Mr Andrew Ladsky was asked by the Chair what his interest was in the proceedings, he replied: "I am just a tenant" . (My Diary 10 October 2002 ) However, throughout the four-day LVT hearing Mr Ladsky was a member of Steel Services party, holding frequent discussions with: Mr Warwick, Steel Services' counsel (My Diary 13 March 2003 ; LVT # 8.2 ), Mr Brian Gale, Steel Services surveyor and Ms Hathaway, MRICS, Martin Russell Jones, 'managing' agents for the block. (In spite of seeing this, the tribunal continued to use Mr Ladsky's initial answer - as can be seen in its 17 June 2003 report, LVT/SC/007/120/02 (ref #992 on the LVT database) under point 4 "attended by.Mr A Ladsky, the owner of flats 34 and 35 ", as well as under point 50 "It is noted that apparently the majority of the tenants wish all the works to be carried out. A letter from Mr Ladsky, the lessee of flats 34 and 35 dated 28 April 2003 stated: "31 or 32 of the 35 tenants have paid their contribution." ) Other evidence: • The 2002 and 2003 summary of contributions I received from the ICAEW with its 29 August 2006 letter, show that flat 34 , flat 35 and flat 5 have not paid any contribution. (NB: However, according to the ICAEW, some undetailed contributions in the 2004 year-end accounts were paid for some of the flats owned by Mr Ladsky. No contribution has been received from flat 5, nor flat 21- See Pridie Brewster # 18 ) (Owners identity # 4 ) • In 2002, I approached the Tenancy Relations Officer at Kensington & Chelsea Housing to obtain, as per my statutory rights (under Sections 1 and 2 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 ), the identity of the landlord, as well as the name and address of every director and secretary of the landlord. In his 5 November 2002 email, the Tenancy Relations Officer informed me that he had
(The next day, 6 November 2002, the Tenancy Relations Officer sent me an email saying: "...we will not be releasing any documents to Mr Ladsky. The councils legal department believes you are entitled to a degree of confidentiality when you have sought assistance from us and this is why we have taken this decision") It follows that Mr Andrew Ladsky and Steel Services are one and the same client of CKFT.The summary for my section on Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor reads "I view Mr Lanny Silverstone and Ms Ayesha Salim as evil, corrupt and morally depraved individuals - conduct endorsed by the Law Society, Legal Services Ombudsman, West London County Court and Wandsworth County Court" (Link to Legal Services Ombudsman section) NO, I am not going to follow this by 'allegedly'. To these perceptions I add: scums from the same cesspit as Mr Ladsky and his other puppets - and NO 'allegedly'. (2) Portner / Portner and Jaskel LLP, solicitorsSolicitors, 63/65 Marylebone Lane , London W1U 2RA - who, in June/July 2008, changed their trading name to 'Portner' - see beginning of section on Portner for detail. Points of contacts:
(NB: Portner and Jaskel is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) Portner and Jaskel, has confirmed in its 3 October 2006 letter to my then ISP that its client is Mr Andrew Ladsky. (See also My Diary 3 October 2006) In spite of having Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor as the nominated solicitors for 'Steel Services' on the Land Registry ( NGL 373 333 ), Portner and Jaskel is also acting for 'Steel Services' in this context - at least, in relation to me. Stating that it was "acting as agent for Steel Services", Portner and Jaskel sent me what it described as a "Notice by landlord to qualifying tenants of proposed disposal, Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 Section 5" , dated 10 February 2006. (Hence, eight months prior to the above letter of 3 October 2006). (Portner and Jaskel point # 1) With 'black on white' evidence in support, I assess this so-called "notice" as fraud (Portner and Jaskel # 1 ) and believe that it was done purely for my 'benefit' as a means of 'having fun' / taking revenge (as with e.g. the invoices sent to me three months after the exchange of the Consent Order (Martin Russell Jones point # 18 ) - for which Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor ensured endorsement by the court ). For evidence in support of my assessment see Notices by landlord - 10 February 2006 , Owners identity # 3 , # 4 , Headlessors , Block sale of flats. But... who knows what is actually going on as reshuffling appears to be taking place on a regular basis (Portner and Jaskel letter of 3 April 2006) (See Headlessors for the transfer of titles in May 2006 and January 2007). Well, it's keeping the 'man and a dog' outfit in the British Virgin Islands busy. My last reply to the "notice" was on 30 April 2006 (1.1MB) - which led to a self-important, condescending and arrogant reply from Mr Daniel Broughton on 3 May 2006 - proving that he had been caught out. (For events, see Portner and Jaskel point # 1 for a summary; Notices by landlord - 10 February 2006 ; My Diary 18 February 2006 and 29 April 2006 for more detail). Portner and Jaskel also acted for 'Steel Services' in relation to the Elderly Resident, by filing a claim in Central London County Court for £1,532 (US$2,700), dated 26 February 2002. This action was preceded by a letter from Portner and Jaskel to the Elderly Resident, dated 28 January 2002 giving an ultimatum to pay by 31 January 2002, failing which proceedings would be issued. Prior to this, it had been preceded by a letter to the Elderly Resident from 'Steel Services' dated 2 January 2002. (See Elderly Resident for detail, as well as Nucleus, Citizens Advice Bureau for related events) At the time, I immediately assumed that the originator of the letter to the Elderly Resident from 'Steel Services' was Mr Andrew Ladsky. Among others, I came to this conclusion by comparing the following letters: 14 November 2001 from 'Steel Services' to Nucleus, and 25 January 2001 from Mr Ladsky to me (and other leaseholders). Portner and Jaskel has 'helpfully' confirmed this in its 3 October 2006 by stating that it acts for Mr Ladsky - and subsequently in 2007 (see Portner and Jaskel / My Diary Year 2007). Desperate to stop me from exposing the detail of my case, the corrupt Mr Hershkorn threatened my first ISP with "proceedings" by making highly libellous, scurrilous claims against me that "[my website] contains suggestions that our client [Mr Ladsky] is guilty of criminal activities and fraud all of which are totally unsubstantiated, outrageous and false... Our client's reputation has been severely damaged..." (I can't stop laughing at that). The threat of "proceedings and costs and damages" worked with my first website host as the ISP closed down my website (My Diary - 3 October 2006) Mr Hershkorn tried his luck with my current website Host, harassing my Host over a period of several weeks, threatening legal proceedings unless my Host closed down my website by - yet again - making libellous, scurrilous claims against me, stating "all of the allegations on [my] website are clearly untrue and therefore defamatory" . Of course, as in October 2006, Mr Hershkorn did not provide any evidence in support (Portner and Jaskel point # 2 ; My Diary 5 February 2007 ; 11 March 2007 ) When Mr Hershkorn backed off as a result of my complaint to the Law Society against Portner and Jaskel (Portner and Jaskel # 4 ), Mr Ladsky took over the harassment of my website Host by phoning my Host himself on several occasions -repeating the same libellous, scurrilous accusations, and the same threats. When that also failed to achieve his objective, in his rage at being exposed for what he is, Mr Ladsky asked 'his friends' at Kensington & Chelsea police to provide 'some assistance' by falsely claiming to my website Host that my website contains "anti-Semitic comments". On the basis on this highly libellous, scurrilous accusation, Mr Ladsky's 'friend' implied - without providing any evidence in support - in his highly libellous, scurrilous racist and xenophobic emails of 16 March 2007 and 20 March 2007 to my website Host that I had 'committed a crime' and, for 'good measure', branded me as "a Nazi" (My Diary - 20 March 2007) (Concurrently to these actions, Mr Ladsky also contacted my then employer on numerous occasions, making some of the same outrageously libellous, scurrilous claims against me... and a lot more). Frustration at being unable to force my website Host to close down my website, led Mr Ladsky to ask Mr Jeremy Hershkorn to:
After a 16-month battle, Mr Ahmet Jaffer, Portner and Jaskel, sent me this 6 June 2008 Notice of discontinuance of "ALL of the claim" against me. (My Diary 7 June 2008 ; Portner and Jaskel # 29 ) If the claims on my website are "false", "outrageous", "unsubstantiated" and "defamatory" of 'the good character' of Mr Ladsky: why has 'Rootstock' i.e. Mr Ladsky dropped "ALL" of his (second) fraudulent claim against me? (Previous claim in November 2002)As in the case of CKFT, it follows that Mr Andrew Ladsky and Steel Services are one and the same client of Portner and Jaskel. Likewise, Mr Ladsky is also behind the following 'paper companies' (Headlessors # 7 ):
My perceptions of Portner and Jaskel: "Another bunch of cowboys. They should limit themselves to being 'ambulance chasers' - 'allegedly' " This was in 2006. In early 2007 I added "evil hyenas" Since then, my perception has changed to: "I view Mr Jeremy Hershkorn, Mr Ahmet Jaffer and Mr Daniel Broughton as evil, corrupt and morally depraved individuals - conduct endorsed by the Law Society and West London County Court" NO, I am not going to follow this by 'allegedly'. To these perceptions I add: scums from the same cesspit as Mr Ladsky and his other puppets - and NO 'allegedly'. (3) Laytons, solicitorsSolicitors, Carmelite, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0LS, acted for 'Steel Services' when, in its letter dated 21 November 1996 , it announced that Steel Services had taken over the headlease. Three years later, on 22 December 1999, acting for 'Steel Services', it issued a so-called "Notice by landlord" - which was clearly a con (Notices by landlord # 1 ) The following year, also acting for 'Steel Services', it issued another "notice", dated 13 December 2000 - using even more of the dirty tricks of the trade:
Further proof that it was a con: The person heading the Residents Association told us that Laytons had not bothered to reply - and c. two weeks later, that "'Steel Services' has withdrawn the offer because it is invalid as it did not include the annexed documents" (see Notices by landlord # 2 ) In his identical letter of 25 January 2001 to all the leaseholders, Mr Andrew Ladsky desperately tried to dissuade us from pursuing the so-called "offer". This, added to the fact that Steel Services and Mr Ladsky are very clearly one and the same thing (not to mention the approach used) means that Mr Ladsky was also Laytons' client. (Absolutely determined to stop the leaseholders from pursuing the offer, Mr Ladsky harassed the then Head of the Residents Association over a period of several months - see Head Residents Association) It 'seems' that Laytons continued to be the nominated firm for 'Steel Services' until 31 January 2006. It certainly was still the case in April 2004, as can be seen from the Land Registry title for Steel Services, NGL 373 333, dated 26 April 2004 It was then replaced by Cawdery Kaye Fireman Taylor (CKFT), as can be seen on the Title NGL 373 333 obtained at 22 February 2006. In light of events with the so-called "notice" of 13 December 2000, my perceptions of Laytons are that it is: "Not averse to giving lessees the 'run around' " - and, in the process, breaching the statutory requirements set under section 5(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, as well as, it seems, section 4 of the same Act. (Also covered under the notices section). Or, put simply: another corrupt firm of solicitors. (4) Pettman Smith, solicitorsSolicitors, 79 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RB was, until 'it seems' 31 January 2006, listed on the Land Registry records as solicitors for 'Jefferson House Limited', the "freehold" owner. (It certainly was still the case at 26 April 2004 when it was listed on the three Titles 69 437 ( 9 Basil St ); 101 949 ( 7 Basil St ); 69 051 (11 and 13 Basil St ). (5) Eversheds, solicitorsRecently nominated solicitors for Jefferson House Limited, Senator House, 85 Queen Victoria Street , London EC4V 4JL. It appears on all three Titles for 'Jefferson House Limited' ( 69 437 , 101 949 , 69 051 ). Like CKFT, Eversheds is also registered in the British Virgin Islands - as can be seen on the titles. I have not come across these two firms i.e. Pettman Smith and Eversheds in the context of Jefferson House. Hence, they do not conjure up to me the visual placed on this section. (6) Saxon Law, surveyorsSurveyors & development consultants, 24 Bruton Place , London W1J 6NE identified itself in its 23 January 2002 letter to Ms Joan Hathaway, Martin Russell Jones, as acting for Jefferson House Limited. (For further detail on this firm, see Martin Russell Jones point # 48 which refers to the insurance for Jefferson House) (7) Martin Russell Jones (MRJ), 'managing' agents - surveyorsComprising of Ms Joan Doreen Hathaway, MRICS and Mr Barrie Robert Martin FRICS, MRJ, previously known as Spyer Johnston Evans, has been 'managing' agents for Jefferson House since 24 June 1989 when it was appointed by Langhaven Holdings (see Directorships point 3.2 - Langhaven Holdings ) The firm's 'management' activities are now located at Premier Suite 115, Premier House, 112 Station Road, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 7BJ (previously at 5 Watford Way, Hendon Central, London NW4 3JN) The summary for my section on Martin Russell Jones reads: "I view Ms Joan Doreen Hathaway, MRICS and Mr Barrie Robert Martin, FRICS, as evil, corrupt and morally depraved individuals - conduct endorsed by the Royal Insitution of Chartered Surveyors" NO, I am not going to follow this by 'allegedly'. To these perceptions I add: scums from the same cesspit as Mr Ladsky and his other puppets - and NO 'allegedly'. (NB: Martin Russell Jones is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) A few of the very many examples that, like the other 'professional' 'advisers', both Mr Barrie Martin, FRICS and Ms Joan Hathaway, MRICS are Mr Andrew Ladsky's puppets - with no limit as to what they will do in order to help their client secure financial gains: - Both, Mr Barrie Martin and Ms Joan Hathaway were present at the 29 October 2002 LVT pre-trial hearing - as can be seen on the directions issued by the tribunal. Hence, they knew that the tribunal had told us, leaseholders, to NOT pay the service charge until the tribunal had issued its determination (LVT # 1 ). In spite of this, one month later, Ms Joan Hathaway, signed the Statement of Truth on the 29 November 2002 West London County Court claim drawn-up by Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor (WLCC point # 23 ; My Diary 9 March 2007) - Ms Hathaway (at times in tandem with Mr Brian Gale and Mr Andrew Ladsky) lied on several occasions to the tribunal e.g.
- On the day that the last valiant Defendant 'caved in' in Wandsworth County Court (WLCC # 14), Mr Barrie Martin announced the start of the works in his 2 August 2004 letter to "All Lessees". In addition to endorsing a breach of leaseholders' statutory rights by appointing Mansell without going through the consultation procedures (Mansell) , Mr Martin deceptively omitted to add the 11% management fee and VAT. The total sum demanded (at this stage) of £669,937 (US$1.18 million) is a massive overcharge relative to the tribunal's 17 June 2003 determination determination, as it is only £66,269 (US$113,732) less than the original demand of £736,206 (US$1.3 million) - or nine percent less (LVT # 4 ) - Martin Russell Jones supplied information to West London County Court for the 24 August 2003 hearing, falsely claiming that a reduction in the service charge demand had been implemented ( Ms Ayesha Salim, Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor # 6.6 , # 6.3 ; Martin Russell Jones # 16 , # 17 ; Pridie Brewster # 18 ; WLCC # 9 , # 10 ) - Assisting Mr Ladsky in his revenge against me, three months after getting the 1 July 2004 Consent Order endorsed by Wandsworth sealing the offer made to me by 'Steel Services', Martin Russell Jones sent me unsupported, exorbitant service charge demands (MRJ # 18 ) - in February 2007, Martin Russell Jones supplied fraudulent service charges for the claim filed against me in West London County Court by Portner and Jaskel, on behalf of "Rootstock Overseas Corp" i.e. Mr Ladsky (Portner and Jaskel # 6 ; # 7 ) Etc., etc., etc. See Martin Russell Jones It is abundantly clear that Mr Andrew Ladsky is, likewise, Martin Russell Jones' client. Who else could it be when (1) he is the client of Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor, Portner and Jaskel, Mr Brian Gale (2) Ms Hathaway was taking directions from him during the tribunal hearings (My Diary 10 October 2002 , 5 February 2003 , 13 March 2003 ) (8) Brian Gale & Associates, surveyorsSurveyors, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9BS. Mr Brian Gale, MRICS is Mr Andrew Ladsky's surveyor. He confirmed this during the 2003 Leasehold Valuation Tribunal proceedings. He certainly went out of his way to support his client by lying to the leaseholders at Jefferson House, and to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal - see Brian Gale (NB: Brian Gale is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) (NB: search for his name on the Web). The summary for my section on Mr Brian Gale reads: "Corrupt and morally depraved, happily lying to a tribunal in 'Expert witness' reports, and to Jefferson House leaseholders" NO, I am not going to follow this by 'allegedly'. To these perceptions I add: scum from the same cesspit as Mr Ladsky and his other puppets - and NO 'allegedly'. (9) Pridie Brewster, accountantsPridie Brewster is the firm of accountants that signs-off the accounts for Jefferson House (At least, those I have up to year-end 2004). The firm's office dealing with the accounts is located in Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 3SZ. The main contact is Mr Roger Clement. (NB: Pridie Brewster is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) Pridie Brewster has signed-off accounts for Jefferson House, stating "...the attached schedule of costs, expenses and outgoings is sufficiently supported by receipts and other documents". This is incorrect given the 17 June 2003 LVT/SC/007/120/02 determination, (ref. #992 on the LVT database) as well as the terms of the lease. In addition, given the covenants in the lease, it has 'evidently' issued "Steel Services estimated expenditure for the year ended 2006 " - which is fraudulent, given that Steel Services no longer 'had' control of the last floor of Jefferson House. ('Had' as the situation is unclear - see Portner and Jaskel point # 6 ; # 27 ; Headlessors ) As can be seen from the evidence contained in this pack (1.1MB), the majority of leaseholders at Jefferson House have ended-up paying an amount that is NOT due and payable. Following my complaint of 19 July 2005 to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), after a drawn out battle, it resulted in its 29 August 2006 verdict that
Clearly, Pridie Brewster's client must also be Mr Ladsky. |