The £7 million (?) (US$12m) swindle, engineeredby surveyors and lawyers, and implementedwith the assistance of tribunal, courts,accountant and police |
26 companies dissolved; 4 liquidated
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Directorships
Concurrently with this section, see also:
This section provides evidence that two individuals in particular are connected with the ownership of Jefferson House:
I undertook the desk research on the companies in mid 2006 and compiled this overview of the directorships - referred to under point #3 below. Sections
(1) Evidence in support of this in relation to Mr Andrew Ladsky(Grouped under
1.1 Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor (CKFT), solicitors (Also covered under Advisors to Jefferson House # 1 ) (NB: CKFT is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) 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, Citizen Advice Bureau also suffered harassment) 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. Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor acts for Steel Services - as evidenced in numerous documents, including the Particulars of claim (1.1MB) for the 29 November 2002 - false - claim (ref: WL 203537) filed in West London County Court. The 7 October 2002 letter in which Mr Lanny Silverstone, Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor - illegally - threatened to forfeit my lease (*), as well as contact my mortgage lender, has the the reference 'LAD'. Likewise, the 1 July 2004 Consent Order also has the reference 'LAD'. (*) For explanation, see Mr John Prescott # 4.3 CKFT acted for Steel Services prior to 2002, as can be seen in Ms Hathaway's 15 October 2001 reply to Nucleus, (local Citizens Advice Bureau) who gave CKFT's address as contact. 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 (followed by another transaction in 2007) (see Freehold ownership , Headlessors , Owners identity), CKFT became the nominated solicitors for 'Steel Services' on the Land Registry (Title NGL 373 333 ). (Also covered under Notices by landlord # 1 and # 2 ) In the context of the so-called "notice of first refusal" of 13 December 2000 sent by Laytons acting as "agents for Steel Services Ltd ("the landlord)..." (see Notices by landlord # 2 ) Mr Andrew Ladsky sent me (and the other leaseholders) a letter dated 25 January 2001 attempting to dissuade us from taking up the offer by making claims that "...the tenants must purchase the property with the burden of ongoing litigation which has serious implications both in terms of the costs and damages that could follow... ..the litigation could impose upon those participating, and in addition to the acquisition cost, a serious financial burden which is yet to be determined" (see Notices by landlord # 2 ) 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 Notices by landlord # 2 ; Head Residents Association) 1.3 Portner and Jaskel, solicitors (Also covered under Advisors for Jefferson House # 2 ; Notices by landlord # 3 ) (NB: Portner and Jaskel is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) Portner and Jaskel (Mr Jeremy Hershkorn), confirmed in its 3 October 2006 letter to my then ISP that its client is Mr Andrew Ladsky. Eight months previously, in February 2006, it sent me a so-called "notice of first refusal" , dated 10 February 2006, stating "as agents acting for Steel Services". (see Notices by landlord ; Portner and Jaskel # 1 ) (NB: 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 - for which Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor ensured endorsement by the court . Among others, I stated in my 30 April 2006 (1.1MB) reply to Porter and Jaskel that I viewed its sending of this "notice" as a malicious act as it was unlikely that the number of flats met statutory requirements: it seems that I was right: see Block sale of flats ; Owners identity # 3 , # 4 ; Headlessors . 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 ; Headlessors ; Owners identity ; British Virgin Islands registration ). Well, it's keeping the 'man and a dog' outfit in the British Virgin Islands, and in Panama (Rootstock), busy) Making false, libellous, scurrilous claims against me In an attempt to get my website closed down, Mr Jeremy Hershkorn harassed my subsequent, and current website Host, over a period of several weeks, including threatening legal action (Portner and Jaskel # 2 ). When Mr Hershkorn backed off because of my complaint to the Law Society, Mr Ladsky took over the harassment of my website Host - see Advisors to Jefferson House - Portner and Jaskel, for a brief summary. Mr Jeremy Hershkorn filed a claim against me in West London County Court on 27 February 2007 in the name of "Roostock [Rootstock] Overseas Corp", as "the lessor" of my flat v. the Particulars of claim, on Martin Russell Jones headed paper, which state "Landlord: Steel Services, c/o Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor" (Portner and Jaskel # 6 ; # 15 ) - see also Portner and Jaskel # 27 for the 8 January 2007 transfer, for "£1", of the title for "Steel Services" "to Rootstock Overseas Corp" In 2002, Portner and Jaskel also acted for "Steel Services" by filing a claim against the Elderly Resident. (Also covered under Advisors to Jefferson House # 8 ) (NB: Brian Gale is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) Mr Brian Gale, MRICS, Steel Services surveyor, confirmed during the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal hearings that Mr Ladsky was a prior client. 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 1.5 Involvement by Mr Andrew Ladsky in relation to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal action (NB: 'Steel Services' - Martin Russell Jones, 'managing' agents for Jefferson House, filed an application in the tribunal on 7 August 2002 ) 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" . (His name is stated on the 29 October 2002 directions issued by the tribunal). However, throughout the four-day Leasehold Valuation Tribunal hearings, 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, MRICS, Steel Services surveyor ; Ms Joan Hathaway, MRICS, Martin Russell Jones , 'managing' agents for the block. Prior to the substantive hearings, Mr Andrew Ladsky wrote a letter to the tribunal claiming that "31 or 32 of the 35 tenants have paid their contribution towards the major works. They are, therefore, in agreement with both the scope and cost of the proposed refurbishment". This letter is captured under point 50 of the 17 June 2003, LVT/SC/007/120/02 determination (ref #992 on the LVT database ) (Brian Gale point # 4 ) (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, ref: LVT/SC/007/120/02 under point 4 "attended by.Mr A Ladsky, the owner of flats 34 and 35 ") At the 5 February 2003 tribunal hearing, Mr Andrew Ladsky asked the Chair " Will Ms Rawé pay the £250,000 (US$441,000) of additional costs that will be incurred as a result of the delay in the start of the works due to the hearing?" (NB: One month earlier, on 3 January 2003 Mr Andrew Ladsky told me "I am going to get you this year!") (NB: To his question, the Chair replied that I was perfectly within my rights to challenge the application made by 'Steel Services'. This is captured in the 17 June 2003 report, ref: LVT/SC/007/120/02 under point 64 "Although she is in the minority, the Respondent's legal right to challenge the Applicant's proposal, as she has done, cannot be fettered") (Also covered under Advisors to Jefferson House # 7 ) (NB: Martin Russell Jones is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) Martin Russell Jones (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 below point 3.2 for Langhaven Holdings ) 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 ) Etc., etc., etc. See Martin Russell Jones (NB: Mansell is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) On 22 July 2005, when I asked the worker employed by Mansell for another key for the new lock on the front door, he replied that "Mr Ladsky is on holiday". (During the course of the works (between 2004-2006), it was clear from observing the conduct of the workmen that they saw Mr Ladsky as overseeing the works) 1.8 Kensington & Chelsea Housing (NB: Kensington & Chelsea housing is covered in my 3 June 2008 (74 pg) Witness Statement; (4 pg) Main Points) When, in 2002, I approached Kensington & Chelsea Housing for assistance in relation to obtaining (as per my statutory rights) the names of the directors for the block (summarised in my 30 August 2004 letter to Mrs Shireen Ritchie, Ward Councillor), Mr Andrew Ladsky phoned the Tenancy Relations Officer (TRO) asking for all the information I had supplied to the Housing department. This can be seen in the 5 November 2002 email sent to me by the TRO. (The TRO did not provide him with the information) It follows from the above that Steel Services and Mr Andrew Ladsky are one and the same client of Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor , Portner and Jaskel , Mr Brian Gale , Martin Russell Jones and Pridie Brewster. In fact, I am of the opinion that Mr Ladsky is also the same individual attempting to hide behind the rest of the 'paper companies' (see Headlessors ; Freehold ownership ; BVI registration ; Owners identity )(2) Evidence in support of this in relation to Mr Patrick May O'ConnorIn a communication dated 21 November 1996 , Laytons of Carmelite, solicitors, London EC4Y 0LS (Advisors # 3 ), informed leaseholders that the head leasehold interest had been transferred from Acrepost Limited to Steel Services Limited - an " associated company of Acrepost Limited" (Headlessors # 1 ) My lease is from Acrepost. At the time that Langhaven Holdings was dissolved in 1994, Acrepost was reported in the accounts as a subsidiary of Langhaven Holdings. (NB: For a period of one year, Acrepost-Langhaven assumed the day-to-day management of Jefferson House (e.g. service charge demand of 15 June 1988), taking over from Stanley Professional in June 1988. Stanley confirmed in its 28 March 1988 Landlord & Tenant Act 1987 S.48 notification that it acted for Acrepost (Langhaven). Langhaven appointed Martin Russell Jones (then known as Spyer Johnston Evans) in June 1989 ). The accounts for Langhaven Holdings at the time that it was dissolved identify the following individuals as current / past directors: Patrick May O'Connor; Martin Vosper Walford; Peter James Bennett, and John Brendan O'Connor, company secretary. (The June 1988 appointment of Spyer Johnston Evans (MRJ) is signed by Mr Walford) Although the so-called 13 December 2000 "notice of first refusal" was withdrawn, a change in the ownership of Jefferson House was nonetheless recorded on the Land Registry as Mr Patrick May O'Connor 'resurfaced' in the ownership of the block. The Land Registry Title (at 10 October 2001) for Steel Services, NGL 373 333 reads
As suggested by this restriction, neither Mr Patrick May O'Connor, nor Canso Properties were previously mentioned under this title - as can be seen for example on the Land Registry copy dated 1 June 2001 (the date on which the Land Registry recorded the restriction). The name of Mr Patrick May O'Connor and Canso Properties remained on the Land Registry during at least the next two years (e.g. they were still listed at 6 March 2003 ). By 26 April 2004 they had been removed. (3) DirectorshipsUsing these two individuals as the base, the following lists the companies on which they / other related parties hold / held directorship positions. The source of the information are various suppliers who sourced the original data from Companies House i.e. information in the public domain. Whenever available, in the case of the individuals, the information lists their current / past directorships. - providing only the name of the companies. In the case of the companies, whenever available, the information are extracts from companies accounts - capturing only the name and address, description of the business, the top level, one-liner summary of the latest accounts filed and the name of the directors. (Hence, detail of the accounts, name of accountants, etc. are not captured - as the objective is only to provide evidence of directorships held / previously held) This document captures the summary information for both groups. (3.1) Ladsky group - 18 companies connected through directorships (summary - at May 2006)5 "live", 10 "dissolved", 1 "liquidated", 1 "dormant" and 1 "non-trading"
(3.2) O'Connor group - 24 companies connected through directorships (summary - at May 2006)3 "live", 16 "dissolved", 3 "liquidated", 2 status unknown
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