The £7 million (?) (US$12m) swindle, engineered

In its 21 November 1996 communication to leaseholders Laytons gave Steel Services' address as: PO Box 258 , Malzard House, 15 Union Street , St Helier, Jersey JE4 8TY

This Jersey address was stated by Martin Russell Jones on service charge demands as the 'landlord's address' until late 2002.

However, in the second half of 2001, Ms Hathaway, MRICS, was clearly confused as to which address she should be giving .

It should be noted that this started at the time that the opportunity to buy the headlease was taken away from leaseholders in May 2001 while a change / reshuffle in the ownership structure nonetheless took place on 1 June 2001 (see Notices by landlord - 13 December 2000)

Up to August 2001 , service charge statements sent by Ms Hathaway stated a Jersey address: "Steel Services, the landlord, PO Box 258 , Malzard House, 15 Union Street , St Helier JE4 8TY "

In her 7 June 2001 letter, Ms Hathaway informed leaseholders that correspondence for Steel Services should be sent to Martin Russell Jones 's address 5 Watford Way, Hendon Central, London NW4 3JL

On 15 October 2001 Ms Hathaway replied to Nucleus, (local Citizen Advice Bureau) that the address for Steel Services is " 25-26 Hampstead High Street , London NW3 1QA " (which is Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor 's address)

Six weeks later, on 14 November 2001 Ms Hathaway replied to Nucleus that the address for Steel Services is at their " care, at 5 Watford Way , Hendon Central, London NW4 3JL".

For the following 12 months, the Jersey address was still given as the "landlord's address" on my service charges e.g. on the 17 July 2002 service charge demand. (For details relating to the sum demanded, see Martin Russell Jones # 3 ; # 4 ; # 5 ; # 6 ; # 7 ; Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, Mr Brian Gale, Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor , West London County Court)

The frequent changes in the 'landlord's address' communicated by Ms Hathaway, while the Jersey address continued to be used on the service charge demands, led me to contact the Jersey Financial Services Registry on two separate occasions - and to receive the same reply:

"we have no company `on the Jersey Register with the name Steel Services Limited"

The second reply was on 6 August 2002 . (Note this date vs. the examples of service charge demands received in 2002).

The Jersey address was used on my service charge demands until November 2002 (e.g. 5 November 2002 invoice from Martin Russell Jones). This was the time at which Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor and its client, Mr Andrew Ladsky, became aware of the information I had uncovered regarding Steel Services' domicile. See BVI registration section)

This led to a change in the 'landlord's address' to c/o of CKFT (e.g. 27 February 2003 and 23 May 2003 invoice from Martin Russell Jones).

A year later, the address was still c/o of CKFT, but it had been expanded to include a reference to Section 48 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1987 (e.g. invoice from Martin Russell Jones dated 24 May 2004)