If you can’t see fraud and Ponzi schemes here… you aren’t looking!
According to a due diligence chart posted online, Harlequin Resorts’ The Merricks development in Barbados did not file financial accounts for seven years between 2006 and 2013.
During that same period The Merricks took in £47,946,581 in payments from victims ‘investors’ but only spent £7,971,246 for land and construction costs.
That leaves £39,975,335 outstanding, or… a better way would put it: that leaves £39,975,335 MISSING.
How many Ministers of Government received ‘campaign donations’ from Harlequin during this period? How did our government protect investors and Barbados’ reputation during this period?
Why did the Barbados government allow this to happen? Seven years without required filings and Barbados politicians were content to line up for photographs with Harlequin’s David Ames? What the heck were they thinking?
Or… were our politicians simply delivering the service that they had been paid to deliver? With no Integrity Legislation and no Freedom of Information laws, Bajans will likely never be able to prove who the villains are.
The Harlequin Resorts chart is nothing more or less than a confirmation that Harlequin was and is nothing more or less than a gigantic Ponzi scheme.
More and more the questions are shifting from Harlequin to the UK and Barbados authorities charged with maintaining the law…
The question has become: Why have the authorities not acted to arrest and charge David Ames and his co-conspirators?
Comments are open!
You can download the due diligence report at Barbados Free Press here, or download it from FileTea.
Barbados Free Press 
David Ames has not been arrested because of his masonic connections, there can’t be any other reason.
Because your thief is an Englishman.
I can find no entries on the DD for any properties in Dubai. Were
these purchased by Ames, in his name, using Harlequin money?
Isn’t it time for new political parties in BGI and SVG?
It appears that anyone associated with the current majority and
opposition parties are tainted. There must be some young lawyers
ready to lead. Where/who are they? Having been a devoted reader
(for the past two years) of both BFP and I-Witness News it seems that
the ONLY non old-crony influenced journalism is the electronic
press. You guys are doing a vitally important job.
YOUTH OF THE ISLANDS IT IS TIME TO SEIZE YOUR DESTINY,
if you don’t nothing will change.
It might be because there is so much evidence against him, that it takes a long time to assemble. The more evidence and the bigger the Ponzi, The longer time in jail I hope.
Thanks for managing the old post, Cliverton. 3 cheers for the BFP.
Barbados will have the same heading soon.
There are a number of people with the same goal planning a big cider drinking party, very soon!
@ I’m a cider drinker 4.59. Do the number of people approximate to 4000? plus other halves making 6000 in total?
RL seem to have confirmed the authenticity of the document as they have just closed the discussion about it on their secure site.
“Sorry, but this appears to be a document protected by the NDA we hold with Harlequin. We cannot permit it to be circulated.”
Are RL demanding BFP delete this article and remove all links to the document? If not, their comment is beyond pointless.
Can someone explain:
Money owed to Shipleys by H-Hotel Barbados 943,573.90
Money owed to Shipleys by The Harlequin Hotel Barbados 3,396,758.39
I thought they were one and the same …
Well that’s just verified it’s real . Wazzick that Fatchett guy , not got the Brains he was born with …..
Any doubts are now gone it’s a true document folks .
I matters not one jot; Shiplys will liquidate soon.
This just confirms what we already know, Ames is an idiot and delusional, Harlequin is fucked, so is anyone that invested cash.
Nothing has changed, SIPP may have a chance.
The rest better start suing agents and Ames.
Or do nothing and moan on here?
It could just be bollocks and made up, Harlequin is dead period, we are stuffed.
Anonymous Coward from BH 5.16. Download it quick, then. It’s a pdf and can be stored on your computer. Mine’s in folders called Harlequin and In Liquidation…..
And if we’re stuffed, I’ll make damn sure Ames is defoliated.
It’s more stuff just made up, Fatchops is in on this, Ames has done nothing wrong,
Agent Orange: Marathon Man will now be demanding IP addresses from BFP and the various hosting companies of everyone who has downloaded it so he can come round and personally ensure it’s been deleted.
The man is a loon.
@ Anonymous 5.29. Just because most people have heard of only one hotel in Barbados being bought, doesn’t mean that only one was bought. The document may show double entries for one entity, or it may reveal an extra hotel a mucky little turd was hoping to keep for himself.
@ Anonymous Coward from BH 6.00. If that means a 20lb hammer through my hard drive ……. Don’t worry, I’ve backed up all the evidence against Harlequin.
Besides, I can think of a much better use for a 20lb hammer – moving fast enough and well Amed, it should stop a turd telling any more lies.
The real document is much worse, this is just a taster of things to come.
The figures are wrong. More than one copy was made. Some have different unique figures. Those unique figures tell who leaked.
I must thank James Baker for his input into the latest document.
It was James Baker, I paid him.
James Baker – an internal leak ? But why ?
It was Paul Walton, he paid me.
He is an accountant, he knows Harlequin is stuffed. He needs to work after Harlequin is dead.
He spills the beans, looks like the good guy. He may gets work from the people he gave the information too.
Oh yes, Ames owes him £27500.
And, he rather stupidly let his bread and butter clients in the lurch.
@ Agent satsuma 6.20. We’w Oi fink Oi been rumb’wed
A Agent Ugli -What the heck language are you writing -Cockney Yiddish?
Well well well, Strange accounts James, very strange indeed.
Look like …………………….. no not yet Jim, not yet, but we do have you mate, we have you by the short and curlies,
Another victim of the Toxic Toad.
That’s an odd phonetic language. Sounds a bit Irish to me.
James Baker is an independent trustee. He’s beyond reproach.
Fatchett says it’s his stuff given to him under a non disclosure agreement and it can’t be seen or talked about .
But it’s here and it’s bad news .
Ames needs to say if it’s accurate or if someone’s taking the piss .
The Irish builder posted the documents, so need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Jim Baker is as bent as Ames.
These are the original documents given to RL by Ames, we note that RL continue with their not so aggressive stance against Harlequin on their forum.
The question has to be asked, why would Ames have given RL unredacted documents in the first place and why did they then need to be redacted at a later stage ???
There is far more to this than meets the eye.
Hmmmmmmmmm……… It’s really not that hard to figure out why ……….
Any thoughts ??????!
I suspect that its all a mystery which will be revealed soon.
freemasons are clearly involved.
Financiers would obtain non redacted documents.
I would like to respond to GRANDMASTER PONZI AND BOAZ. Masonry will not tolerate such people, so please cleanse your mind.
who says two smart RATS can’t live in the same hole ?
What is very odd is that such documents were leaked now. Why now ?
That’s the really strange thing.
Why not, does it matter when documents get leaked?
Those that had the documents hide behind NDA’s yet claim to represent investor interests.
Only James Baker can confirm if these documents are real.
Why not ask him?
Why not ask Ames?
DAmes@harlequinhotelsandresorts.com
@ Anonymous 6.46 Bad Essex ok Bad attempt at Essex.
So am I right in reading this? A quarter of a billion pounds taken by Harlequin is unaccounted for.
If this is true then we are talking of a disaster that will make global headlines!
The ship is all over the place anyway. Not sure why the figures make too much difference.
A bit of side show !
No the Ingham/Broughton thing is a complete and utter side show of no importance to anyone other than those seeking to hide the big story in the mire of filth they concoct in their sick minds.
£250m is no side show. If it’s true, It takes this to a whole new level. Losing a few million quid could be put down to bungling management and a bit of an economic ill-wind. There is no way anyone could lose this much without doing something worth going to prison for.
@ AnonaMouskouri 8.27. It must be a couple of months since DA said he’d publish the TRUE figures (at least what he called true figures) and everyone is still waiting for them. I hope you’re right both about the global publicity and going to prison.
Is Ravenswood in Australia? Why is it owed almost £19m?
It’s astonishing how many Ames lies are revealed in that document, if it’s true.
I believe Ravenswood was an Australian resort that never got built. I did see a website about 4 years ago that claimed that all the units had been sold out. I suspect that was all sales hype however and probably not a reliable guide to the actual number of units sold at the resort.
More will be revealed soon
Posting on a blog isn’t going to get Ames arrested is it? What needed is a combined pooling of data and stop fucking about.
I think it’s actually Ames that leaked the documents, to spread doubt in the minds of RL clients?
I would put nothing past the toxic turd.
Somebody is funding ISIS. A missing 250 Million might be very
interesting to UK/US intelligence services.
For confirming Harlequin is insolvent.
Anonymous 9.32 whoever’s funding, I can think of some candidates for sending out there Ames, employees and agents. And don’t allow them back ,because there will be a new Boris bill. It isn’t just the Daily mail that’s full of Boris bills
Here’s confirmation that Harlequin were claiming investor funds were held in escrow. I think Dave was a bit upset about this. https://mega.co.nz/#!789xkQiI!2_yFGHqRPa05cqEukl3fxupevs_79RmbUjESYL7iuSo
Let’s try that link again as the other one is broken https://mega.co.nz/#!y08QTQ6A!0beHeDVD2hzSN64ihqP2piCPagyO25gbKd8tCiWqcEo
I see RL have deleted most of the discussion on their site about the unredacted spreadsheet, including their own comment confirming its authenticity. They haven’t deleted the link. What is Fatchops playing at?
@ Haynes Workshop Manuals Perhaps Fatchops can’t delete the first bit of the question. Daft, geriatric, don’t know how to use a computer, posters should have put the direct link in that first bit, instead of leaving people to trawl through Anonymous Cowards 12 something post on the House of Cards thread.
No wonder they got caught by Harlequin. They’re too stupid to put the link in the right place!!!
The RL forum thread has now gone.
“COW” Williams on Brasstacks today related the difficulties he experienced to get approval to expand a long existing pond on his land so as to provide water for irrigation of lands marked for vegetable production. According to him it took two years for the Planning department to respond to his application and in its response, the Planning Department required him to undertake an EIA that would have cost over $100 000!
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Have not heard from billionaire COW for awhile last time he opened his arrogant boastful mouth he said he wasn’t making a cent from the government and he was going send home him his workers. Chris Sinckler responded by saying his friend COW was not telling the truth. The MOF said it was his certain knowledge that COW had pocketed over $100 million from government contracts since the Dems took power in 2008. Needless to say COW never replied because the Finance Minister knows what he is talking about. It look like the knight COW find he voice again.
The word “pocketed” suggests that COW made that much on the Government Contracts.The contracts may have been worth that much, but how much did it cost COW to do the projects? Up to 1500 employees for 5years, plus cost of machinery and materials, loan repayments,NIS, Vat, Income tax, corporation tax, plus overheads such as electricity, land taxes, and God knows what other expenses, including Party contributions.
Unlike other construction companies that have gotten contracts and who have grossly overrun the quoted costs, taken far longer than the times promised, COW has delivered on his projects (for which he is paid)
When COW`s projects are stopped or delayed, the only reason is non payment of bills by guess who? THe Barbados Government.I`m sure The Finance Minister can (but won’t) confirm this.
I don’t understand why COW Williams has become relevant to
Harlequin but I think that this whole sad, sad situation would be
somewhat different today if Williams had been the original contractor
for Buccament. Somehow I think that Ames would have moved out
of the Caribbean and concentrated on Thailand. A slew of
investors life savings might have been saved. Oh well …
I’m disappointed that RL haven’t issued a statement claiming that:
(a) the unredacted file is a forgery or
(b) someone broke in to their offices and nicked it or
(c) complex anti-redacting software has been used to remove their redactions
Or maybe a combination of all of the above. Anything to prove to Dave that Fatchops didn’t break the NDA, so please Dave don’t sue us!
Could it be that renegade Walton has overstepped the mark in his vendetta against DA?
-HWM
Relax it was BFP that published the DD (such as it is) and they
wrote that it had been posted on-line. We all know how far Ames
got when he tried to sue BFP/Wordpress.
Yeah that’s right. Something else left on a train. Load of bollox.
This is to deflect matters from the proof that Nikki Crozier is not who she says….. more on this later.
The Time For Real Change Has Come. The Alternative government that operates behind the scenes should show it’s face in Barbados and think about forming a significant part of the next Government, even if only as Independent Candidates. Then we’ll start to get rid of most of the alleged fraud as it will in most part be their own money that they will be protecting.
@ Anonymous 25 Aug 5.29. About 3 weeks into May, 2012, Harlequin sent out a letter about a NEW hotel in Barbados. So secret the buyers weren’t allowed to know the name, but I think it was on the SW coast of the island. So desparate to sell, that they’d return the £1000 deposits if the sale was not completed.
The smaller sum of money may have been spent buying this 2.5 to 3 star hotel… or it may have been spent on lawyers suveyors and all, for a purchase that never took place.
No prizes for guessing who really paid this £900,000, was it? Perhaps some people paid deposits? Got £1000 back? Even got contracts on this second Barbados hotel?
Can you really imagine that following all this, yet one hears the Prime Minister reaching out to Nationals who are living in other countries in the COLD and sometimes with mounting bills of their own, not to mention mortgages, to send funds to Barbados. That in itself is a disgrace to any decent and fair minded person in Barbados. Not to mention that most returning Nationals from Europe, for what ever reason are said to be Mad. .
Michael Jackson once asked Who’s Bad, Well, well the real question is Who’s Ma?. Maybe Trinidad or China will give us the answer to that in the future. No doubt the Nation will strip naked and have a Crop Over Celebration.
To all those Anonymous Persons out there, why bother to post if you do not have the courage of your convictions to stand up for what you have to say.
Believe that you are still at least living in a God fearing Democracy. But remember, I could be wrong about that as well.
Dear BFP, is there any way that you can automatically cleanse the thread of posts that make mention of either Broughton/Ingham? Is there a way of setting up an automatic junking of posts that use certain key phrases such as particular names or slang words for women’s anatomy?
The only reason these people post is to disgust right-thinking people who find their vile comments so disturbing that they stop reading the thread. It is such a transparent tactic by frankly desperate people with minds of unimaginable depravity. Simply to have thoughts like these should be enough to trigger a psychologist’s report, to post them publicly is even worse.
Whoever is posting this rubbish needs to understand that WE DON’T WANT TO READ IT AND IT HAS NO BEARING ON THE FACTS OF £400m THAT HAS GONE DOWN THE DRAIN.
Keeping it real
August 26, 2014 at 2:14 pm
Said
……..Finance Minister knows what he is talking about………
Come on now. Please keep it real
@ Anonymous 8.09pm
Just go away and don’t come back. Nobody is remotely interested.
8.09 has no self-awareness
(sounds like a Storey, writes like a Storey…must be a Storey
Moving right back to something more relevant, why did the Ravenswood Resort show up as being “sold out”? Where did all those deposits go?
http://www.investorsprovident.com/overseas-property/australia-property/ravenswood-hotel-and-resort-perth.html
How near is it to Ames’ Son-in-Law’s land?
Not sure, but maybe someone can tell us.
Didn’t the “house” wine at BB come from the family farm over in Australia? The resort was supposed to be complete in 2009 but I don’t even think a spade was lifted. There is no evidence of the resort functioning if you do a search. There is a hotel of the same name but it doesn’t bear any resemblance to the resort that was marketed.
With out CLEAR TITLE TO LAND, nothing can be built and kept, For there is no time limit in law on fraud, Unless you believe your lawyer.
To Clear you title of land in Barbados , You will need to check for your self, Out side lawyer not from Barbados or check with the owner of most of the land in Barbados,
http://www.moorishcourt@gmail.com
We are sorry for the meaningless previous post that added precisely nothing to the topic in hand.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, when Shipley’s call in the debt from Buccament Bay how will the resort be able to function?
^ ^
That was Mr Storey posting there at 7:57am The useless twunt is back.
Review number 559 on TA is a stinker!
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g147380-d1719145-Reviews-Buccament_Bay_Resort-St_Vincent_St_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.html
Most the intellectual posters must be on holiday at the moment… This is nearly as boring as the Rl forum
@ Anonymous 9.08. Thanks for the link. This one appears to have had a proposed life of only 7 years, 2 years at 10% plus 5 years at 50%. It has the touch of Harlequin with that wretched word cabana.
If you feel like a laugh read the definition here
http://www.audioenglish.org/dictionary/cabana.htm
A collapsable canvas tent near the beach. It reminds me of nothing so much as the Bay restaurant at BB.
It’s quite expensive to set up a vineyard, with a long wait for production. I wonder whose money paid for the vineyatd?
@ SFO confirms they are well and truly on the case, 9.19. There is A Ravenswood (community/town/township) at about the same latitude as son in law’s farm and much nearer to the coast.
Ravenswood may extend further than its centre, which I perceive as behind a lagoon (nature reserve) that is close to the coast. This Ravenswood is between Pinjarra and Mandurah. Shane Kelliher s large farm is about 100 km inland from this Ravenswood.
Harlequin may have chosen a place on the true coast about 100 km from Kelliher s place or it may be somewhere entirely different.
Mr KGB, I’m sure Mr Walton is a very hardworking guy, not sure how he is relevant to the missing cash. His personal life is his business and probably as boring as yours posting crap like that. Why don’t you get a life or a real job?!!!
@ Anonymous 9.08. Was the land ever bought? In whose name is it now? It could be one of the assets belonging to the people who paid for the Harlequin assets.
When I hear the words Shane Nicola Kelliher Wandering Australia I get a sniff of marriage de convenance.
Sorry the computer entered with only an a…
@ TA 8.56. Thanks Nigel for using the word 4000 people were longing to read – ponzi. Next time, for even greater effect use it in the first few lines, so readers don’t have to click on more to see it.
I’m sorry you’ve lost your forthcoming holiday and wish you a wonderful trip at the replacement.
‘oboist’
Was that a Freudian slip Bobbykins or just another of your ludicrous attempts at spelling?
Found in a rubbish dump just off the A127 https://mega.co.nz/#!e11TVLxK!7zXTed37oIsvuxZ2Uhft7Od_k_xmHGLD9Mp4HqgR7KE
Paying returns when according to the Great Visionary BB has only just broken even does look a bit odd. Does this prove it’s a Ponzi?
“Oboist” is the name of his cabana at BB.
An oboist is someone who plays an oboe Bob. Just so you know.
Bobbykins likes to play with his oboe.
Meanwhile let’s get back to the real story on here…
You know the one about the PONZI scheme set up by the Ames family and all their scum staff, IFAs, and hangers-on (trolls on here).
Nicola Kelliher née Ames is a shareholder of one or more of the Harlequin companies and (like the rest of the siblings) has historically received a tidy sum in dividends. Nowadays, she and hubby Shane are upstanding members of the community of The Shire of Wandering, in Western Australia. The pint-sized Mrs K is also on the committee of the The Wandering Country Womens [sic] Association where she holds office as [erm]…Treasurer!
@ Apple of Daddy’s eye 2.43
Bull’s Eye!!!!! the intellectual posters are back.
Seems like Nicola is spending the money on new curtains…. and the rest!
You’ve got the wrong Ames girl there
Watch your step!
The Ravenswood Hotel near Perth Australia, the Hotel Ames was flogging around the UK some years back is located on land owned by the parents and family of Shane Kelliher husband of Nicola.
Many of the purchasers had their purchases transferred to the Caribbean.
Prior to this in 2005 Ames sold out a resort in Panama, this too never got built so again some folks were again transferred to the fictitious Caribbean developments,
Same with Brazil.
I have a report.
James baker and Kim Woodford nee Fry have been very helpful in regards to certain documents we keep finding.
More to follow
I don’t think harlequin is solvant , shiplys have made up their mind.
S&F
Wow! That was quick…. Negative TA review #559 by Nick was removed less than 24 hours after posting.
Paddy 0 Dave 1
Hard to believe the non league Essex team would win. However, they have. No point appealing to the ref Paddy, you lost.
Always yapping on about the end of Harlequin. Never happens.
Come on Mr O’H when is Harlequin going to go ?
You cannot beat us, we are too fast for you.
If Harlequin maintained books I wonder how much they would
claim for “good will”.
I note that we are now back to the builder, so the builder is responsible for the documents posted on BFP. ?
And ??? Why mention the builder after all this time, who’s cage has he rattled now ???
And back to the document, why have RL removed any mention of the document from their forum, surely the document was not supplied to BFP by them, is reference to a third party independent website now subject of an NDA, actually it’s not unless RL leaked the document and were caught out.
Which now appears to be the case. Why else would RL remove all reference to the document. GF is supposed to be a solicitor, but it appears that he has little knowledge of the law. But heh ……………..
Some on here seem to suggest that Harlequin is not finished….
This is a bizarre statement….
Harlequin have not sold properties in over a year, a huge part of their business.
They are unable to pay their debts as they fall due so hence are trading insolvently. They have the short term protection through the ongoing administration process in the UK and the corruption in St. Vincent.
Their UK operation is still in Administration and soon we will discover whether this business is to be put into liquidation or not.
Even RL state that Harlequin in it’s current form is finished.
Now it’s not just investors or third party creditors who are suing Harlequin, but now too apparently guests……
Yeah the company is not finished lol….. Dream on ……….
You remember those stretched Navajos?
Harlequin Are Buggered
Holidays Are ‘Bysmal
Henchmen At Basildon
That deleted Trip Advisor review. Here it is. https://mega.co.nz/#!Ps12UBSa!eNuc7OXpIackP-OOoB1nicNr7XVR_MLnEiGsg2gAkos
It’s Solvent you dumbass, solvent!! And Kim is too bright to leave something on a train or anywhere. How desperate can you get.
Lol Solvent, what is solvent????
@ Anonymous 8.34. A solvent is a liquid with the capacity to make solids disappear. they are still there really and can be recovered.
I wonder if you can recover £400m from solution?
The chemistry explanation is just boring … I like the idea of a solvent hiding £400m from view and i like better the idea of recovering it by heating.
I wonder how hot you’d have to heat Ames, til he gave up the £400m?
Dave Ames will be holding an additional 2 conference calls next Tuesday the 2nd of September at 12.00 and 18.00. We will of course record this conference call and look forward to comparing this with the last conference call.
Some might ask what is the point, Ames cannot change what he said….
Well regardless we will allow you to judge, and don’t worry we have a number of different recordings arranged.
I bet we can get at few recordings.
There is no way that Harlequin can stop planted investors recording Uncle Dave.
“The FSCS have decided to fund Harlequin …. but only if you sign up”
“I own every beach in SVG, depending what you mean by own”
“I have done a reverse takeover of LIAT”
“I am the resurrection and the light”
“I am the one and only, nobody I’d rather be”
“I am a dedicated follower of fashion”
“I’m Jake the Peg, …err”
“I am what I am”
I can hardly wait. I am getting my IPhone App ready. How about model questions !
Didn’t someone last week post that something monumental will
happen this week?
Probably our Irish mate. He’s a regular Mystic Meg.
I think I figured out a way for the cash investors to get their money back…
I was considering what can be done about Harlequin from a third party investor’s perspective. If you had some money ready to go into the developments which Harlequin has proposed, how would you do it?
Right now, you’d be an IDIOT to give Ames any money outright. It’s too risky (as you’ll see below). The two options you’d have to create a return would be:
1. Give out mortgages to investors completing on properties (would have to see run rates for BB & Blu to justify return)
2. Buy the land & hotels at rock-bottom prices, wipe the slate clean & invest significant money to get the hotels built (hence why you’d need to buy current assets at depreciated value)
If I was a financier, I’d be looking #2 (to give initial value to the investment); perhaps with #1 (to get the cash flow required to get all the hotels constructed). If you came to #2 with an extra £50m or something (please.. we’ve only ever seen ballpark numbers from Harlequin, I’m not going to change it now), you’d be able to build out the various resorts, leveraging the completions to fund the further hotels.
[[And before you say £50m is too little – I want to know where the £100m went to build BB. I want to see it itemised]]
The returns for investors would have to come from the room rates of that hotel ONLY, although having no numbers for BB & Blu, I can’t tell how this would work.
So if you were a third party, you’d be looking at buying the lot at a knock-down price, using your own money to build the resorts out & relying on completion money to fund the rest. The returns will have to come interim – from the rental income from the hotels.
This would mean that if you were able to actually construct the rest of BB, H & the rest of another hotel (one of the big ones with 1000+ rooms) – you’d get an idea as to the budget required to build, as well as the potential you’d raise from completions.
It must be noted these completion monies would ONLY have to be used for building. If you give anyone a return from them, it would be Ponzi.
This sounds much the same as the Harlequin model we have now.
So what’s the problem?
When you think about how a “sale” of Buccament Bay would occur, the only beneficiary at the moment would be David Edward Ames – the sole shareholder of the RDC’s. Currently, Shipley’s can’t touch these companies (from what I’ve read), and they are the ones which hold all the chips – the contracts, the land, planning permission, any funds left over, and all the progress.
One shareholder.
Even if the proposed trust was pulled off, it would do nothing about the “assets” of these companies – they would still be owned outright by all the RDC’s, which in turn are owned by one person. Even if the whole thing imploded (I’m not sure about Shipley’s position on this), the assets these companies own (in the Caribbean) would have to be purchased at a knock-down price off someone. That someone being Ames.
This raises a significant question to any external finance party. That question being – how would you buy the hotel even working with Ames? How could you get it at knock-down?
The fact is you can’t. Ames is too slippery – he’s not going to let a little thing called owing £400m to investors going to bring him down. As he said himself “see you in court”…
So what would you do?
The way I can see it is thus:
The main aim for a financier would be to bring liquidity to the company.
To do this, you need to bring all the assets under the control of a transparent structure. Ames thinks this is “the trust”. I’d disagree – I’d say this is where a publicly traded company in the UK would suit.
You’d have to split the investors / creditors up into several camps.
Firstly, the SIPPs – you’re going to have to consider them out of the equation for this simulation (in order to get it to work); secondly the CASH investors (the ones who are really struggling) & thirdly the THIRD PARTY creditors (unpaid contractors, suppliers etc)
As mentioned, as a financier, you could only afford to work with a single party – the CASH investors. Anyone else would just dissolve the potential returns. I don’t know how you’d work the third party debt – I’ll leave that up to Thomas Levy
The “trust” has been proposed as a vehicle to “secure” investments. The only way investments would be unsecured would be if the company was sold or went broke. Let’s discount liquidation, because I actually think they’ve been trading insolvently so long that it will just be another drop in the ocean to have them continue for a few more years
I would argue the ONLY way to “secure” investments is to get the collateral out of the hands of Ames, and make the equity liquid. The only way to do this would be to put it under the control of a public company in the UK. This, of course, will have massive ramifications in terms of Shipley’s calling the debt in, but let’s ignore that for the moment.
If you created a public company in the UK, there are several things you could do:
Firstly, you could devolve Ames’ shareholdings in all the Harlequin RDC’s, bringing them under the ownership of the UK PLC. Please note I do not mean to “take” the shares off Ames – he can still buy shares in the PLC, not without transferring ownership first, though.
This will be the most important step, as the land assets & other equity is what will give the PLC the base-line share value. This could either be done by keeping the RDC’s (for the purposes of avoiding the issue with Shipley’s), or “selling” the land to the PLC for £1 or something, transferring rights of investors etc as required (described below), dissolving the RDC’s as a result
Secondly, you’d then have to accommodate the investors in the initial offering. To do this, you would take any of the SIPP investors who have received redress out of the equation. You’d take out the third party creditors (they’re not investors anyway), leaving you with the cash investors only; and, I suppose, any SIPP investor who doesn’t want redress, and wishes to proceed. I don’t know the specifics of how this would work – buy you’ll give them shares in the PLC somehow
Thirdly, once you’ve created the PLC, have the “private” (pre-offering) shareholders (cash / sipp investors) in place & the equity, you’ll have a PLC with real value, and scope for growth (which will attract investors at all levels). This will then allow you, as a substantial financier, to invest a significant sum into the company with both the security and roadmap for growth, effectively buying BB & Blu at the discounted price you want.
As its a PLC, you’ll be able to see the transparent progress, as well as ensuring everything done by the company is both in agreement with the board & shareholders (you’ll have an AGM); as well as keeping financials published.
So what about returns?
Well, this is where things get interesting.
The Harlequin “model” has always been 50/50 rental share for those who complete. This means that if a PLC raised the capital required to build out the rest of the resorts, you’d have the following setup:
1. You’d have a PLC which owned the land & the hotels
2. The PLC would be owned by a series of shareholders (mostly the cash investors, but also external), whom would receive dividends based on the PLC’s net income for the period (notice the PLC’s net income; not just a single hotel)
3. The company would split revenues with investors who paid the PLC money to buy properties off the PLC. I’m not sure whether these people would have to sell their shares or something – it would complicate the structure somewhat, but is doable
4. As the company expands (with the newly raised capital), the extra resorts will eventually bring in the rental returns which will both fuel the net income of the PLC, and investors’ returns. By virtue of this (growing) revenue, the cash investors who do not wish to “complete” will be able to sell their shares on an ad-hoc bases
5. This will provide the company with the ability to grow independent to any finance required to get investors into a position so that they can “complete” (mortgages), as long as capital is there to build with; which would be forthcoming with a PLC.
This is my plan to get the cash investors their money back. You could put into action early 2016 after the WK case I believe.
I’m amazed that someone spent part of their life typing the above.
No our Irish mate is no mystic meg, he is probably along with his mates the one group that Ames knows will destroy the toxic turd.
Let’s face it he and his mates are probably behind the leaks, The recordings, the majority of the trouble Ames is dealing with, even the SFO. Is he not still buddies with Wilkins Kennedy….. Walton Fatchett CLC Crazier
And Ames knows this… 😉 😉
Even RL feel Ames could be locked up for contempt lol
Ames wasted and stole over £200 million, for weeks it was Ingham and Broughton now we are back to the builder.
Lol…,.
Having been a faithful reader of BFP for the past two year I can say
without doubt that it has NEVER been Erica…
On his own Walton is little or no threat to Ames, but if he has given stuff to the Irish builder that’s the problem.
Walton is not just GFs puppet, indeed more importantly he has been providing information and working with Others
He is an SFO witness
Mr Ware, we are with you. Stop sending our masonic mate messages,
When our mate claimed he was at the upper echelons, he was not telling the truth. We need to be careful. We have spies in our midst.
Lock down information.
Ames is not on the level. Bro Irish builder is and as such gets our vote.
Bro Irish Builder can be a little temper driven. However, his heart is in the right place.
He seems to be cross about a ceremony in October 2014. We cannot understand why. There is enough to roll with.
Nobody gives a shit about your spazzy mong kid or whether you are offended by any accurate description of the abortion bucket escapee.
I Think I Figured Out A Way For The Cash Investors
August 27, 2014 at 10:00 pm
What makes you think that thousands of people are going to visit any of those Harlequin holiday resorts? Where is your research and financial analysis of the Caribbean tourist market ? Also are you aware about the local politics in all of the localities?
Why don’t you have a quick look on the local realtors’ websites. You will find far better hotels and good land with PP on sale at a fraction of the cost that Harlequin paid.
Why did Ames pay so much money for the flood plain at Buccament? The barren cliff at Merricks, the hills in St Lucia… etcetera ?
If you can’t handle the heat, well basically put your face in my butt crack and take a big deep breath. Love E
@ Ravenswood Hotel 27th Aug 4.58. Is it possible that Ames has an obsession with mosquitoes?
Visitors to BB complain about an insufficiency of mosquito coils and look at this tourist advice for Panama. I’m not surprised that resort didn’t get off the ground.
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/panama/763795#sthash.kfrgV7wU.dpbs
@ Another fool figures out 2.49. Did DAmes pay too much for inferior sites as part of a money laundering (or more likely brown envelope) strategy? “I’ve got a few or even quite a lot (St Lucia) doggy acres, so if you pay me more than they’re worth, we’ll fudge the planning permission and you can get a personal cut, while your “investors” get screwed.”
Bro Irish Builder has an aversion towards bent lawyers and there are plenty of them in and associated with Harlequin. Bro Irish Builder looks forward to the outcome in October 2014.
The Equaliser
We too await with interest the October 2014 matter.
Surely the earlier matter would please you more ?
If that went for you, well, it would be a very pleasing day.
Can we be friends again ?
@ Backhanders 3.45 and the little turd claimed to have bought the land from the millions he made selling a business.
It is our sole objective to bring this matter to conclusion.
Today has convinced us that this needs to happen.
@ Somewhere in Spain 4.42. There’s plenty of ganja around, especially in SVG. I’ve met the man to whom Ames tugs his forelock. It is quite clear who is the gentleman in charge at the BB site. and he is nothing to do with the Ames family, or former cruise ship entertainments managers or any w*nker who’s worked in any kind of hotel….. If you bothered to give him the time of day, he’d treat you as an equal. He spent all day on the resort and knew exactly what was going on.
@ Backhanders 6.16 Thanks Backhanders, All these lies coming to light can only be a good thing.
Good for the Irish builder, good for Wilkins Kennedy (why should people be vilified for things they haven’t done or for miniscule peccadillos compared to the great turd’s crimes?).
What has butt cracks and stupid comments got to do with Harlequin, missing money and broken promises….how many bent agents bought themselves nice Mercedes stealing honest people’s cash, how many properties has Ames bought with our cash? Even Rl site is more interesting than this rubbish.
Danny Boy your recent transgressions will be overlooked this time.
Whilst you may be concerned about a back lash from the Toxic Turd, there is safety in numbers especially if those numbers hold the trump card as is the case here.
Dave and Carol, enjoy your weekend. 😉
@Another fool figures out a new way for cash investors
Sure – I’ve never been to the Caribbean nor have I taken the time to look at land prices in the area, nor the prices paid by Harlequin. I was merely postulating a solution for cash investors, who currently stand to lose a lot if the company goes down (it won’t)
I was also putting up something decent for people to dwell on, instead of the stupid bickering of some posters.
I don’t think thousands of people are going to visit Harlequin’s hotels.
Firstly, they are meant to be “luxury”. This does not lend itself to massive throughput; more a refined, exclusive experience for a family or couple who want to get away from the hustle bustle of a busy life. Sure you can go to Spain & other places, but the Caribbean certainly has its value too, IF you can make a hotel worthy of making the trip for. My lack of local knowledge is certainly an impediment there.
I’ve been observing some of the docs & other statistics coming online over the past few months, and have found some merit in the numbers of people actually making the pilgrimage to Buccament Bay. It may be run down & the reviews might be fake, but people are going. How many is a different matter completely.
I am of the firm belief that the hotel industry’s product lifecycle starts at a decade. This means it will take at least a decade for the first “swathe” of visitors to come & visit, another decade for the next generation, etc. At the very least, it’s a yearly business. BB has been running for what? 4 years? So it’s coming up to half way through its initial life cycle. At 5 years, you’d have to gauge the growth of the development based on the throughput.
You seem to hold more opinions about the local area. Perhaps you’d like to discuss the land situation in the locality? Might give some more ideas to the cash investors
@RL
“We read it and wonder how any Harlequin business could get a PLC status.”
I’ve not been involved with taking a company public in the UK before. I’m not sure about the stipulations to make it a viable offering.
However, I do believe that it will be an attractive proposition the way I outlined before. As a financier, you’ll be able to pick up the hotels cheap, and still accommodate the cash investors.
You mention “any Harlequin business”. Creating a publicly traded company would not be for the current Harlequin setup; it would have to be a new entity. How that would work is beyond my experience, but if you created a new entity to hold the land & other assets, you’ll have access to the asset base of the company without having to deal with a single individual who could easily disappear.
That is how external financiers will be able to leverage the asset base that’s currently there. Might not be worth a lot ($15m, $20m?), but it will give the ability for financiers who would have otherwise not wanted to get involved, the ability to invest capital, thus making the company’s asset base more liquid.
“often turn out to have an element of truth in time”
Not these ramblings. The only person who knows the truth is David Ames. He’s the shareholder of the RDC’s, and consequently, will hold the keys to what happens next.
My original post was sparked by the realization that currently, the success / failure of Harlequin depends on Ames. His companies own the land, which at the moment, has no form of activity at all being performed on them. The illiquidity of the asset base is woefully evident, and is the main cause of the entire problem with Harlequin.
The problem has arisen because money which should have gone into building, went on commission. Moral implications aside, that means that only a portion of the planned hotels could ever be constructed without external finance, leading to the situation we have today.
Imagine it like a “credit crunch”, but just for Harlequin. Without having any units completed, the company cannot attract finance, who need some sort of leverage to justify a return. The finance cannot come because Ames needs too much to build the next resorts in one go; he’d be better making smaller steps with less financial risk to external money men.
Ames’ original plan was to raise a mortgage on the land & hotels already constructed. This will be catastrophic for the company, as it will not resolve the core issue – which is their asset base is set in stone. They need to leverage the assets they already have (land), to help build the hotels. They already had one chance to do this and fucked it up. To give cash investors a chance, they’ll have to find a way to realize the equity in their land.
The PLC is to describe a way to free up the equity held in the assets, allowing a larger group of the financial community to push forward the construction of the hotels. This will be very risky, but if it can be pulled off, it will provide the investors with at least something they can sell for a return.
“inadequately thought out solution”
Inadequately thought out or not, it’s still better than the “trust”, and is also better than the RL “counter offer”, which is trying to accomplish the same aim as I have detailed, without actually fixing the underlying problem.
I am simply an observer in this – highly interested to see the outcome.
A way for cash –
Me and our federation have no interest in saving Mr Ames.
If Mr Ware get’s his appeal, then so be it. He is not our enemy.
If Mr Ware communicates his agreement via our mutual communicator, we will post a later post confirming our agreement.
We will simply declare that we are prepared to share the treasure.
@AWFC – “I was merely postulating a solution for cash investors, who
currently stand to lose a lot if the company goes down (it won’t)”…
In the eyes of most on here it has already failed. Your “solution”
is so pie-in-the-sky its laughable !!
@ Anonymous 8.34 thanks for your input. There are perhaps 1500 people (non sipps?) who’d like to see an attempt at least made to keep it going – laughable or not.
Who would run Ames Plc ?
Calling Danny Boy
We’re heading where eagles dare. It’s all going for a Burton.
There is a deal to be done but we’re not waving hands around.
Would that be the same paddy o’ware who RL allowed to run riot over their blog? No collusion there then.
Where Eagles Dare …
Will you be sending an SMS to our intermediary ? He is waiting on the Spanish border.
Following the events of today, we are now 100% behind the game plan. There are standards of behaviour which have been broken. We are left with no choice.
There seem to be several conversations going on here. Some
have nothing to do with the Caribbean and very little to do with
Harlequin…
Anons 11:04 and 11:07 you both are exhibit A. Ever thought of
posting a positive comment?
Brethren, unless I have totally misjudged the situation we all have the same goal ?
Time to flush the toxic turd down the pan?
Why is Dan posting so much ?
Danny Boy, you have the power to torpedo the toxic turd. It’s time.
Regulatory Legal is now being formally investigated by the SRA more proof that Harlequin is being targeted unfairly.
An SRA team has been appointed to investigate the affairs of Regulatory Legal.
Investors should now be warned that Regulatory Legal was only interested in the liquidation of Harlequin.
Investors should now consider using Holkham Compensation a not for profit company who will arrange redress with no hidden agendas.
Please contact holkham compensation.com for further information. The company is legally entitled to seek redress for clients, contrary to the claims by Regulatory Legal and is working closely with Dave Ames and Harlequin.
We hope that the investigation into Regulatory Legal will demonstrate to all investors that the safest option for their investments is to join the Harlequin Trust.
How can it be not for profit when you charge fees ?
Also, is not the owner a big mate of Tailormade ?
What about the £400m of money not applied properly ?
Have you heard that BB staff have not been paid on time ?
Is Bob PHIG getting a cut ?
Authorisation is required, Halkham don’t have that Bro. Walton seen to that.
Holkham compensation what a fucking joke.
Give us a break & take your blatent spam somewhere else. I’d rather trust RL with my case than a bunch of uninsured, unauthorized cowboys who don’t have any case at all.
And further, it’s not a “not for profit”. How can you even claim that? Liars.
They should change their name to Hokum Compensation…
Any guess what the next PHAG /Harlequin update will bang on about? Time for harlequins Hiroshima moment
Harlequin know that the game is up.
When is this obvious scam gong to end and the Ames family end up in prison
This whole mess needs winding down and ending
Holk con are doing a deal with the agents they won’t sue them in return for them convincing investors to go with them. Oh yes and a split if the fees. Ask your agent to confirm this in writing 🙂
Bomb with Daves name on it .
What happened to all the really clever posters? They have not been
around for a day or two.
Our post has appeared on the Regulatory Legal forum, see below.
We are appalled by the response of Regulatory Legal to the formal investigation by the SRA which is very serious and is made up of complaints from dozens of investors.
Their response,
“Regulatory Legal Solicitors August 29, 2014 at 7:09pm
If a party writes to our regulator, it is only right and proper that our regulator looks into their concerns. That would be no different here.
We are happy to deal with any concerns or queries our regulator has. That goes without saying. As a solicitors practice, we are duty bound to respond to any queries.”
David Ames of Harlequin has attempted to deal with Regulatory Legal for over a year now, in a fair and responsible manner. However it was brought to Mr. Ames’s attention that Regulatory Legal’s only focus was access to the secure data base of investors that Mr. Ames holds, and holds in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998 ensuring that Investors details are protected.
David Ames engaged with Regulatory Legal on a good faith basis as a result of assurances given by Regulatory Legal, that they were committed to working with David Ames, in providing Investors with the assurances they required that their investments were protected.
It was David Ames who initially suggested the trust, a concept eagerly accepted in its entirety by Regulatory Legal.
A number of agreements were set out, and Regulatory Legal agreed that monies they collected from investors would be used to carry out professional valuations of the Harlequin Resorts, pay for the independent legal advice necessary for the establishment of the trust and to fund the preparation and finalizing of accounts for the various Resort Development companies.
It was as a result of these agreements that David Ames actively encouraged investors to pay Regulatory Legal £200 + Vat. David Ames even went as far as to mail all investors on behalf of Regulatory Legal in order to maintain investors details as is David Ames’ legal requirement under the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
However David Ames subsequently discovered that Regulatory Legal had not paid the payments they received from investors, as per the agreements David Ames had with Regulatory Legal.
Not only did David Ames attempt to seek resolution of the matter with Regulatory Legal , David Ames pleaded with Regulatory Legal to refund the monies to investors if Regulatory Legal were unwilling to honor the agreements they made with David Ames.
Instead of engaging with David Ames, Regulatory Legal began a campaign of gross misinformation against David Ames and his companies and began to act in a most hostile manner. It became apparent that Regulatory Legal were only concerned with possible redress claims that they felt they could obtain for clients and David Ames was most concerned that Regulatory Legal had fraudulently obtained money from David Ames’ investors.
David Ames however did not wish to inflame the situation, and had hoped at all times that Regulatory Legal would come to their senses and return the fraudulently obtained funds to the investors. They have not.
David Ames was eventually so incensed at the arrogance and wholly unethical manner in which Regulatory Legal dealt with their clients that he made his legal team and Hefin Rees available to the clients who wished to obtain a full refund at no charge.
David Ames was also very concerned that Regulatory Legal were looking to excessively charge investors who had a very valid claims for redress, charging up to 30% of monies invested by investors for a service that is provided free of charge by the UK Government through the FOS and FSCS schemes.
Thus David Ames contacted us at Holkham Compensation, we provide a non profit service for Redress Clients unlike the 30% fees charged by Regulatory Legal.
As a result of the alleged fraudulent activities carried out by Regulatory Legal a very serious complaint has been made to the SRA who have acted expeditiously on the matter, given the very serious nature of the allegations, and will be sending a team into the Regulatory Legal offices on Monday to forensically go through their documents and accounts.
The SRA only take such action in the most serious of cases and anyone considering using Regulatory Legal at this time should now reconsider. We also ask investors who have paid over monies to Regulatory Legal and who have not yet made a complaint to the SRA to consider doing so.
David Ames is personally deeply saddened that a company that he trusted to assist him in giving Investors confidence have acted in such a wholly unprofessional manner and potentially committed fraud against many of his investors. He however is thankful for the very quick response and action taken by the SRA in the matter and is relieved that no more investors will be taken in by Regulatory Legal.
Below is a section from the Regulatory Legal forum demonstrating the utter contempt in which they hold their clients, their response to the very serious situation and investigations facing Regulatory Legal is to put it mildly an absolute disgrace.
SRA Investigation Posted by David Peck on August 29, 2014 at 5:34pm
Someone called “Holkham Compensation” posted this on BFP:
Regulatory Legal is now being formally investigated by the SRA more proof that Harlequin is being targeted unfairly.
An SRA team has been appointed to investigate the affairs of Regulatory Legal.
Investors should now be warned that Regulatory Legal was only interested in the liquidation of Harlequin.
Investors should now consider using Holkham Compensation a not for profit company who will arrange redress with no hidden agendas.
Please contact holkham compensation.com for further information. The company is legally entitled to seek redress for clients, contrary to the claims by Regulatory Legal and is working closely with Dave Ames and Harlequin.
We hope that the investigation into Regulatory Legal will demonstrate to all investors that the safest option for their investments is to join the Harlequin Trust.
Is this based on fact or fiction?
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Natalie August 29, 2014 at 7:39pm
This has Ames written all over it. “the safest option for their investments is to join the Harlequin Trust”
I would rather poke my own eyes out than give the toad another 5 year grace.
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Maria Teresa Legros August 29, 2014 at 7:13pm
These are serious allegations to be made by these people. Whoever wrote this should be made to apologise to RL and taken straight to court for trying to blacken their good name. This gets worse as it goes on, I’m absolutely furious that this can happen by all these nasty, devious individuals!! They are so desperate!!!
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Regulatory Legal Solicitors August 29, 2014 at 7:09pm
If a party writes to our regulator, it is only right and proper that our regulator looks into their concerns. That would be no different here.
We are happy to deal with any concerns or queries our regulator has. That goes without saying. As a solicitors practice, we are duty bound to respond to any queries.
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Patrick August 29, 2014 at 6:59pm
Who cares any client who cannot see exactly what kind of tactic this is has no place on here . RL have worked very hard to provide a solution and the toxic turd dismissed it out of hand .whoever if anyone has complained is a blithering idiot and is better of signing the turds stupid trust and let the rest of us fight for justice.
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This is now a real problem for Ames.
Dear Holkham,
A few things :-
– RL charge 15% plus VAT, not 30%
– Your charging the same
Nice attempt at a stitch up, but no dice.
The latest update from the Basildon Bunker
Chairman’s Update: 29th August, 2014
Dear All,
With an incredibly busy summer period coming to an end, I think now is a good time to update investors on where Harlequin stands today. It really has been quite an eventful year so far.
Occupancy
I have just returned from Buccament Bay Resort where, as some investors witnessed for themselves, we were at full occupancy for periods with many families, couples and friends all enjoying their summer holidays. This is quite an achievement when you consider that many Caribbean hotels suffer in the summer for what is typically their low season.
It has been the busiest summer period since Buccament Bay Resort opened and bookings remain very strong through to Christmas 2014.
So far this year, bookings are up by approximately 20% on 2013 and we have opened many new cabanas this year into hotel inventory in order to meet the growing demand for guest occupancy.
New opportunities
We continue to enjoy strong support from the travel industry; this is in spite of continuing attempts to undermine the business by unscrupulous individuals who post false negative reviews and rumours online in order to harm the hotels’ reputations. An example of the support for the product was shown by a recent promotional campaign ran by a tour operator named Travel Zoo that brought in around 200 bookings for Harlequin in just a few weeks.
Efforts to crack the US market continue ahead of St Vincent’s new airport opening next year. Our experienced team has been representing the resorts at trade shows and developing relationships with influential agents. Many US agents have now visited our hotels and are only now in a position to recommend the product to clients, which makes for an exciting future.
As an example, I recently met a major US agent who described Buccament Bay Resort as their “new favorite resort” and “loved” blu, St Lucia, to quote their email to me. As a result, the agent will soon begin marketing to their “millions of clients” and they confidently predict they can “fill both hotels”.
West Indies & Bangladesh cricket teams
Buccament Bay Resort will be hosting both the West Indies and Bangladesh cricket teams in September for over a week as they take part in a five day test match in St Vincent. They will be joined on resort by cricket officials and committee members, who will also hold a conference whilst staying with us.
Harlequin Air
Harlequin Air, operated by Caribbean Helicopters, soft launched in August and the feedback has been extremely positive from guests enjoying the added dimension of luxury and style to their stays with us. There have been teething problems, which are to be expected when creating a brand new international air transfer service from scratch, but these have been overcome and it is a proud moment seeing this value-adding, unique service get off the ground.
Trust
Constructive meetings continue with SIPP providers with the general feeling being one of support on the basis that Harlequin works closely with the SIPP providers in addressing any queries and resolving issues where possible.
We have not set a deadline for investors entering the Trust at present because it is neither in Harlequin’s nor investors’ best interests to impose a false sense of urgency that will cause further stress, particularly given the time of year (summer holiday season). With that said, we are mindful that the sooner the Trust is established, the sooner investors are protected by the security on offer and Harlequin can obtain finance to realise its and your investment goals.
Finance
As you are aware, we already possess a Letter of Intent from a leading global five star hotel operator, which could act as a route to finance, and discussions are ongoing with a number of third parties. Harlequin has a duty to be extremely careful and diligent in any finance related decision it makes and therefore always proceeds with extreme caution. Although finance is the ultimately top priority, we are also exploring options for hotel management, project management for development, and other related avenues.
Following a lot of work over the summer, I am pleased to reveal that negotiations with a major international tourism brand are advanced with the framework for a deal agreed that will contribute greatly to Harlequin meeting its objectives for investors at both ends of the spectrum. I expect to be able to provide more details soon; in the meantime, I can reveal that the deal is likely to include both Buccament Bay Resort and blu, St Lucia.
Completions
I am delighted to confirm that the main SIPP providers have started to proceed with completions and signing contracts. Not only is this fantastic news for SIPP investors who want to see their investment succeed, but it also clearly shows that confidence is returning and the plans I have set in place are materialising.
We have some units left for completion, so if you have balancing funds available to complete, please contact either Dan Dalligan or Vinny Stenning so we can begin working towards completion and delivery of your investment. Their contact details are as follows:
01268 24 24 60
ddalligan @ harlequinhotelsandresorts com
vstenning @ harlequinhotelsandresorts com
With the support of external funding, income from completions will create a snowball effect that will enable Harlequin to develop and open hotels at an accelerated rate and provide purchasers with rental returns.
Wilkins Kennedy professional negligence claim
Now that Wilkins Kennedy and Martin MacDonald have submitted their defences, we will submit a robust and thorough reply in the coming weeks. We expect the claim to go to trial in 2015.
Unconstructive distractions
Lately you may have noticed that we have sent fewer emails countering the negative PR tactics employed by Gareth Fatchett of Regulatory Legal (“R Legal”).
Our relative silence has been due to a few reasons, chief among them being that I am devoting my energy to the most important matter: the business and its future success.
Investors and agents have always been split between those who want us to respond to R Legal and those who would prefer us to ignore the atmosphere of negativity that R Legal try to engender.
It is also the case that the reaction from investors and agents to R Legal’s scaremongering has decreased to the point where the last month or two has seen barely a handful of people get in touch with us to clarify comments about us. In fact, we have seen a number of investors coming to join the Trust because of R Legal’s negative tactics. Clearly the vast majority now realise that the statements are designed to manipulate investors and create customers for R Legal, although we are always more than happy to deal with any enquiries that will put an investor’s mind at rest.
True colours
Through his actions, it has become apparent that Mr Fatchett will try every trick in the book to destroy Harlequin. Presumably this is because a failed investment increases his chances of redress success and reaping commissions. Having been frustrated by his own attempts to harm the business, Mr Fatchett has desperately jumped on the bandwagon of legal action by another firm, which he publicises with curious gusto via social media and other means. Essentially, Mr Fatchett shamelessly backs whichever horse will increase the chances of bringing Harlequin to its knees. This has been underlined by the knowledge that a prominent member of Mr Fatchett’s group collaborated with the other firm to generate negative publicity for Harlequin.
Indeed, Mr Fatchett has told Harlequin members of staff that he as good as controls that action by a separate firm.
Out of the loop
There have been too many misinformed and/or misguided statements to clarify them all here, but it is important to remember that R Legal is out of the loop as far as Harlequin is concerned and they certainly do not possess clairvoyant gifts that enable them to know what is happening with the Trust, administration, finance, and so on. R Legal merely guesses or shares the worst case scenario on as many forums as possible with anyone who is willing to listen to their spin.
A worried investor put under pressure is more likely to become an R Legal client, hence the endless imminent deadlines and grave warnings for the last 18 months. Sadly, the likely result of joining Team Fatchett is limited to placing more monies in the pocket of R Legal and further ostracising the investment in an already difficult environment, where the only winner will be R Legal if it achieves its goal of redress.
HMSSE administration
To give you some examples regarding R Legal’s recent output, the situation regarding HMSSE’s administration is represented to be a clear cut ‘doom and gloom’ situation, when in fact it is far more complex than R Legal either let on or understand. The Shipleys extension does end in the near future, but they have not confirmed if they will or will not apply for a further extension and they certainly have not confirmed their final decision regarding a Company Voluntary Agreement. The decision rests on a number of contingencies that Harlequin are working on with Shipleys, all of which R Legal is not involved in or has no knowledge of, so by involving themselves in this process they are simply making un-educated guesses to de-stabilise those who will listen.
Harlequin is still fully confident and has good reason to believe that HMSSE can trade out of administration and we remain in positive discussions with Shipleys.
Irrelevant levy
In another recent email, R Legal shared the esoteric news that the FSCS (Financial Services Compensation Scheme) announced that there might be an interim levy and used it as yet another tenuous reason not to join the Trust. R Legal even implied that any adviser who suggested entering the Trust as a result is incompetent.
What makes this utterly bizarre is that the Trust and the interim levy, which R Legal did not explain to investors, are completely unrelated. To add to this, R Legal are not best placed to advise as they are far from experts in the field of Trust law, something that Harlequin has experienced first-hand during the course of the year.
To explain the interim levy, the FSCS charges investment providers a certain sum each year depending on their forecast for the next year’s redress claims. If the FSCS has to pay out on more redress claims than anticipated, they raise more money with an interim levy (i.e. charging the providers for more funds). That alone tells you that it has absolutely no relevance whatsoever to the Trust, but this is underlined by the fact that the interim levy is based on past claims, not future claims.
Short memories
Lastly, R Legal likes to repeat that external finance has not appeared as yet. As we have stated many times and Gareth Fatchett pointed out himself before abandoning the Trust, finance will be forthcoming once the Trust is in place.
It is clear that investors are tired of these self-serving distractions and R Legal’s general conduct. In fact, we are aware that a number of investors are outraged and have accordingly reported Mr Fatchett and R Legal to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Finally
I hope it is evident to you all that the business is strengthening with each month that goes by and we are closer than ever to meeting the expectations of all kinds of Harlequin investor. We are acutely aware of the different categories of investor and will continue to work hard to satisfy the demands of all, which will be far easier once the Trust is up and running and finance is generated to accelerate construction of our exciting projects.
Regards,
Dave Ames
Chairman
The most obvious attempt at a stitch up in history.
Chairmans Update
Dear All,
With an incredibly busy summer period coming to an end, I think now is a good time to update investors on where Harlequin stands today. It really has been quite an eventful year so far.
Occupancy
I have just returned from Buccament Bay Resort where, as some investors witnessed for themselves, we were at full occupancy for periods with many families, couples and friends all enjoying their summer holidays. This is quite an achievement when you consider that many Caribbean hotels suffer in the summer for what is typically their low season.
It has been the busiest summer period since Buccament Bay Resort opened and bookings remain very strong through to Christmas 2014.
So far this year, bookings are up by approximately 20% on 2013 and we have opened many new cabanas this year into hotel inventory in order to meet the growing demand for guest occupancy.
New opportunities
We continue to enjoy strong support from the travel industry; this is in spite of continuing attempts to undermine the business by unscrupulous individuals who post false negative reviews and rumours online in order to harm the hotels’ reputations. An example of the support for the product was shown by a recent promotional campaign ran by a tour operator named Travel Zoo that brought in around 200 bookings for Harlequin in just a few weeks.
Efforts to crack the US market continue ahead of St Vincent’s new airport opening next year. Our experienced team has been representing the resorts at trade shows and developing relationships with influential agents. Many US agents have now visited our hotels and are only now in a position to recommend the product to clients, which makes for an exciting future.
As an example, I recently met a major US agent who described Buccament Bay Resort as their “new favorite resort” and “loved” blu, St Lucia, to quote their email to me. As a result, the agent will soon begin marketing to their “millions of clients” and they confidently predict they can “fill both hotels”.
West Indies & Bangladesh cricket teams
Buccament Bay Resort will be hosting both the West Indies and Bangladesh cricket teams in September for over a week as they take part in a five day test match in St Vincent. They will be joined on resort by cricket officials and committee members, who will also hold a conference whilst staying with us.
Harlequin Air
Harlequin Air, operated by Caribbean Helicopters, soft launched in August and the feedback has been extremely positive from guests enjoying the added dimension of luxury and style to their stays with us. There have been teething problems, which are to be expected when creating a brand new international air transfer service from scratch, but these have been overcome and it is a proud moment seeing this value-adding, unique service get off the ground.
Trust
Constructive meetings continue with SIPP providers with the general feeling being one of support on the basis that Harlequin works closely with the SIPP providers in addressing any queries and resolving issues where possible.
We have not set a deadline for investors entering the Trust at present because it is neither in Harlequin’s nor investors’ best interests to impose a false sense of urgency that will cause further stress, particularly given the time of year (summer holiday season). With that said, we are mindful that the sooner the Trust is established, the sooner investors are protected by the security on offer and Harlequin can obtain finance to realise its and your investment goals.
Finance
As you are aware, we already possess a Letter of Intent from a leading global five star hotel operator, which could act as a route to finance, and discussions are ongoing with a number of third parties. Harlequin has a duty to be extremely careful and diligent in any finance related decision it makes and therefore always proceeds with extreme caution. Although finance is the ultimately top priority, we are also exploring options for hotel management, project management for development, and other related avenues.
Following a lot of work over the summer, I am pleased to reveal that negotiations with a major international tourism brand are advanced with the framework for a deal agreed that will contribute greatly to Harlequin meeting its objectives for investors at both ends of the spectrum. I expect to be able to provide more details soon; in the meantime, I can reveal that the deal is likely to include both Buccament Bay Resort and blu, St Lucia.
Completions
I am delighted to confirm that the main SIPP providers have started to proceed with completions and signing contracts. Not only is this fantastic news for SIPP investors who want to see their investment succeed, but it also clearly shows that confidence is returning and the plans I have set in place are materialising.
We have some units left for completion, so if you have balancing funds available to complete, please contact either Dan Dalligan or Vinny Stenning so we can begin working towards completion and delivery of your investment. Their contact details are as follows:
01268 24 24 60
ddalligan harlequinhotelsandresorts.com
vstenning harlequinhotelsandresorts.com
With the support of external funding, income from completions will create a snowball effect that will enable Harlequin to develop and open hotels at an accelerated rate and provide purchasers with rental returns.
Wilkins Kennedy professional negligence claim
Now that Wilkins Kennedy and Martin MacDonald have submitted their defences, we will submit a robust and thorough reply in the coming weeks. We expect the claim to go to trial in 2015.
Unconstructive distractions
Lately you may have noticed that we have sent fewer emails countering the negative PR tactics employed by Gareth Fatchett of Regulatory Legal (“R Legal”).
Our relative silence has been due to a few reasons, chief among them being that I am devoting my energy to the most important matter: the business and its future success.
Investors and agents have always been split between those who want us to respond to R Legal and those who would prefer us to ignore the atmosphere of negativity that R Legal try to engender.
It is also the case that the reaction from investors and agents to R Legal’s scaremongering has decreased to the point where the last month or two has seen barely a handful of people get in touch with us to clarify comments about us. In fact, we have seen a number of investors coming to join the Trust because of R Legal’s negative tactics. Clearly the vast majority now realise that the statements are designed to manipulate investors and create customers for R Legal, although we are always more than happy to deal with any enquiries that will put an investor’s mind at rest.
True colours
Through his actions, it has become apparent that Mr Fatchett will try every trick in the book to destroy Harlequin. Presumably this is because a failed investment increases his chances of redress success and reaping commissions. Having been frustrated by his own attempts to harm the business, Mr Fatchett has desperately jumped on the bandwagon of legal action by another firm, which he publicises with curious gusto via social media and other means. Essentially, Mr Fatchett shamelessly backs whichever horse will increase the chances of bringing Harlequin to its knees. This has been underlined by the knowledge that a prominent member of Mr Fatchett’s group collaborated with the other firm to generate negative publicity for Harlequin.
Indeed, Mr Fatchett has told Harlequin members of staff that he as good as controls that action by a separate firm.
Out of the loop
There have been too many misinformed and/or misguided statements to clarify them all here, but it is important to remember that R Legal is out of the loop as far as Harlequin is concerned and they certainly do not possess clairvoyant gifts that enable them to know what is happening with the Trust, administration, finance, and so on. R Legal merely guesses or shares the worst case scenario on as many forums as possible with anyone who is willing to listen to their spin.
A worried investor put under pressure is more likely to become an R Legal client, hence the endless imminent deadlines and grave warnings for the last 18 months. Sadly, the likely result of joining Team Fatchett is limited to placing more monies in the pocket of R Legal and further ostracising the investment in an already difficult environment, where the only winner will be R Legal if it achieves its goal of redress.
HMSSE administration
To give you some examples regarding R Legal’s recent output, the situation regarding HMSSE’s administration is represented to be a clear cut ‘doom and gloom’ situation, when in fact it is far more complex than R Legal either let on or understand. The Shipleys extension does end in the near future, but they have not confirmed if they will or will not apply for a further extension and they certainly have not confirmed their final decision regarding a Company Voluntary Agreement. The decision rests on a number of contingencies that Harlequin are working on with Shipleys, all of which R Legal is not involved in or has no knowledge of, so by involving themselves in this process they are simply making un-educated guesses to de-stabilise those who will listen.
Harlequin is still fully confident and has good reason to believe that HMSSE can trade out of administration and we remain in positive discussions with Shipleys.
Irrelevant levy
In another recent email, R Legal shared the esoteric news that the FSCS (Financial Services Compensation Scheme) announced that there might be an interim levy and used it as yet another tenuous reason not to join the Trust. R Legal even implied that any adviser who suggested entering the Trust as a result is incompetent.
What makes this utterly bizarre is that the Trust and the interim levy, which R Legal did not explain to investors, are completely unrelated. To add to this, R Legal are not best placed to advise as they are far from experts in the field of Trust law, something that Harlequin has experienced first-hand during the course of the year.
To explain the interim levy, the FSCS charges investment providers a certain sum each year depending on their forecast for the next year’s redress claims. If the FSCS has to pay out on more redress claims than anticipated, they raise more money with an interim levy (i.e. charging the providers for more funds). That alone tells you that it has absolutely no relevance whatsoever to the Trust, but this is underlined by the fact that the interim levy is based on past claims, not future claims.
Short memories
Lastly, R Legal likes to repeat that external finance has not appeared as yet. As we have stated many times and Gareth Fatchett pointed out himself before abandoning the Trust, finance will be forthcoming once the Trust is in place.
It is clear that investors are tired of these self-serving distractions and R Legal’s general conduct. In fact, we are aware that a number of investors are outraged and have accordingly reported Mr Fatchett and R Legal to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Finally
I hope it is evident to you all that the business is strengthening with each month that goes by and we are closer than ever to meeting the expectations of all kinds of Harlequin investor. We are acutely aware of the different categories of investor and will continue to work hard to satisfy the demands of all, which will be far easier once the Trust is up and running and finance is generated to accelerate construction of our exciting projects.
Regards,
Dave Ames
Chairman
DANNY BOY AKA WALTON
Is the above also a stitch up?????
You and your mate got caught with your hand in the till and now its curtains for you matey. lol
@ Holkham Compensation 8.16.
My favourite quote from this long post is “David Ames was most concerned RL fraudulemtly obtained money from clients…”
Expressions about pot and kettle seem a bit to genteel for this example. I prefer to introduce The pig potatoes cauldron calling the mash bucket dirty.
The killer quote is in the last sentence “The company is legally entitled to seek redress for clients, contrary to the claims by Regulatory Legal and is working closely with Dave Ames and Harlequin”
Nobody who’s a client of RL is going to select a firm that is working closely with Dave Ames and Harlequin.
Here’s a lesson for DA and Harleqin. Once you’ve lost the confidence of people, by treating them really, shittily badly. You can NEVER regain the confidence. You can never get them back on your side.
Anonymous – I bet you that won’t be the case.
Remember all the pink forms and the terms of business. Sets out the relationship quite clearly.
Problem comes from Ames & Co telling people they had to pay to join the trust. RL did not say that and it does not appear in their terms.
Just a point to mention.
Let’s hope for Mr Ames, GF isn’t successful in his most recent endeavour. If so, then I doubt there will be any quarter given.
I’ve just re-read the TA review by Nigel (travelled with five kids in tow)
who wrote that after having paid his agent in full for a return in October
the agent refunded his money in full. Now why would that be?
As we say in the States “something ain’t right”
“Process
The creation of an independent trust to hold the security of the land assets for investors is a task which will require independent advice.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors will co-ordinate this process. We will need to obtain advice from local lawyers in the Caribbean in relation to the effectiveness of the security offered by Harlequin. We will also need to obtain a valuation of current assets in the various jurisdictions and embark upon an extensive due diligence process into the Harlequin Property structure and business.
With the benefit of this knowledge, you will be in a position to make an informed decision as to whether you are prepared to waive the actionable (and potentially actionable) elements of your contract.
If, after considering this process, you are content to accept the offer of securitisation from Harlequin, we will provide you with the necessary waiver document. Once this document has been executed, you will become a beneficiary under the trust and will benefit from the securitisation.
This letter is to invite you to join the Investor Trust. By accepting this invitation, you are not committing yourself to the Investor Trust or the waiver of your actionable or future actionable rights; you are merely opting in to the initial process whereby you will receive the formal documentation, advices and opinions mentioned above to enable you to make an informed decision about the Harlequin offer of securisation. ”
Seems to me that RL were saying that you need to consider the due diligence before joining any trust. The fact RL did the due diligence and then said “do not join at this point” is because the due diligence report was bad.
The later terms of business take out the valuation and say (if appropriate).
Seems to me that they have been very straightforward.
@ Warthogs over Wickford 8.43. Hi Warties good to see you again.. Thanks for the long update. “Teething problems” on the clapped out stretched Navajos? Hardly surprising. They are very old. “Brand new international air transfer service”. So is a lunch trip to Paris Plage, but hardly something to boast about.
“Unique service”. I wonder if the pilots have instructor ratings instead of passenger carrying tickets.? That’s what they say on the website.
Let’s get out the A10s and the B17s and buzz the stupid chieftains
We have been searching high and low for it. Any clues ?
Dave,
SRA will take months. You don’t have months.
Add to RL, the contempt and your favourite Celtic mate you have now lined up a very strong and very motivated group against you.
Replies
David Peck August 29, 2014 at 10:57pm
Everyone in this thread – your names have been mentioned in this comment on BFP:
https://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/newly-revealed-re…
I would suggest you email both RL & BFP to have either your name, or the comment removed from their site
This is a legally privileged forum, and I would expect my communications to be treated as such.
Reply
Regulatory Legal Solicitors August 29, 2014 at 11:02pm
David,
One of the site users is copying the forum across. We cannot stop people doing this other than removing the forum.
Reply
Harlequin Update – 29th August 2014
Posted by Regulatory Legal Solicitors on August 29, 2014 at 10:48pm
All,
Mr Ames has quite clearly put his efforts into encouraging some investors and some of our clients to complain to our own regulator.
We were told about this around the time when Mr Ames was holding his trust meetings. Therefore, we have expected to be contacted by our own regulator since that time. This has now happened and we will respond to the queries when they are put to us.
The pincer movement by Holkham Compensation (on Barbados Free Press) and Harlequin through their updates tonight was both calculated and pre-planned. No sooner had they received confirmation from our regulator that they were going to speak to us, both parties moved to publish the fact.
We accept that this matter is highly contentious and that we give updates which do not please Harlequin. We cannot complain when we are criticised, anymore than when we criticise Harlequin.
We anticipate that the tactics of Harlequin and Holkham was designed to unsettle our clients and to seek to persuade them to sign up with the Harlequin Trust. Although, in some measure, our clients may feel unsettled, we doubt they will lose their resolve and simply sign up to whatever Harlequin offer.
No sensible person will be fooled by the way in which Holkham Compensation and Harlequin co-ordinated their updates. It is annoying for us, but we accept that this is part of the territory for these type of contentious matters.
When we consider our position, we would rather be in our position, than that of Harlequin. After all, we have not taken £400m, produced one completion, paid £200m in commission and face the on going scrutiny of the SFO.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
This was only a matter of time.
Harlequin have not come back with their own due diligence, which would have surely doused RL’s “lies”, specifically pertaining to how much revenue the company is generating, and how much land they actually own. A distinct lack of this information is very telling (they either don’t have it, it’s not worth publicising, or they are too disorganized to publish it).
I’m passed the whole “let them die” phase – I’m intrigued to see how Harlequin will pull through this. I am bitterly aggravated by their continued meddling, but oh well. More popcorn required. It’s the same old story – innocent Ames worked with a big bad company who only wanted to bring him down. What a travesty (again).
Will have to see how this Holkham thing goes.
If people are so desperate as to go with them, I only have pity. Uninsured, unauthorized, no track record, no details of how they plan to achieve redress, no credentials, no connections.
To those wanting answers about Holkham… Would you trust a Surgeon who held the same [lack of] credentials?
David Peck defender of the faith, retired know it all, who resides in the North of France, alcoholic advisor to the RL trust and regular attacker of BFP now crying to BFP that he is being mentioned on here lol.
Even though he is a self proclaimed expert on all matters financial ( one wonders why he invested in Harlequin if that was the case) his fondness for the cooking sherry apparently had fried his brain……. He now wants nothing to do with this mess??????
What does he mean we wonder……..
@ Holkhams missing MoJ 9.54. Same place as the cheque … in the post. And if Holkham’s cheque is still in the post, the MoJ authorisation is unlikely to have left the office.
From last TA review..does this sound like a 5 star resort ?
“So why average? Well for the reasons mentioned elsewhere. The complex is clearly has some financial constraints and half of the complex is boarded off and becoming dilapidated. The planned restaurants and harbour have never opened or are half built and the cricket coach only came once he had been promised to pay him cash for some back pay. All of that is ok but when air conditioning is not working properly or the bar cannot serve a variety of drinks because they have run out impacts enjoyment. “
I called them about Halk con and they certainly are not authorised. Details have been sent – they will not get moj approval.
God word is enough?
Someone obviously took offence to the word PONZI and didn’t like it mentioned that the three families Nigel’s travel agent had sent out previously to BB “had commenced a legal action to recover some of their costs and did not want us to endure the same that we encountered in addition to the water sports being closed.”
It comes to something when even a UK travel agent has no faith in Harlequin or its 5 * PONZI resort.
Maria, stating that those who copy and paste from the RL forum should not be protected by GF is sad.
It’s sad that you along with others believe that GF is protecting you. GF is now formally being investigated for Fraud.
You guys are wholly ineffective in this fight. GF has no plan, never had but continues to string you guys along.
David Peck the alcoholic twit on your forum likes the sound of his own voice.
David Ames discovered that GF was working in league with Carter Lemon Cameron, Crozier, O Halloran ( the guy who triggered the collapse of Harlequin), Newman and a few others.
David Ames has been the subject of incessant attacks by greedy unscrupulous and vicious characters for a number of years now.
David Ames has never been charged nor convicted of any crime, yet GF has a team of investigators calling into his offices on Monday to begin a process of what is known as Supervision, that is the process by which the SRA only investigate the most serious of allegations.
David Ames gave GF every opportunity to make amends for his wrongful actions, but is disgusted by the fraud perpetrated by GF against you guys.
Do you not find it odd that GF refuses to make a full statement to you his clients on what you call a secure website. He has no decency. And look how many contributors are on his forum, fewer then a dozen brain washed idiots like your self.
What’s the going rate for a months wages? A TV? Coffee machine ? When Harlequin goes down how long befor the locals dismantle your unit?
We can now confirm we have a number of disgruntled members signed up for our redress package. Of course, since we are not for profit, and since Regulatory Legal is now being investigated by the SRA, we are confident of providing investors with a satisfactory route to redress.
Mr Ames has never been the subject of an SFO investigation. Mr Ames has never had any of the allegations against him proven, and is currently engaged in litigation against a number of individuals who have wronged both his good name and Harlequin.
We are confident & happy with the progress of Harlequin, and hope investors join us to achieve redress from greedy, unscrupulous individuals who are trying to bring Harlequin down.
In accordance with the update sent by Harlequin yesterday, it’s clear that Regulatory Legal have been stirring defamatory and negative publicity for Harlequin, making conducting business very difficult. It is because of this that we felt compelled to act, and are now well on the way to providing assured solutions for those in need.
GF has been telling lies about Harlequin for many months – it is only now that we are in a position to bring R Legal to the justice the investors require.
To this date, GF has never provided investors with a ledger on where the trust money was spent. And still GF takes – demanding innocent investors spend £200 for even joining his site. I am disgusted by the work of GF & R Legal, and especially their treatment of Harlequin.
David Ames has never done anything wrong. He has provided information both documenting & exonerating himself & Harlequin in courts of law, proving without doubt that he has nothing to hide. Mr Ames is currently conducting work to bring the good name of Harlequin back, after these disgusting attacks.
We need to be clear about this – the investor trust is the only way that investors will be able to secure their investment. We can confirm having worked closely with the FSCS & SFO, we are able to confidently offer the trust as a viable method to achieving a return on your investment. No one else can guarantee a return on your investment – only Harlequin with the trust.
The only way to secure your investment is by joining the Harlequin trust. All the work has already been performed by R Legal & Pitmans. Investors can now just sign up for the trust, free of charge, allowing Harlequin to raise the finance required to complete the resorts. This is in investors’ best interests, and is wholly supported by the SFO, SIPP companies and FSCS
GF is currently under investigation for fraud. Who you would you rather trust? A fraudulent firm, or a company who’s never lost in court? We currently have a growing number of investors trusting their investments to Harlequin’s capable hands through the Harlequin trust.
We can also confirm the SFO has now ceased investigating Harlequin, as well as the confirmation that two highly prominent SIPP providers have signed agreements with Harlequin in support of their trust.
Why attack Maria or Mr Peck you morons ? Maria is an eloquent, polite lady. What has harlequin or the agents done apart from take our money and give us very expensive pieces of paper?
A Personal Message For Maria T Legros
August 30, 2014 at 9:50 am
What you have posted is not true. The SFO and Essex Police continue to investigate Harlequin. Nor does the SFO, SIPP companies and FSCS ‘wholly support the trust.’
You and your thieving deceitful ways are truly disgusting. You are beginning to sound desperate. We can’t wait until you are arrested, charged and sentenced. That’ll wipe the smug smile off your faces.
The SRA is regulated by Freemasons !
Can you post your MOJ certificate please?
Gareth Fatchett did not act on his clients instructions when it came to the issue of the Stat Demands. This was indeed discussed on his forum on many occasions, the screen shots from his forum have now been compiled and sent to the SRA’s investigation team.
Sadly for Mr. Fatchett it is this, and the non action on a consent order on behalf of his clients The Hartland Group which contained a Penal Notice which will cause him some very serious issues.
There is also the issue of Gareth Fatchett’s double dipping, representing those with an interest in investing in Harlequin whilst in the same breath representing those looking to claim their money back.
Dave, is this really your best shot? August 30, 2014 at 11:11 am
The SRA is regulated by Freemasons !
You are talking complete rubbish but I suspect you know that anyway. You can try as hard as you might to disrupt all negative discussion; discredit and attempt to harm the reputations of any person who stands up to Harlequin, the despicable Ames family and their bully-boy employees but it aint gonna work. The truth will out in the end.
Let’s have no more of this Masons blether. Here is a link informing you about how the SRA is regulated:
http://www.sra.org.uk/sra/how-we-work/memorandum-understanding.page
Read it and learn!
That Ames gave Holkham the client contact details for a cut of the redress?
That agents get a referral fee?
We also have it writing that the SFO and FSCS are firmly behind our attempts to give Harlequin investors a chance at receiving a return on their investment. In light of the email update issued by Dave Ames yesterday, it should now be obvious to anyone involved with the Harlequin group of companies, how the solicitors at Regulatory Legal acted fraudulently & wrongly.
Regulatory Legal have caused insurmountable damage to the Harlequin brand & the good name of the Harlequin employees, directors & shareholders. Mr Ames has tolerated this for over a year, and has decided that now is the right time to reveal RL’s true intentions. We are sorry to investors who have been mislead by this corrupt company, and wish to set amends by revealing their true colours to you all.
Our complaint to the SRA is in accordance with UK law, and as Harlequin has done nothing wrong, cannot be rebutted by Regulatory Legal without revealing their true intentions. It is unfortunately the way to which we have become accustomed to working with these people, and are ashamed to have once considered them a partner of Harlequin, to help us get the business back on track.
We hope the SRA’s investigation will be as full and proper as they informed us it would be. As Mr Ames has never been found guilty of any crime, he is well within his rights to condemn the actions of Regulatory Legal in regards to the fraudulent activities they have been engaged with. We can also confirm that Holkham Compensation is fully authorised to handle compensation cases in the UK, our MOJ authorisation is already processed & awaiting approval.
It now appears to be Shyster vs Shyster. But the biggest shyster
of them all remains to be Ames …
Let us have a look at who are the shareholders of Harlequin.
Mater Carol Ames, Daniel Ames, Matthew Ames and Nicola Kelliher née Ames. Oh and not forgetting Pater David Ames.
Two of them have freezing orders on their assets.
Isn’t another one of them in prison for… erm a massive fraud? I hear his chavvy house Marimba in leafy Goldfinch Lane is under offer and that his assets will be confiscated through the Proceeds of Crime Act.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11101423.Vince_Cable_and_victims_of_fraudster_eyeing_his_luxury___700_000_home/
Holkham – you ain’t got an MoJ authorisation – https://www.claimsregulation.gov.uk/search.aspx
Just a small point. Each and every RL client who has joined http://www.harlequininvestortrust.ning.com have to confirm they have received and read their terms of business. The TofB says money is payable for the due diligence and is non refundable.
What’s the issue ?
Holkham are authorised because Ames said so, that’s good enough for me. Ames is fighting for investors to keep Harlequin going against the Irish builder, unregulated legal , and all the others out to ruin your investment. Enough is enough well done Ames
Ah yes, the issue is that RL would not be a patsy.
@Hokuspocus(Holkham) How can you claim that you are “authorized”…who authorized you, David Ames?
“Claims Management Regulation»Business not found
Sorry, this business has not been found”
Someone telling more porkies?
Not being authorized, seems that what you say you are doing may be illegal..no?
“Holkham Compensation
August 30, 2014 at 9:40 am
We can now confirm we have a number of disgruntled members signed up for our redress package”
We hope our reply on a Saturday assures any undecided investors about our commitment to providing the most reliable redress package available for all (SIPP and cash). We are confident in Mr Ames’s judgement that Harlequin’s redress claims can be handled by more than one company, breaking the monopoly that Regulatory Legal has tied so many investors into.
Our authorization has been processed, but will not appear yet on the various reference sites you have kindly sent. In line with Harlequin’s commitment to transparency & honesty, we can confirm that we have registered, and been accepted by, all the relevant regulatory bodies governing this industry.
As proven by R Legal’s fraudulent activity, the need for professional, regulated companies is one of the most fundamental requirements for any investor looking to pursue redress. One of the reasons Mr Ames supports Holkham outright is that he believes our professional acumen, our track record, and most importantly, our commitment to providing Harlequin investors with the best possible outcome. Mirrored by Harlequin itself, our conduct is 100% regulated, and has never been under the scrutiny of such bodies as the SRA, who are specifically tasked with uncovering fraudulent activity amongst the legal profession.
With Harlequin’s finance within weeks of being secured, we are confident we can provide the appropriate redress to disgruntled investors. We understand the frustration of many, whom just want an honest return, and in line with Mr Ames and Mr Ladel of PHIG, we have created a not for profit compensation package for any investors who have yet to see a return.
Mr Ames has informed us this morning that his email update yesterday sparked a flurry of activity within his investor base, with many of them congratulating him on the final unveiling of RL’s lies. We are pleased to confirm that Mr Ames fully recommends Holkham, and has been providing contact details to our phone support team. Many investors have been speaking to Mary over the past couple of weeks, and with our client base growing, we look to be a formidable competitor to RL, who have had to lie & cheat their way into investors’ pockets. We deplore this unprofessional activity, and hope to right the wrongs of Mr Fatchett
Let us be completely clear – we are working as a non-profit organization. As per our website, “Holkham is a not-for-profit company. It will ensure that any surplus is used for a suitable public purpose.” We are here to right the wrongs of Regulatory Legal, giving investors the hope they need for Harlequin
@ Holkham Compensation 2.29.
Paragraph 1 Redress claims probably can be handled by more than one company. The issue is whether yours is one of them.
P2 ALL regulatory authorities? I thoight it was just the MOJ.
P3 How can you have a track record, when your application is so newly processed, you don’t yet appear on reference sites. Besides, your company is only about half a year incorporated, hardly long enough to have built a track record. If Harlequin’s conduct is 100% regulated, that would be good news for 4000 people.
P last. Please tell us what the suitable public purpose is.
“Holkham is a not-for-profit company. It will ensure that any surplus is used for a suitable public purpose.”
Now what is that all about?
@Hokham 2.29pm. Those sure sound like some libelous and defamatory statements to me.Given that Ames is a proven liar, your acceptance of his statements are quite revealing about your “professional acumen”
As to your “track record”…where is it? You are not even approved yet.
Perhaps you could share the email or correspondence received from the authorities to prove that you have been approved. You might then gain a bit of believability. Until then, your statements and condemnation of RL sound like a repackaged DA speech…Pure BS.
@ Strike off 12.10. I don’t know and can’t speculate what happened between GF and other clients. I have at least one email from his firm explaining that he cannot represent those who have signed up to the DAmes trust or plan to do so. (I believe those people signed a waver not to sue for 5 years), so if he tried to represent them before 2019, it would be with both hands tied behind his back.
@ Oh pull the other one HP Trolls 12.58.
The son is a very lucky man, who got off lightly. So is the man in the Times p 50 Sat 30 Aug, who got only a lifetime ban, when 800 people lost £30 million.
Compared to Ames, he’s a pathetic small scale amateur. He’s stayed out of prison and probably kept enough of the proceeds to live a comfortable life, so some might call him a successful operator.
@ Anonymous 3.05. The professional acumen is to do with Celtic vicaring. It must be crystal clear to all his clients what Celtic vicaring has to do with making compensation claims!
Funny the things one learns trying to understand this thread. Googling
-“Celtic vicaring”- I somehow was thrown into a discussion of
the Anti-Crhist. If I were a believer there might be some truth to that…
re: Ames
SRA would not visit Holkham as they are not solicitors or regulated.
They may get a visit from a higher authority.
We would like to announce that Dave was right after all.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Regulatory Legal
Is Bob PHIG a god bothered or marrier of same sex couples ?
The timing of Harlequins attack on Rl with the waffle from the God squad is telling. Where is sneaky bob?
Let’s just say, don’t leave your children with him 😉
There is no surprise. However, read the SRA guidance. Even if RL were the anti-christ there would be months, if not years before anything happened.
This will be a smoke screen. It will damage RL, but it will also finish Harlequin.
People will not be converted to Harlequin by this. They may become anti RL, but this does not convert them to being Ames fans.
Sylvain is unmarried and in his forties. erm…
Halkham offered financial inducements to agents, plus an agreement not to take any action against them personally.
I wonder why This attack on RL?
I thought Bob was the man who loved P.I.E ?
Do you think Dan Abrahams is behind this ?
The update looked like one of his.
Agents – not the idiot Mike Ingham ?
Info rom Company Check..no wonder Hokham is a not for profit operation!
Director Overview
Robert Van De Weyer holds 0 appointments at 0 active companies, has resigned from 1 companies and held 2 appointments at 2 dissolved companies. Robert is not registered as holding any current appointments.
The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where Robert holds a current appointment equals £0, with a combined assets value of £0 and liabilities of £0. Roles associated with Robert Van De Weyer within the recorded businesses include: Director, Company Secretary
@Warthogs o W 8.43 Aug 29. I’ve just seen your long post quoting Dave. and the success of TRAVELZOO in selling 200 Harlequin holidays. If he didn’t live in such a rarified environment, he’d know that to 90% of the population Travelzoo means cut price dinners, spa days, weekends and now redefined holidays in the Caribbean.
Dave has just told all his “investors” he sold 200 holidays cut price (something he said he’d never do in those dreary presentations – because it DAMAGED THE BRAND).
My personal rule for Travelzoo offers is they have to be something you’d try in any case and approx 50% reduction. My friends and I consider it worth a punt on that basis, including a “free” drink.
C’mon Warties, let’s get the A 10s, DH 98s, B17s, B52s and drop fatman (a joke for Erica) on Basildon. Blow all the Ameses and Stenning and Dalligan (who now have their own links on Harlequin propaganda) to kingdom come.
@ Strike off 12.34. I’m surprised if Harlequin can complain to the SRA about RL/GF’s conduct, because surely you have to be a client to make a complaint?
Letter from October from RL says explicitly they do not and will not act for Dave.
So, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be some of the dim wits who signed up to Dave’s trust at his meetings.
Some of these will be clients.
Holkham will get some of the complaints. Remember, Dave has been trying very hard to get a copy of one of the RL winners cases. He can then copy it.
RL will be sore about the SRA, but they have trod this path before with other “Dave’s”.
@ Mustard Gas 4.59. Why not? Phosgene and hydrogen cyanide are completely different substances.
Sensitivity at a time like this is a waste of time.
Battle lines are now clear.
Let the fun begin
@ Work will set Dan free 5.20. Why does Dave Want to copy RL’s winners cases? Is he going to use it when he goes to law himself? Surely his own lawyers can make their own cases?
This posting name is not reserved and any one who wants to use it (especially as part of a snappy trio) is welcome
Why the attack on Rl? Normal boring legal crap. Wonder how many ifa’s will still have their licence when this has finished, no matter how many stupid immature comments are put on here, it doesn’t change the fact ifa’s didn’t act ethically
Some time ago RL recommended asking a different firm of lawyers if any client wasn’t happy with them. I think they gave the names of two established firms, to make enquiries.
Might be a good time to re-publish the names of those firms. A different competant solicitor might be a much better bet for success than a minister of the church with very limited legal experience.
It’s not beyond the bounds of possibility that lawyers who end up advising Holkham have track records covering up other questionable business practices. They may even have names Harlequin clients recognise.
(I value free choice and this posting name is unreserved too)
Why not try Foot Anstey or Bond Dickinson ?
RL have respect for them and rate them. Pantone’s team left and became …. RL’s Manchester office !
Follow the trail
Holkham – Powerscourt – SCS Farmland – Tailormade – Harlequin – PHIG – Holkham
All roads lead to Celtic vicars. Grubby little pervert.
Is Sylvain an accolade of the Cliff Richard school of Christianity ?
Does he have his own spiritual guide on tap ?
Why is a man of the cloth frequenting with Bob PHIG(PIE) and Dave “trust me” Ames ?
Is Sylvain a Crystal Methodist ?
Does anyone fancy the regulatory investigation at the MoJ for Holkham ?
We can even provide you with the investigators name and email.
We weren’t going to stoop this low, but now we are in the gutter, why not ?
How about the name of the person investigating the DPA breaches with Mary calling everyone ?
Or the name of the person at the Insolvency Service looking into how “Parr Leads” got the telephone numbers ?
We had decide that we were going to rise above it. However, we have now taken a different view.
Let us know and we will publish the names for you.
Gareth Fatchett has lied, The SRA investigation may reveal a lot more.
Dave Ames is basically Black Mailing Gareth Fatchett but Gareth Fatchett knows if he comes clean it’s the end of his career, however the SRA investigation into Gareth Fatchett is about to uncover something that will end Gareth Fatchett’s career and at the same time deal Ames, Rees and possibly ELS a simultaneous mortal blow.
See Ames has once again been a little too clever even for his twisted little mind.
The past has a horrible way of catching up with you.
Gareth Fatchett is an unethical solicitor and most certainly deserves no sympathy. And should now be struck off and prosecuted along with Ames.
Shipleys should be on notice that Gareth Fatchett assured Ames that he was pulling their strings too. His relationship with Anthony Davidson should now be of concern to that particular gentleman and a detailed file is being sent to the CIB.
Ames’ actions have dealt a self inflicted mortal blow.
@ In the ghetto 6.58
thanks for recommendadtions for reputable lawyers for people who want a second opinion. Contact URLs below
http://www.footanstey.com/contact
http://www.bonddickinson.com/contact-us
Ames in now in my sights
I’m sure that the SRA investigation into Fatchett will reveal dirt, but in the end, who’s got the upperhand, him or Ames? I know who I’d rather be.
I don’t know how this charade has been let to carry on for this long. Insolvent companies, unregistered land, unscrupulous agents… you couldn’t make it up.
Ames is an outright idiot for working with Fatchops in the first place. Who works with someone they openly distrust? If you don’t want to work with someone like that, don’t open your fucking database to them in the first place. Should have just told him to jog on with his stat demands in tow.
But Fatchett got a wiff of something more. The SIPP investors were too big of a juicy target. So he persisted. He told Ames some porkies to get him to send out letters for the trust. Pink and blue flying out of Essex all over the country. Not only that, but meetings too!!
I’ve been involved with Ames for a number of years. Let me say, you don’t want to get on his nasty side. He may look like a jovial little fuck being about 4ft tall, but when he gets mad, he turns into the Hulk… all green. Nah. He just gets really pissed.
This is what lead to this Holkham bullshit. He hatched this plan at BB with Ladel his brother in law. This was before the trust, when it looked like Harlequin was well and truly on the rocks, they decided to try and bring one of the meddling lawyers down with the sinking ship. This is when Ladel started approaching agents to “find a solution” to the redress problem.
Ames knows what he’s doing, but I’m afraid he’s overstepped the mark here.
It looks as if the director of Holkham compensation is descended from one of the Lord Powerscourt s, so I suppose it’s unsurprising he chose the name of great grand dad’s viscountcy for one of his companies. Being a common old pleb and not having one of those in the family, I don’t know whether it’s tempting or not.
I imagine Dave’s cup runneth over … not only will the troublesome priest try to save Dave’s arse, but his granny was an Hon!!!
Dave will be able to lord it over all the investors. In his eyes, he’s probably already one.
All,
We have just received some very important news from Mr Ames.
In tandem with our data collection process, which started in earnest earlier this week, we can now confirm that we have seen a sharp spike in investors joining our redress campaign. Mr Ames was very generous in his congratulations, now that his trust is able to proceed unabated, and the Regulatory Legal lies uncovered for the first time.
In light of the recent email Mr Ames sent yesterday, we can also confirm we’ve just had a sharp influx of investors who categorically are against the Regulatory Legal’s mis-truths, which will work to build a stronger Harlequin, allowing the business to deliver on its promises. To be completely clear, you must be aware of the finance process occurring in the background, allowing you to rest assured that once you sign up with our redress package, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefits of the Harlequin trust for free.
We hope to give you some very important updates in the next few days in regards to the raising of finance, the reply to the WK case, and most importantly, how the business is going to move forward. Let us be clear about this. We have working very closely with Mr Ames, and can confirm that our redress packages are fully approved by the SFO, FSCS, FCA and a number of SIPP companies who have explicitly provided written support for the Harleuqin trust.
We are extremely pleased with progress, but want to assure people that revealing the truth about RL’s lies will likely be a long and arduous process. We are pleased to confirm that we have the support of both Mr Ames, and the rest of the Ames family, who’s good family name has been tarnished hugely by RL’s underhand publicity campaigns against them, and the Harlequin brand.
As fully authorised by the Ministry of Justice, we are pleased to be able to provide investors with an effective service at no cost to them. Now perhaps some of the investors will find an happy ending to their Harlequin investments. Any investors who need information please contact Mary at 01223 96 76 56, or Holkham Compensation, 23 City Road, Cambridge CB1 1DP, UK. You may also wish to email info [at] holkhamcompensation.com for more information
Just a small point. Why would anyone need redress if Harlequin is going to end up well ?
Dear Mr Ames,
Make sure the Harlequin team which monitors this asks you this question.
“Do you remember the memory stick you gave to me in your office in Basildon ?”
Youi expressly told me not to tell your legal team. I remember that too. I was sat in the boardroom (the one with the massive table) with you, me and my colleague. The memory stick has some very interesting properties.
So when you say we swiped your data, how will this look ?
It’s quite funny.
GF to be prosecuted. Probably executed next.
Storm in a tea cup..
Dave,
Remember the help we gave you on the emails ?
No wonder you wanted us to have access to those poor SIPP investors.
Wow what next. Someone knows what the table looks like in the boardroom. Whatever next!
These expressions are pure David Ames..Holkham Compensation comments are written by DA.
“Let us be clear about this. We have working very closely with Mr Ames, and can confirm that our redress packages are fully approved by the SFO, FSCS, FCA and a number of SIPP companies who have explicitly provided written support for the Harleuqin trust.”
Prove that the above statement is true…you cant, lying Holkham priest.
Judas Priest !!!
If a lot of innocent people have not had money stolen by Ames, this Kolkham and RL SRA story would be very funny
It is a bout time someone derailed this train crash and locked the rogues up….for god….Ames fatchops etc…..all got stolen money stains on their hands. A lot of innocent people have lost money they cold not afford to lose stolen and everybody from Ames, the ifa and even RL and all robbing bastards and should have the money recovered and given back to the innocent people
Dave,
Remember when you asked for huge admin fees for your trust ?
This time in that hotel near the Royal Courts of Justice.
Was it the refusal to effectively pay you a backhander that has upset you ?
Re: operation euthanisia.
With the combined knowledge, seriously how hard can it be to put the mad dog down?
I wonder if the next set of RL accounts will split out how the £1m of pink money has been spent. Remember how GF has been banging on about completion money should go into an escrow account. Wonder if Walton has an expense account?
David Ames and his mates are crooks. If you are an investor and intend joining one of their unregulated companies,you can be proud of yourself, as you are taking part in the next scam.
Don’t forget the 3 week holiday in the Caribbean Ames paid for Walton – easy to prove is it not?
Mr Walton took a 3 week holiday in the Caribbean.
He did not pay for this, instead of helping the Harlequin brand , he only tried in vain , to damage your investment by the posting of commercially sensertive photographs on the RL blog .Mr Walton promissed Mr Ames he would not do this.
Clearly he want Harlequin to fail.
Monty Python humour on here again. “Walton damaged your investment”.
What investment? This blog is about a huge very complex FRAUD perpetrated by David Ames and his family, facilitated by IFAs and “advisors”. Criminals that have spent years planning and carrying out crimes in various locations around the world. Victims losing their life savings and pensions to unscrupulous vermin squirrelling away millions. No amount of delaying and distraction tactics will alter the inevitable outcome.
That parrot is definitely dead.
If an investor wishes to check on the on going investigation into David Ames and Harlequin. You can contact the Serious Fraud Office
on 020 7239 7000.
My agent called me , said I must join The trust and use holkham because RL have been suspended. This could affect my claim if I did not sign up?
@tailormade
Don’t believie anything said to you by an agent, Ames or holkham(Ames delay going to jail team). That is what got you into this mess in the first place.
How can RL be suspended when sra hasn’t met with them yet?
@ Somwhere in Spain 10.02. Perhaps the table has special qualities. Hiding something underneath. I wouldn’t have it in my house.
@ Anonymous 12.31. Only 30 pieces of silver? I think this guy is after quite a lot more than that.
The odd question is why did he bother to get involved. Is it enormous quantities of money? Has he a personal agenda about reallocating other people’s money?
Why would a retired academic want to be associated with those rather sleezy agents? If you don’t think they are sleezy, take a look at the photos.
Money the god business does not pay well especially when you have a son with certain expensive habits.
There is an advert in the Nation in Barbados today for 2 night stays at Blu St Lucia for US$403 for two people including breakfast. The Liat fare is quoted as $480 for 2 people. Even if Harlequin has a discounted rate agreed, they can’t be making much at those prices.
My mistake – it’s US$403each, so less the published airfare of US$240, that gives Harlequin just over US$80/night. Not bad for luxury redefined.
More than enough to pay our CVA you silly little man.
@ St George’s Dragon. Haven’t seen you for a while. Did you audition for game of thrones? They loved my sleek red wings and offered them a role.
It sounds like travelzoo, they offer just about break evens in a dull patch in the hope of repeat business during the party season. Even if it’s just for Barbados locals, it’s around $100 pppn B and B.
Not the figures Ames and the Fiona Binnie used in their presentations..
So Ames was lying when he said he’d never discount …. It would damage the brand.
I would call a 3 week holiday for that fat fucker a discount . This will be exposed along with his RL ‘expenses ‘ account see what happened to your DD money!
I don’t give a flying fuck about the £240 you dick head. I only care about the £146 THOUSAND that Ames took off me. Idiot HP trolls
So is tha now £146,240.00. Oh dear. Just keep throwing it in the deep hole.
£240 to get a real picture of the Harlequin fiasco with it’s insolvent companies, dodgy land deals and what appears to be corruption at the highest levels was money well spent. The trolls trying to paint RL as the bad guys really are grasping at straws now.
We are still waiting for Harlequin’s response to the RL DD though. The DD strewn with inaccuracies and misleading information that Harlequin promised to put right.
In unrelated news, I hear the next winter Olympics are being held in Hell.
My agent who happens to be close to TM said she would have no part of Holkhams scheme .
Ames gets a cut, TM , and a referral fee for the agent. The £150 evaluation fee is split four ways.
Holkham also give a written guarantee they will not Sue the agent
She only sold Sipp stuff so feels safe….
@ Van Cleefs Aug 30, 8.51. Just in case you thought Holkham Compensation was newly incorporated , 23/04/14, there’s an even newer company Holkham Redress, incorporated 07/07/14, same director.
Funny how someone gets significant dates – Shakespeare’s 450th birthday and the anniversary of terrorist bombings.
Dave is Desperate.
The SRA take months as they are very slow. RL will be very much more motivated now to get Harlequin into liquidation.
We have a great situation now.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”
A very motivated and very united anti Ames machine.
Dave,
Remember the meeting in Starbucks near St Paul’s ? You told me and my colleague that you wanted a bribe personally.
DA claimed that BB was almost full in the summer , yet last TA review says that occupancy when they were there in July was less than 50% and that the water sports facility was closed for their entire ten day stay . Does anyone still believe anything that Dave says?
Roll Up! Roll Up!! New firm of IFAs in town. New lodge Partners Ltd.
Directors include the son and probably nephew of the director of Holkham Compensation and Redress. Plus Horrabin and Morgan. You may not have heard of them, but I’ll bet you’ve heard of their predecessors at Cambridge May Trustees.
They took over from Alistair Burns and Peter Legerton (of Tailormade fame).
Funny how the same names keep cropping up in the Harlequin business.
Today we have been working hard on fulfilling the requirements of all the dissatisfied RL clients who have been contacting us. It has been an incredible week for us, and cannot wait to redistribute our collected funds to the public causes listed on our website holkhamcompensation com
We are pleased to announce that we have now begun proceedings against Regulatory Legal solicitors, and Paul Walton, on behalf of Mr Ames. As our Ministry of Justice registration is already confirmed, and that we have FSCS & SFO backing for our trust, we felt it best to protect the interests of our clients by ensuring the RL lies are at least contained until Harlequin is in a stronger position again. Mr Ames is very pleased with our progress, and has requested we approach the SFO regarding RL’s unsavoury conduct in the following weeks, which we will be happy to oblige with.
With regard to the defamatory & libellous comments posted on here, we are currently in the process of launching a new wave of litigation with Barbados Free Press, and their parent “hosting” company, Automattic. Although we are not at liberty to divulge details, we can confirm that we are working on behalf of Mr Ames, who has requested we protect the good name of Harlequin from all the anonymous information posted on here, and other websites.
As we are fully SRA registered, we are able to advise clients legally, and have all accreditations & qualifications to handle any client of fraudulent & lying Regulatory Legal. Our proven track record ensures that any client wishing to work with Holkham will be taken care of in the most sensitive, assured and professional environment possible.
We hope to begin proceedings next week, and are happy to engage with any investor who feels wronged by RL’s constant undermining of the Harlequin Business. You can call us for more information on 01223 96 76 56, and Mary will deal with your request.
Has the gay Scottish one sold his faggy house yet?
The higher they climb……..
@holkham
Yippee another person in a very, very, very, very ,very etc long long line of people/organisations are to blame and going to be sued.
“Protect the good name of Harlequin” Who with and where exactly do harlequin have a good name? The one thing we can say about Ames, he is not prejudiced. He rips everybody off.
As you already know holkham, RL didn’t take 400 million from victims David Ames did. Harlequin was in trouble and wasn’t delivering the goods many YEARS before RL came along.
The wonderful line staff are the only thing holding the Buccament Bay resort together, despite only receiving a quarter of their salary.
The cupboards are bare, guests over the summer faced shortages of everything, and there were many complaints.
The old GM disappeared, he hadn’t been paid for 2 months, and the former HR Director is in charge of the sinking ship.
The resort looks run down and tatty, flies are every where, and rumors that the engineering department were ordered to dispose of human waste in the Buccament river abound, this is the same river that runs into the bay where hotel guests bathe! Buccament Bay village residents were very upset and have video of the act.
The watersports folks are nowhere to be seen, and other activities like kids club are not available as there are no staff to run them.
Pity the poor guests who have saved diligently, and the even poorer investors who have likely lost everything.
Fatchett teases his supporters once again, I will name and shame those in Holkham through links I have found or so says Fatchett, well do it Fatchett, do it……. We are waiting
@ Ddraig Goch
I haven’t bothered to post for a while. Too much rubbish about below the waist areas and people’s weight. Not enough substance.
I pass the H Hotel in Barbados most days and see it gently rotting away. I will go up to Merricks and check it out some time, but I think we all know what is happening there – nothing – apart from it being stripped by the local entrepreneurs.
I should be in SVG in a couple of weeks so if I get the chance I will stay at Buccament, or call in there and look around.
The SRA are investigating a number of very serious allegations against Regulatory Legal and Gareth Fatchett.
1. Fatchett claims he has been engaged by clients to carry out due diligence on Harlequin.
He takes 200 + Vat, then distributes previously obtained Due Diligence conducted by Regulatory Legal for clients of his who were in the process of purchasing the Blu Hotel and H Hotel off Ames. Yes folks off Ames not Harlequin. Fatchett was the lead solicitor for the purchasers in this transaction, whilst at the same time claiming to represent clients who were owed 100’s of Millions by the Ames family and Harlequin.
Fatchett then used the same due diligence in the main referred to above for the purposes of the due diligence for investors looking to join the trust.
However this due diligence had parts redacted in agreement with Harlequin, as the original due diligence was covered by an existing NDA.
See if Fatchett had been upfront and straight, which the SRA investigation will prove is not the case, Fatchett would have rejected any information from Harlequin which was the subject to an NDA.
See Fatchett was supposedly acting on the instructions of his “clients” in the “clients” instructions to him to obtain the due diligence, there fore if he had acted according to the code of ethics and rules governing solicitors it is not he but his “Clients” who would have been subject to an NDA.
And now to the matter of “clients”, is Fatchett redefining what clients are under UK law, those who are active on his secure forum appear to believe that for a paltry £200 quid + Vat that Fatchett is representing them in their quest for refunds.
His “Secure” forum would infer that this is possibly the case, it will be interesting to see the “Engagement Letters” Fatchett has for all his “Clients” and more importantly the remit for Fatchett in these “Engagement” letters.
Fatchett is now being investigated for some very serious allegations being made against him and his firm.
The complainants are alleging fraud amongst other things, some are also alleging that Fatchett failed to act upon their instructions ref the Stat Demands.
Others are claiming that they were led to believe they were “clients” of Fatchett discovering subsequently that they never received any letters of engagement.
Harlequin have made a further number of complaints as to the conduct of a Fatchett, Fatchett had agreements in place with Harlequin which he failed to honour, Harlequin recorded every meeting with Fatchett so now have the evidence to back up their many claims,
Not wishing to sound contradictory, the dates on the due diligence reports from the overseas lawyers and the subject matter relate to general due diligence. Look for yourself.
You do talk some twaddle !
We have the recording at Wagamama !
Remember when Dan said that Bob (PHIG) was getting a very “special deal”.
New Temple – got to be the masons.
Twaddle lol The redacted documents were given to you by Dave you twat because you promised him you would get your mates to buy the Blu Hotel and H. Anyway the SRA have the documents now, so let’s see what they make of it lol.
The rest of the shit you produced you were told by Williams and Williams that it was wrong…. But by this stage Dave saw you for what you are, a fraudster…… So you went ahead and produced the wrong information anyway, just to cause as much trouble for Dave..
And I must really laugh at this next piece lol you Fatchett refer to the contempt of court case on your forum being run by Audrey Dixon who calls herself Nikki Crozier now.
You say you do not control that case lol, now that’s not what you told Dave is it….. No you told Dave that you controlled that case and that you would stop the contempt, you told Dave that you had the dirt on Dixon now Crozier and that they would not proceed against you.
Well Dave has given this to the SRA too. Lol
You thought you were to smart for Dave, the only game in tone you said, you made promises and you broke them now it’s time to pay the price.
This is the funny thing. If RL are bad guys, which they may or may not be, there will be months and months of wrangling before anything is done to them. 2015 / 2016. I doubt RL will simply lay down.
Harlequin need breathing space now. I doubt following the outburst from Harlequin on Friday, there will be any leeway given by RL.
This all seems a big mess to me and another attempt to avoid the real issues around the developments.
Fatchett you have been caught with your pants around your ankles, you have no recordings and if you had you would only incriminate your self, remember the comment you said to Dave at one of the country wide meetings, yes I remember, you said Dave, they have gone for this, we have them hooked.
It was this comment that got Dave thinking that you were only in it for the money, that day you lost Dave’s trust, pardon the pun.
Harlequin is on the way to recovery, at last, and it’s scum like you who have spread fear and panic.
Hope the SRA throws the book at you.
RL have laid down, you will hear nothing from them, The SRA supervisors move in tomorrow so I’m not sure RL will be involved much longer in Harlequin or anything else for that matter. Fraud is Fraud and the SRA have moved quickly, which is not normal.
@ St George’s Dragon 9.26. Holkaham Compensation was incorporated on your special day – could be random. Exactly one week earlier and on St G’s day Aidan incorporated Jocelyn Brett and Mishmush. in a quiet little backwater. near Foxton. A bit fenny for my taste with too many mozzies. Seems an awful lot of companies for a village population ca. 1000.
And while you’re soaring round Barbados, would you keep an eye out for that missing second hotel said to be on the Sw coast and 5 acres, so we’d be lucky if it were 1.5 acres … CGI showed beachfront, but that could have been a pack of lies.
I’d love to hear if you spot anything. Was there one or wasn’t there?
@SGD – It would be interesting to see whats going on at Hythe House,
Welches, Christ Church. Seems that I read both Argo Dvlpt (David
Campion) and Krauss-Manning were both located there…
So Automattic (wordpress.com) is going to be sued. Fantastic since
it is a California company. Haven’t the HD idiots ever heard of
a little thing called “discovery” . For a suit to proceed a total collection
of audited books would have to be provided to Automattic’s
lawyers. Folks we are talking billions here as opposed to an
allegedly squandered 400 million.
The biggest disgrace of all this is that the SFO and all the other financial regulators don’t seem to have the balls or legal procedures to prosecute the Ames and the bunch of lower level con artists called IFA’s
The authorities need to act soon on all this and imho this should include RL as I don’t think they are clean in all of this, albeit they jumped on board the gravy train very late
Why is there no incentive to be honest in the modern world, when people like Ames and Fatchett seem to be able to get away with major frauds
This whole fiasco now reminds me of an episode of “Walking with Dinosaurs” in which two large ugly carnivores with brains the size of walnuts tear each other to bits and both end up dead.
The hurling of insults and the titbits of revealing information are entertaining for the bystanders to watch. This must be the end game?! As the Shipley’s deadline looms larger it will probably get more desperate and frantic.
Holkham Compensation
Aug 31st@ 7.56pm
Please supply evidence of your claim that the SFO and FSCS support your Trust.
@ Holkham Compensation
Why should the Serious Fraud Squad back your trust? It is not in their remit.
Please supply proof that you are ‘ fully SRA registered’ as intimated on your website.
I can find no evidence of your ‘proven track record’?
Which authority regulates your ‘not for profit’ business?
Are you a registered charity?
Are you telling whopping great fibs?
RL please supply information where the £1m quid has gone. Good game this.
Sorry that should read Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
BS Bob Storey this is not a game.
Haha wrong again. Keep on guessing.
Are we saying Walton gets all his holidays paid for by RL or Ames or both?
Well , we spent a bit on DD, trousered the rest after giving Paul his expenses. What’s wrong with that?
Fatchett will get whats coming I told you this last week, Dave is nor as daft as he makes out.
Not WK, not the Irish builder, not even RL,
Who is in jail convicted of fraud for using daddies business model ?
Won’t be too much longer for the truth to finally come out.
Holkham Compensation
Still no reply from above on their claim that the SFO AND FSCS support their Trust.
Here we go again!
It could be just be just a slip of the keyboard,
or
all they have said is total lies.
As paddy o ware used to say , patience folks all will be revealed
The Tailormade bunch have teamed up with Holkham redress to get a second bite of the Harlequin pie. I have contacted the IP looking after Tailormade ( in liquidation)
Holkham compensation will not get MOJ authorisation – I reported them too.
I will not send any of my clients to anything that has that gay Scottish bloke or snappy little. Rob Shaw.
I will set up my own before that happens.
Oh Dave – Waterloo is coming
Who will drop the bouncing bomb?
Kim Fry is being helpful after leaving especially after Ames refused to pay her holiday pay.
@ Tiger Moth Lanc gets the honour. Wish it could be me Tu 95
@Ddraig Goch…The second hotel Harlequin claimed to have purchased in Barbados was Amaryllis. The deal fell through (guess why?). It has since been sold to the owner of Bougainvillea Hotel, a very successful operation also on the South Coast, who is completely renovating the place.(unlike what Harlequin did to the Allamanda, H hotel wreck and eyesore.)
As to Harlequin suing BFP and Automatic….didnt they try that already? What was the result?
Desperation .
So NDA confirms that David Ames, not Harlequin own Blu and H hotel.
How can that be? Were Investors sending money to DA`s personal account so that he could buy those properties?Something sounds wrong here.
That’s why Ames wants to keep them out of the trust they are his 😉
All,
We are pleased to confirm that the SRA’s investigation into the fraudulent activities of Regulatory Legal (R Legal) has begun, and we are eagerly awaiting the outcome of this most serious of allegations.
We are fully registered with the Ministry of Justice, our approved application should be arriving within the week. We can also confirm that several hundred dissatisfied clients of R Legal have begun the process of having their funds returned to them, through our not-for-profit organization. You can read more about our redress process at our website holkhamcompensation com
The latest “updates” from R Legal on their forum is further validation of what we, and Harlequin, have experienced for months. The R Legal team simply cannot be trusted, and as a way to combat this most unscrupulous of attacks, we are inviting investors to phone us on 01223 96 76 56. We need be clear about this, the Harlequin trust is the only way to secure your investment. The FSCS and SFO fully approve of our trust, and we will help any investor who wishes to achieve redress through this process too. We are the only company who are both supported by Harlequin and the authority bodies (FSCS, SFO, SRA, FCA). This means only we can provide the legal advice required to make an informed decision on joining the Harlequin trust.
Let us understand the situation & be clear about the implications for investors. Back in 2013, through no fault of its own, Harlequin was targeted unfairly by ICE group, lead by Padraig O’Halloran. After a lengthy, and trying, court case, the judge saw through the ICE Group lies, awarding Harlequin the compensation they were entitled to. Although this was a major win for Mr Ames, it wasn’t the end. The accountants who were proven to be implicit in this crime were also responsible for gross professional negligence. We confirmed several months ago our intention to litigate against this crime, and are in this process now. With a $100m payout for this case, we are confident we are able to proceed with the business after Harlequin win.
As a result of this litigation activity, Harlequin’s extensive building program has had to be paused. This has caused untold problems with our local partners in the Caribbean, who’s lives have been forever changed by these criminals. Also, this has prevented investors from realizing their returns for this time, and we can only apologize on behalf of the criminals in ICE group and Wilkins Kennedy for this issue. We can confirm, however, that we have secured financing, and are able to commence building again in a matter of weeks. We are simply waiting for WK’s lawyers to agree on a settlement.
The Harlequin trust was established as a result of R Legal’s involvement in Harlequin. It wasn’t until R Legal’s change of heart, after they had plundered Harlequin’s investor database, that they decided the trust was not a good idea. This shocked Mr Ames, as he had suspected for some time that R Legal was operating under their own pretences. The due diligence supplied by R Legal was strewn with errors, and as a result, Harlequin is appalled at the way investors have been unfairly treated.
It was under these uncomfortable conditions which Mr Ames had to work in late 2013, early 2014. Now the business is becoming much stronger, Mr Ames felt it right to introduce another party into the redress process, FSCS, SFO approved, to give investors more choice than the unjust, and lying, R Legal one. We can provide not-for-profit services as all of our team are volunteers, determined to right the wrongs of R Legal.
We can confirm that Mary’s assured calling has helped at least 250 investors discover the truth, and have begun the process of achieving redress. You can call us today on 01223 96 76 56
@ Holkham (whatever ……) 1.06.
For someone determined to milk posh, but ever so distant relations, my money is on a range of companies called Clarance.
@ Anonymous 1.29. Thanks for the good news. I’m really pleased, for the owner of the hotel, the people of Barbados, who get a good neighbour and the holidaymakers, enjoying themselves.
Holkham Compensation needs to stop posting the same post as this is spam, I’ve got no problem with his post but please ban his IP Address next time as it’s a little boring and they don’t seem to answer any questions. Anyone who puts the words ‘lies’ or ‘criminals’ in a post is usually pointing a finger to hide their own hidden agenda.
‘The due diligence supplied by R Legal was strewn with errors, and as a result, Harlequin is appalled at the way investors have been unfairly treated’
Harlequin is appalled? At its own behaviour I’m guessing but if the Due Diligence was strewn with errors why aren’t you employing a company to do another Due Diligence to compare to theirs? Unless they’ve realised the costs are too expensive. Hence why Regulatory Legal had to charge £200+vat for all the third party companies involved to gather all the information in a foreign country. Just look at all the information they’ve uncovered for the people who invested into Harlequin!
‘Mary’s assured calling has helped at least 250 investors discover the truth’
250 IFA’s who have investments no doubt.
Regulatory Legal have left their offer on the table regarding the trust because of Dave Ames’ alterations which would have left everyone in the same, if not worse position with a 5 year waver period from my understanding. Although I don’t know the full ins and outs of it as Regulatory Legal are working for its Clients, they make the best decision for its Clients as that’s what they’re paid to do. The Clients have viewed all the information provided and made their own decisions individually, some clients have gone to other Solicitors depending on what they’re wanting to do. I’m surprised if you even know what SFO or FSCS stands for.
The simple fact is that most of these cases that are against Harlequin/Dave Ames are for him not paying his debts when due. Every person that hoped this would work gave Dave Ames the money to do so, understandably no one can predict the future but he’s put himself in a position of a landslide. Instead of solving a number of problems and coming to agreements, he spends more money fighting them!
Regarding the Statutory Demands, from that simple comment alone on your previous post I know you lack the knowledge of the overall picture. No doubt you’re a troll, filled in with as little information as possible to clog this thread up with rubbish.
For your sake I hope you’re being paid Weekly and not Monthly as you may never see your pay cheque!
@bren gun. Funny I’ve just had an e mail from her.
There will always be an England…Holkham has got to be a very droll
put-on.
Holkham Compensation
This is a very new unregulated company, just like Harlequin.
Investors should proceed with great care.
Unregulated ! Like harlequin, the agents, I can see a pattern here. For gods sake can anyone stop this man?
@Holkham Compensation
This has caused untold problems with our local partners in the Caribbean, who’s lives have been forever changed by these criminals….. I assume this is the Ames, HP and all the dishonest IRA’s you are referring to
At least you are telling the truth there
BBC news web site
Work has started to prepare the site of Britain’s biggest prison, which is to be built in Wrexham
Looks like this mess is coming to an end soon
Will Ames still be able to run Harlequin from a prison cell.
He is in a bit of a tizzy over the contempt application lol ;(
@holkham
“We are the only company who are both supported by Harlequin and the authority bodies (FSCS, SFO, SRA, FCA)”
ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!
If you are going to lie at least tell ones that can’t be verified with one phone call.
Building work stopping had nothing to do with legal action against ICE or the accountant. It was solely down to no more people willing to put money into a scheme that was not fulfilling it’s contracts. The reality is because of Harlecon people started to really scrutinise the HP business model and realised that the numbers simply didn’t add up. The model required continual new “investors” to service it’s ever growing obligations or bluntly the dictionary definition of a Ponzi scheme. Couple this with the publication of the little known fact that 200 of the 400 million went upfront on commissions.
New investment. Heard the same story for years, it’s totally ludicrous to even contemplate that anybody would touch HP.
Holkem compensation, perhaps hokum compensation would be a more accurate description
Yes of course Harlecon came riding over the hill like a knight in shining armour to the rescue. Not they decided to squeal to cover their own arses with the fraud they committed. Newman went to the sfo 3 times before they decided to listen to him. Pity they did not explore his motives first
Diversion and distraction. Ames took the money from “investors” not Newman.
Ames crows on about the win in Ireland, a win of 00.29% of monies invested. That is zero point two nine %
Ames will never mention the Appeal in Ireland, why did Ames’ evidence differ in Ireland from that in the CLC case.
This is being dealt with in the contempt case.
Ames would never have lied in the Irish Case, surely not lol. Nor apparently has he lied in the UK.
Sam Commissioning Ames’ SVG Lawyer also gave contradictory evidence in both cases, he was subsequently reported to his regulatory body in St. Vincent but Rene Baptiste the head of that countries over sight committee feels that perjury by a solicitor is wholly acceptable.
Ames will loose the substantive case in the CLC case,
Ames will loose the contempt case, why because he has committed perjury, or sorry was that only in Ireland, we apologise Mr. Ames.
Ames will loose the appeal in Ireland, why there are over 40 grounds for the appeal. Many include perjury contempt and falsifying evidence.
Hang on the Great V. himself David Edward Ames was at pains to point out in his recent update that it was Gareth Fatchett who brought Harlequin to the attention of the SFO.
Others say it was Newman……. Could it have been the Irish Builder????? Perhaps it was some disgruntled investors??????? The opposition in St. Vincent perhaps ????????? Wilkins Kennedy??????? Martin Mc Donald ??????????? Jon Austin of the Basildon Echo…………
Gassed or shot?
It’s a great pity Newman et al, Singing Pig, BBC Panorama, the Guardian and all the other people who voiced an opinion in the first place were shut up by Ames, his sidekicks and his bully boy lawyers. At the time, they were all paid very handsomely (from investors’ money natch).
It’s a great shame that so many people have been forcibly prevented from commenting about this fraudulent scheme.
It was dan Ames when he fell out with daddy
God bless Dave, the cockney barrow boy.
He’s united the anti Harlequin camp. They were too busy squabbling before.
And just what exactly did Bob Storey, say to the SFO when he claimed to be one of the first people to be interviewed by the SFO? At that time he was proclaiming to all and sundry how happy he was with the cosy deal he’d struck with Dave Ames and was well-chuffed with the monthly return he was receiving.
What’s all the RL SCS Farmland stuff about ?
How many months does Matt Ames have to go ? When is his confiscation hearing ?
I bet his Mrs is being “comforted” by a local businessman. A vajazzle and a cream pie for the ex Mrs A.
So those who created the crash are going to try and tidy it up.
Holkham – morally bankrupt.
What was the message washed of the wall at a Jack the Ripper crime scene?
Oh no. The bloke from Holkham is a freemasons. Look on his linked in.
Everyone is.
Just look at the name they set up with TM on the lastest venture
Re Hokum’s post September 1, 2014 at 1:39 pm:
I get worried when a lawyer can’t get basic law right.
“We confirmed several months ago our intention to litigate against this crime, and are in this process now. [More about crime and criminals follows].”
Surely a lawyer, particularly an SRA approved one, should know that the civil case against O’Halloran and the professional negligence one against Wilkins Kennedy are not a crimes, they are a civil matters.
This calls into question whether Hokum knows its arse from its elbow. No doubt the 250 people who have signed up with it will tell us – or perhaps they don’t know one body part from another either.
I have just took the wrapper off my new cassette in preparation for Daves call today 🙂
@hu mi give Joe a call. I’m sure he will tell you.
Ames will be increasing his attacks soon, yet more rats leave the ship!
This will weaken his legal team when Abrams leaves.
The latest RL update yet again shows what a nasty little man Ames is.
Why won’t the SFO grow a pair?
This needs to be closed it’s over.
There is no plan, no finance, no hope.
If you are a Harlequin investor who has been treated badly by them,you can share your story with the country. Numbers below should take you to editorial:
The Telegraph dtnews@telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail Editorial 02079386000
Mail on Sunday Editorial 02079386899
I’m posting this in its entirety as I suspect that it won’t last long on TA. Hardly compatible with Ames’ glowing report of the success of BB over the summer. The problems are so detailed that this obviously goes well beyond what might otherwise be a subjective judgement and does indeed praise where it is due. The problems with BB must be close to terminal now. Interesting that there is speculation in SVG that there will be an early election – one wonders how the collapse of HP and indeed the revelation about the ‘deal’ to privatize the beach will play when revealed?
review titled “a Great Shame’
We holidayed at Buccament Bay as a family of four over the first two weeks of August and unfortunately this resort did not live up to its billing as an Exclusive Luxury Resort. As background we have close friends and family who have holidayed at Buccament Bay, some on several occasions, and all returned with rave reviews. Unfortunately it is apparent that standards have dropped considerably to date, something that was confirmed by speaking with some returning guests in resort. Our lasting impression of Buccament Bay will be of a 3 Star holiday at 5 Star prices. And that is a great shame.
We experienced many shortcomings, incidents that taken alone may well have been easily overlooked were it not for their number or repetitive nature. I will try to outline the failings as we found them….
One of the two pools was effectively closed for the first three days of our holiday as it was so cloudy you could barely see the bottom.
Poolside furniture was largely worn and in some cases falling apart. Umbrellas suffered from broken arms in many instances and seemed to stand at 45 degree angles. Sunbed covers and towels were often threadbare when available….. For the second week of our stay it was clear that the resort is somehow not in possession of enough beach towels for the number of guests they had staying, as if maybe two coach loads of tourists had taken them by surprise.
The private plunge pool outside our room did not function at any point during our stay. We did however have use of the pool in our adjoining room, so while only inconvenient at best this is just another example of expectations not being met.
Our “fully stocked” minibars were stocked with two bottles of water and two cans of local fruit juice on arrival, and we had to chase several times for any restocking, indeed soft drinks on resort were limited to regular Coke only for three days, no Diet Coke, Fanta or Sprite etc.
Another surprising shortage in resort was fresh fruit…. Being in a tropical climate one might expect fruits to be abundant, however we only found any available at breakfast and sparingly at best. A request for a plateful of just pineapple was refused on the basis that there may not be enough for other guests….
Lunch buffet – flies are obviously an issue about which little can be done, however come the BBQ at The Bay for lunchtime the raw foods (although on ice) are placed in the open “covered” only by cling film which almost without exception leaves some of the plate uncovered and quickly covered with flies… Also relevant for the breakfast buffet in Bamboo.
Restaurant & Room service – on a couple of occasions we ordered pizza for my daughter while dining in Jacks. On both occasions the pizza arrived after the rest of us had finished our dinner. To combat this we tried ordering room service pizza before we left for dinner…. Ordered at 6pm to allow plenty of time before we left for our 7.30 table. On this occasion the pizza arrived just as we were leaving the room at 7.20. Cold.
There are more to list…. Restaurant seat covers that flake off on your clothing, bar stools so worn they almost collapse under the lightest pressure, broken communal toilet seats left un- repaired for days, I feel I’m going on, but I did say the issues were numerous….
There are of course positives to be found.
The accommodations were faultless, and the setting quite wonderful.
Staff “on the ground” were generally to be praised.
Sushi Bar for lunch was excellent, Jacks served Filet Mignon and Ribeye steaks as good as any you’ll find and Safran served wonderfully fresh Indian cuisine.
Several issues took a turn for the better in our second week…. Just as some senior staff from the parent company in the UK arrived to celebrate the Four Year Anniversary…. (They couldn’t find the missing beach towels as far as I could tell)
It is a great shame that I am having to write this negative review, as we believe this resort could be quite something, and understand from previous shared experiences that it probably once was. Unfortunately the negatives detailed above have managed to tip the scales against the positives and leave us feeling rather cheated.
These issues were all detailed to the resort management, by email, two days before we left, and we put ourselves at their disposal for further discussion before we left. This email was finally acknowledged by the time we reached Barbados airport on our return home, with promises to investigate. Two weeks have since passed and we have heard nothing, leaving me to conclude that they do not care for our concerns since they already have our hard earned money….my advice to anyone who has made it to the end of this review would be to spend yours elsewhere.
If however you enjoy good steak & premium spirits in wonderful surroundings them by all means give it a go. Just try to book the same weeks that the Chairman of the parent company in in resort, and take your own towels!
Stayed August 2014, travelled with family
-BBaywatch
Son of a gun !!! You must be prescient… Its gone.
In 2013, Stephen Kauffer, CEO of Tripadvisor, was paid US$ 39 million.
Thats a lot of money for someone who doesn’t seem to care just
how damaged his brand is becoming……..
The TA review by Danny K is still up.
Wear and tear, lack of maintenance, shortage of food and drink, all point to a lack of funds to maintain a high standard. The 5 star resort is beginning to sound more like a bed and breakfast on a fake white beach.
Other reviewers have stated that water sports were not available during their summer stay.Hotel Manager was quoted to have explained that the operators were on annual leave. How can that be at a five star resort, where the rates Include water sports?
Annual leave? More like permanent leave. Suppliers must be paid, if you don’t pay them, they don’t supply anything.
Quite simple really
This whole situation is Bizarre, publicly you have Harlequin / Ames attacking Regulatory Legal / Fatchett yet behind the scenes RL / F are still representing the clients looking to purchase the Hotel Blu and H site from Ames.
The RL / F clients have however a number of conditions that must be met ahead of the sale going through, one of the more important conditions is that Ames has permission to sell these assets, because of the current situation RL / F clients are awaiting confirmation that Ames is legally entitled to sell these assets.
The trust would allow this.
RL also have a wee bit of a problem when it comes to the SRA investigation, RL claim to have a number of thousand clients, yet there are no engagement letters that support this assertion.
There are those over on the RL forum who honestly believe they are clients of RL, many will sadly discover this is not the case.
You have the bizarre situation over on the RL forum that those who contribute on a regular basis number fewer then a dozen individuals, they discuss all aspects of the Harlequin business openly yet appear to never have issued RL with instructions on how to deal with the matter, instead blindly waiting for RL to come up with a magical plan to rescue their investments.
Time and time again we have been told by RL that “They are the only game in town”, that ” Time has run out”, that ………….
I could go on… We have had the story of the Stat Demands….. There were none…. Not in the Caribbean anyway.
Then we have the almost bizarre allegations from Ames that Fatchett claims he could and did control third party litigation…
We have seen the response to the attacks by Ames on RL from RL on their forum.
This clearly demonstrates that RL’s only interest is, as has been discussed many times before, the redress claims.
The focus over on the RL forum is now primarily on Holkham, the claims management company set up by Ames and his cronies, but what about continuing to deal with the matter at hand? Apparently RL have no option or plan “B”, yet for months we heard that RL would implement a plan “B” by July.
There is no plan B Harlequin is insolvent and no one can fix that. Not long before Shiplys call it a day.
@Fatchett Ames bedfellows.
And what would you do to fix this problem? Pillock.
I would have issued and enforced stat demands, and not threatened this.
I would have commenced proceedings against Harlequin in the Caribbean.
I would not have accepted any due diligence from Ames which was subject to an NDA.
I would have made my forum members “clients” instead of pretending I had thousands of clients.
I would not have perjured myself in court.
I would have enforced orders I obtained against some of the Harlequin entities.
I would have acted upon the instructions of my clients,
I would have understood that Harlequin were and are trading insolvently and would have understood it was pointless in trying to save it at the expense of the investors.
PILLOCK
Erm, why have you not done any of it then?
Who is the pillock? That’s the question?
Talk is cheap.
I don’t represent the RL clients, that’s probably why I have not done it ,
Simples.
All moans no action;
You appear to have little understanding of the posters reasoning behind his post.
Correct.
I don’t understand why someone would belly ache and do nothing!
Appoint a solicitor to do all those things then….. Nobody seems to have the balls to take him down.
At the moment it seems to be CLC & RL – neither have, what I call success.with Ames.
Post something on BFP, yeah that really works.
Maybe we need a solicitor who does not five a shit with a big pair of cahoonies.
However, posting crap on here does not achieve anything.
Has Audrey got any recordings to share?
CLC have a freezing order on all the Ames’ personal assets, they have a contempt hearing coming up and a date for a full trial. So yes they have achieved quite a bit.
Nicole Sylvestor a solicitor in St. Vincent has obtained Judgement for in excess of 30 clients. So again has achieved quite a bit.
RL have obtained a consent ruling in the Hartland case but advised their clients not to proceed with enforcement on the grounds that the assets subject to the consent order were worthless, (a fact that was wholly incorrect)
So am not sure what the argument is here, RL for whatever reason do NOT want to antagonise Ames.
As familiar with Harlequin in all of its machinations as it is, it doesn’t appear
that it is within the purvue of The Echo/John Austin to do an on-site
investigation. Maybe there is a reporter at either The Financial Times
or better yet The Economist that might fancy a working-vacation to the
Caribbean. Just a thought …
Shipleys working with Ames,
Finance guaranteed
Projects have recommended
Buccament Bay 100% Occupied past 5 weeks.
Harlequin Air to expand because of massive demand
Conference call ongoing….
Jesus
@ Fatchett Ames bedfellows 2.33. I don’t understand why arrangements are being made for clients to complete purchase of the H and Blu hotels in Barbados and St Lucia. Nor do I understand why RL is playing a part in this.
The 2 hotels were late entrants to the Harlequin set of acquisitions and Others paid deposits long before those hotels were even mooted
If you argue that H with costs of £5m and deposits of £7 has been fully “paid for” and I would argue by whom, there is no reason to add blu, which has been only part paid for (costs £3m deposits £2m) should be added to it and averaged. That would give these clients preferential treatment.
I may have the wrong end of the stick and the purchaser may be a completely other.
In which case Fatchips should make sure the proceeds of the sale go into an account he (or a completely independent lawyer) controls. If the hotels are bought by outsiders, the proceeds should be available for distribution among Harlequin screwees.
How much money have CLC returned to their clients?
About as successful, as Ames was at suing the Irish builder !
Unless you are getting paid for no results.
a ‘Pay a fee if we win or loose’
Muppets
@ Conference call 6.02. Harlequin Air as presently equipped is the aviation equivalent of buying Vauxhall people carriers and hiring chaufeurs to drive you in them. They are just a little bit better than a basic twin trainer. Bit bigger versions of those Lycomings on single trainers. They are robust enough to put up with the rough treatment student pilots dish up. They are not 5 star transport.
Blimey he just can’t help himself, does Ames not understand all the investors will be calling shiplys tomorrow!
Finance is available! Yawn….
Will I still get my Brazil refund as Mr Ames said so last time?
BBaywatch 11.50. Hey Nigel M of London is back again, reinstated at number 559 on TA
@ is it enforceable
The RL clients were not existing investors. The clients buying the hotel assets are seperate clients of RL.
Fatchett has being playing both sides all along.
Both RL and CLC have the ability to finish this.
Both are in the process of doing this. Neither can do anymore at this stage.
RL will not seek a Plan B as they would prefer Ames fails.
CLC will seek to squash Ames into submission. They do not care if Ames fails or not.
You can tell people are ill informed by the fact they do not really know what proceedings are in hand.
Mushrooms …
Holkham Compensation ltd
If you use this company it will seriously damage your health and pocket
The clients buying the hotels are RL clients out of their Manchester office.
The fund is based in London and Birmingham.
The RL clients who are suing Harlequin are getting paid out from this deal.
It is a good deal for everyone and Dave gets fair value.
I believe that over the past few months several posts have been made
by those claiming to have invested in blue. If true then how the hell can
Ames sell something he doesn’t own 100%? Also I was a vendor to both
HHotel and Merricks and payments came from the same account. That
is a bit mystifying.
I have reported Holkham to the MOJ and want to know where the fuck they got my details from .
RL have about thirty clients, most on the RL forum think they are clients but they are not. The Hartland group is RL’s biggest client, those who paid £200 + Vat only paid for the due diligence, they are not clients of RL, not registered as such either.
So maybe someone on the RL forum should ask RL to clarify this.
Simple
Instead of sneaking around ask rl forum yourself?
Why not
Just have and further more, I have another question of RL and Mr. Fatchett, if we are clients of his and we have instructed him to obtain due diligence on our behalf, can he explain as a solicitor how he and not us is bound by an NDA with Ames?
If we were true clients then Mr. Fatchett would only be acting for us and thus would not be bound by an NDA.
@Fatchett Ames Bedfellows 2.33
I thought the “surveys” were a way of getting instructions from the people who filled them in.
@ Anonymous 6.40. Thanks for the explanation and I’d only call it playing both sides if the purchasers and vendor were both clients of RL. In all of this undergrowth I don’t think Ames is a client of RL and I may even be able to find the email where Ames says so.
It may be possible and don’t know if it is here, for the same firm to handle purchase and sale, as long as different partners represent buyer and seller.
“Dave getting fair value” is a good principle, as long as somebody remembers that Dave bought with other people’s money and they should have an interest in what is being sold (or at least the money raised by the sale).
@Holkham Got a link for me to complain? They contacted me as well – truly digusting
@ Holkham 7.03 Yourselves of course.
Roll on Liquidation of Harlequin.
At least Ames should be taken quick.
Ask Them 7.18 That windy old pair of geriatrics already has
@ The problem 6.42. It isn’t really. If they cold call you, just put the telephone down or under a cushion and let the old bag waste her breath, while you get on with something enjoyable.
Anyone recording the call this evening?
Holkham 7.03 Sorry I misread. I thought you were Holkham and wondered where others got your details.
If the information is released under and NDA then you would have to respect it.
There is a recording and Dave is going to come under scrutiny on the finance side of things.
RL just replied to one of the posts on the forum – everyone who signed the Terms of Business is a client.
Perhaps Dave refused to divulge details of Blu and H as part of DD about Harlequin, because they are his personal assets….
Perhaps RL acquired the DD about those 2 hotels as part of prepurchase enquires (made by Manchester office) …..
Dave may have refused permission to let the figures out, but allowed the paper with redactions.
If you interpolate that reasoning to the other papers redacted (loads of them) Dave may claim to own an awful lot of property INVESTORS PAID FOR.
Please somebody Liquidate Harlequin.
There is nothing legally wrong with Fatchett representing clients who are looking to purchase Harlequin assets, whilst at the same time representing clients seeking redress.
Fatchett is not it must be remembered seeking redress from Harlequin. Indeed Fatchett was always hoping to keep Harlequin alive.
The problem is that there are those on the RL forum who firstly believe they are clients of RL in the matter of Harlequin.
Sadly the bulk of so called clients were only clients with respect to the due diligence, they paid Fatchett for due diligence and he provided it, as for any extended remit beyond this, Fatchett has no instructions or mandate from the bulk of the forum members.
Fatchett would have been fully aware that the forum members arguments were that Ames used their monies to purchase the bulk if not all of the Harlequin assets in the Caribbean, however none of these assets with the exception of the one completion are in the hands of those who handed over monies.
Hence of course the suggestion of the trust, but Fatchett knew that two of the assets were never to be included in the trust, those being the Blu Hotel and H Hotel, these same assets Fatchett had clients willing to purchase.
Given that these assets are in the names of companies owned solely by Ames then what Ames did with the proceeds of the sale was up to him.
Ok so the forum members incorrectly thought they were all clients of RL, and to a point they may have been, but only in respect of the due diligence. But to have been clients requesting due diligence then Fatchett could not have been the subject of an NDA.
So what was the NDA all about.
When Fatchett’s clients were looking to purchase Blu and H hotel, Fatchett would have requested Due Diligence from Ames, Ames produced the unredacted due diligence, which showed deposits taken, and purchases made,
Fatchett’s clients interested in purchasing the Blu and H hotel would not have been bothered by deposits taken for properties in Australia for example, indeed it would have shown that Mr. Ames had a global presence.
Hence Ames had no issue providing these clients via Fatchett the unredacted due diligence, this would have been subject to an NDA.
Fatchett then took on “clients” for £200 +Vat in order to provide them with due diligence.
He provided them with the same due diligence he obtained for his original clients, however he had to redact parts as the original due diligence was subject to an NDA.
Fatchett will jump up and down and say that the due diligence was dated later then the original due diligence obtained for his original clients. And some of it was.
But the ethical way he has dealt with this deserves a thorough investigation by the SRA and we will provide the SRA with some missing pieces of the Jigsaw.
He has this evening referred to those who paid the £200 + Vat as his clients, and that is technically correct, but they are only clients with respect to the assimilation of the due diligence, unless he is suggesting now that his firm represents close to 3000 clients on all matters pertaining to Harlequin.
His response this evening on the RL forum is very cleverly written, he avoids stating in general terms what remit he had for the bulk of his clients.
dave contact shipleys call it a day
What fucking difference does it make to me when I gave my money to Ames , then the IFAs Ames and the Irish builder nicked it. Bunch on tossers
Finally a poster who produced a well-written and clear explanation of things. Thank you
Now I understand the SRA complaint.
What if RL didn’t act for clients looking to buy H & Blu ?
Fatchett claims he has 3000 + clients but will not provide even in general terms what his instructions may be.
He also appears never to have released communication between him and Harlequin with respect to his clients, this is odd behaviour as it is common place to release this information to clients, furthermore despite claiming to be acting on his clients instructions he appears to be personally covered by an NDA, which sorry does not make sense if he is acting on the instructions of his clients.
Mr. Fatchett is not telling the truth here and is hiding his lies behind “Client Confidentiality”.
Time the SRA took a very close look at Mr. Fatchett.
Looks like someone has rattled Harlequin, could this be why Mr. Fatchett is getting all this abuse?
If Fatchett has 3000 plus clients why does he continue to sit idly by, ?????
And what about all the statutory demands he claims to have ?
Who say Fatchett has sat idly by ? How do you know ?
The limit of the RL terms for due diligence clients are set out on their site. Have a look at the 10th July 2014 update letter.
Maybe RL are not interested in anything other than the redress going forward ?
Would you want to spend loads of time being sniped at by Dave and his cronies ? No, thought not.
Maybe that’s why the Harlequin trolls are out because he has upset the Chairman Ames.
I have no problem with RL, they have done more than anyone else.
I would rather listen to the musings about pigs trotters than this rubbish.
RL are bad RL are bad zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo obviously Harlequin.Trolls
RL are doing a good bit of back pedalling over on the RL forum tonight, even offering to put up their standard terms of engagement for any “clients” who may have lost theirs.
Furthermore they have stated that the due diligence retainer ran out in July 2014.
So either RL are working on a no win no fee basis with 3000 + Clients or at the very least have 3000 + Clients on an open ended non fee paying retainer basis.
Now it could be that RL have asked for retainer fees to be paid over and above the £200 + Vat, which they now claim that retainer ran out on July 2014. But none of us were asked to pay this, nor have RL ever publicly stated that additional fees for additional retainers needed to be paid.
Looks like Fatchett is really misleading his clients over on the RL mushroom growing forum.
The SRA are appointing supervising Solicitors to RL in the morning. They very rarely do this. This is a serious investigation, and no amount of diversionary tactics will change the fact that serious allegations have been made against that firm .
There are some on here who will say that RL have done a great job, well let’s see what they have achieved for their clients, questionable Due Diligence perhaps, and an investigation by the SRA, yeah brilliant.
And damn all else.
I spoke at some length to RL today. They are not very optimistic about the chances of a deal. I got the distinct impression that they have decided that they cannot deal with David Ames.
The simple position is that RL have lots of clients who do not trust David Ames enough to be able to sign up to the trust. Add to that their 1500 or so redress clients (their number not mine) who have been advised not to join until FSCS approve it.
If you add 1500 to the other clients RL have or influence then about 4000 people quietly stand in opposition to Ames. I have not spoken to GF, however it is clear to me that RL do not want to deal with Ames in the future. I also got the distinct impression that RL do not want to actively crash Harlequin.
David Ames will know that no financier will offer money without investors being onside. Having to explain to a financier that only a minority support you, would not be attractive.
Without finance, David Ames is stuck and he must know this. As a reasonably competent businessman (apart from my lapse of reason here) I would be trying to reach a compromise to get some momentum.
I do not understand much, but without progress Harlequin will collapse. It is probably for this reason that RL have been attacked so strongly. This is counter intuitive as without RL, David Ames cannot move forward.
Anonymous – you are funny. Only a few people know the reality any by spouting like you do, you make it clear who you are.
Tactically very naïve.
You said the SRA were coming on Monday. Make your mind up.
I suspect your going to tell us that you are on speaking terms with the SRA soon.
You know as much as about this as you do the SFO, FCA investigations etc
Isn’t GF a freemason ?
If I paid you £200 + Vat as requested by you.
1. Was this for the due diligence only?
2. If not, what else does this cover?
3. If it was for the Due Diligence only, you state that the Due Diligence retainer expired in July 2014, so am I still a client of RL or must I pay more money?
4. You have stated clearly the options for redress, but as we are clients of RL are you still willing to pursue Harlequin if instructed or will we have to pay additional funds for this.
5. Did you have a remit to act for us with respect to the establishment of the trust?
6. If not can you explain why not?
7. If you are still representing us with respect to the establishment of the trust when does this expire?
These are just some of the questions I would like to see published on the RL forum.
@ Gareth Wenry Hare, you really think that we are worried about a tactical game lol.
You my friend are very much mistaken, but carry on, we are finding this most amusing.
During the ‘5 weeks of 100% occupancy’ food and drink supplies were lacking, the chefs forced to shop at the local super market each day to make ends meet. Guests who had made multiple visits over the years advised that they will not return again due to the very noticeable slip in standards.
When it comes to contractors, many refuse to provide service unless payment is received upfront, and most of those still providing service do so unwillingly as Harlequin / BBR owes them sometimes 10’s of thousands of dollars, they are worried that if they walk away they may never see any of the money owed to them.
The dive / water sports contractor has moved off property, guessing they got fed up of supporting a business model that did not want to pay its bills.
Wonder how long it will take the bus driver and the owner of the land where the Bamboo restaurant sits to wise up and walk away?
The staff have still yet to receive their salaries for the last month, so don’t be surprised to have a full on strike on the property soon!
Looking at the list of property Ames/Harlequin “own” There’s a site on an island of Thailand, very close to Cambodia. Even less specific are a QL (Queensland?) and BC. I can find only British Columbia and Baja California.. Redefining Luxury in temperate latitudes and luxury at the wrong end of a gun
Look let’s face it GF was only interested in the SIPP redress claims. A few mill squid, all he needed was the client list. Then he got seduced by Walton, paddy and a few others who showed him riches beyond his wildest dreams. There was a meeting in a tent in the desert, a few dancing girls perhaps, and he was hooked. Now he’s in it too deep to back out. Lay with dogs etc. now his core business is under threat. Should have stuck at what you knew old son. Warey old hare had you by the short ones now.
@ It’s all in the sipps. Falcons and sight hounds … sleeping bags marked meum and tuum and a few bloody camels. We’re ready for a remake with Fatchops in the Irishman’s role…
@ It’s all in the Sipps 9.46 Sight hounds and falcons … sleeping bags marked meum and tuum and a few bloody camels. We’re ready for a remake with Fatchops in the Irishman’s role
@ David Ames
Day is done, gone the sun……
To David over on the RL forum, it’s a pity that RL did not inform their “Clients” of the SRA investigation into their activities before news of this was released on BFP and in the GV’s Update.
It is even sadder to still see members on the RL forum believe that they are clients of RL, a few remain, but as RL have stated the bulk of the clients retainers finished in July 2014.
RL have not really played this well, they have always assumed that Ames would eventually cave into their demands.
Sadly this will not come to pass, Ames is already convinced that Shipleys will grant him a CVA, the best RL can hope for now is an application by Shipleys to extend the administration.
This may prove difficult to obtain.
It is also odd that RL publicly are treating the SRA matter so casually, the attempt by Harlequin to undermine the credibility of RL which could very well succeed was born out of an arrogance on the part of Gareth Fatchett in believing that he was the only game in town and that Ames would roll over and have his tummy tiggled.
We have been told about the Plan B, that never happened, the SRA move caught RL off guard.
Ames is not that bright, indeed he is actually a bit dim. It’s through his ignorance that he has lasted this long. So for RL to have been caught off guard in such a manner must be a bitter pill to swallow, yes we expect RL to make accusations against those they feel are leaking information but one must ask why RL with 3000 + clients ( which is not what you guys are) cannot take decisive action.
Indeed if you guys on the RL forum are clients of RL as RL claim, then why don’t you guys instruct RL to issue Stat demands against one of the RDC’s to begin with.
We have heard about them for long enough.
The problem RL has is that Harlequin have seen from the RL forum that the last thing the RL “clients” want is to tip this shambles into liquidation and Ames knows without this ultimate threat RL are totally ineffective, RL know this too.
But sometimes you need to bring it to the wire and beyond if necessary.
You as clients can instruct RL to do this, all we see on the RL forum is RL’s clients (again I use the term loosely) looking to RL for guidance and solace.
There is no doubt that RL have acted in bad faith towards a good many investors, this happens when you are juggling too many balls in the air.
Why doesn’t somebody just fin shoot Ames and bring this all to an end
Holkham Compensation
Its another day but Holkham Compensation is still a scam
@ double barrel 2.01 And who’s gonna represent Chickadee and Coast to coast’s victims in all this? Will they join in with RL’s or will the be extradition to the US, where Ames might get a proper sentence. Long enough not to have a life worth living after it?
@ The Problem 7.39 Phew Aidikins! What a flurry of activity on the links. Are you going to bag a set of golf clubs, so you can join in?
Oops, sorry 2 meanings of the word LINKS. I got the wrong end of the golf club.
I hope Cleggie and auntie Ivy at Sid’s cafe are grateful to you for dropping your links to family members, in favour international political ones.
Just a reminder from yesterday
If you are a Harlequin investor who has been treated badly by them,you
can tell your story through the press.Numbers as below:
The Telegraph dtnews@telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail editorial 02079386000
Mail on Sunday 02079386899
Thanks for those numbers. So don’t foreget if you a RL client/follower/or anything else get in touch with those publications and tell them your RL story. That is what you meant isn’t it?
On a seperate note, will the latest telecon with DA be appearing in the Echo, IFAonline and any other rag just like the last one. The last one was published by those wasn’t it?
It’s sad that links to innocent, if slightly dull topics had to go. A few days ago, I saw a couple of book reviews, a church service and a symphony orchectra. There was a poker player, a site of a pretty village and a photo of Uncle Ralph linking to the wiki page of SVG.
The last was an unusual choice and how could it not be innocent?
Today, they included a video of the beheading of a journalist ( didn’t watch didn’t want to). Nasty topic. Release of intimate photos. Salacious topic, Australian exports of alpacas. This last topic might interest the Essex llama farmer, after all he has land in Oz hasn’t he?
It’s a natty little program to change the images and pages they link to.
@Its all in the SIPPS
Read it twice it might sink in
@ it’s all in the SIPPs, it’s a pity you seem to deny the Ames recording existed, Ames is a thief, so is his wife.
I have not denied the recording existed. In fact it was very good of the lady from Craziers organisation to leave your monicker on it. It was stated quite clearly that it would be sent to the echo and IFAonline for publication. Now why have these publications, who lets face it would print next years calendar if Walton or fatchett told them to, not published the transcripts. Why is that?
So grateful to Ames, got a couple of beautiful hardback brochures for Caribbean ventures, ‘deeds’ or whatever it’s supposed to be for only £50,000 +. Only had to work for twenty years in an office to get them, bargain! 🙂
@It’s all in the SIPPS
Even Fatchett takes orders from the SFO and the Freemasons
Just a question for you “all on the SIPPs”, you appear to have a problem in an individual an investor as you claim making it public, the claims made by Dave Ames in his question and answer conference call,
The claims that Ames himself as gone back on in his latest updates.
Why not criticise the fact that Ames made wholly untrue statements, why instead suggest that the recording was made by someone currently in litigation with Harlequin, perhaps the recording was circulated and circulated and circulated.
Frankly who cares who recorded the conversation? What is important was that we all got to hear it and that it was circulated.
And as for the press, perhaps they are just waiting for Dave to provide a response to the questions asked of him about the recording?
Ames claimed once to me he could stop litigation in SVG, is this just big talk or does he actually have any power in such matters? If so, this would explain his ego.
Sadly, it is probably true.
However, he cannot control any offers of finance. No point in controlling the courts when what you need is an offer of finance.
@Anonymous 1.00pm
I have a feeling that what has happened on this forum in the last 2 weeks has been very strange.
It is unlikely that you and i wil discuss Harlequin for much longer because it will be gone
I called Wilkins Kennedy today and they said Martin MacDonald doesn’t work there any more. Can any one confirm? It doesn’t look very good for the case with Harlequin!!
If only you really knew what was going on!
All,
We thought that it would be sensible to send out SIP3 which is the guidance which surrounds “Company Voluntary Arrangements”. It is worth a read, as it sets out the considerations an insolvency practitioner would need to have prior to proposing / accepting a CVA.
We have asked the joint administrators of Harlequin Management Services (South East) Limited (“HMSSE”) to invite Harlequin to show meaningful proof of finance prior to any CVA being proposed. There does not need to be any further debate on finance. Either Harlequin will deliver on finance or not.
The application to extend the administration period needs to be made by the end of September 2014. Therefore, all investors will know more in the next 4 weeks.
We expect any financier to pre-condition an offer of investment around investors being unable to demand their money back. This is the biggest hurdle, which at this date still remains unsolved.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
What’s changed?
http://www.summitfinance.co.uk/blog/?p=224
@anon 1.00 pm on the contrary it hasn’t been made public. It has appeared via some anon files on here, it has appeared on the RL blog. I don’t think that is public. So why has it not appeared on the echo or IFAonline when it was clearly stated it would be sent to them. Is the question too difficult to answer?
I just called the Southend Office and asked for Martin Mc Donald and his secretary put me through, no problem.
Not sure what the last post about Martin was about.
He is still there.
@ it’s all in the SIPPs, I just spoke with Jon Austin and he IS running the story, he contacted Harlequin and was told Ames was away, Harlequin through ELS then contacted the Basildon Echo last Friday and stated that Ames needed time to answer Jon Austin’s questions, Jon said he would wait.
I know Jon and I have him the recording and I’m not a client of CLC.
I also found it odd that ELS and Richard Specter contacted Jon Austin on. Friday cause Richard is a Jew. Now I know few Jewish lawyers who don’t work Fridays and further more no fewer who do no win no fee cases lol,
And one last point given that BFP is a public forum and the recordings were released on here, I’d say it was safe to state that the recordings were made public. You might not be aware but Dave Ames tried to obtain the IP addresses of anonymous posters on this site because he claimed he was being defamed in a very public manner.
One question I have, do you not think it was wrong of Ames to lie in his conference calls or was it worse to publicise the fact he had lied.
So “Martin” tales calls from complete strangers. Redefining a top 20 accountancy company.
Having not read the transcript I could not comment on whether DA has lied or not. Why has GF mouthpiece Laura Miller not published the transcript in full? Why would Jon Austin wait for a DA response before publishing the transcript? He never has before. What happened to the promise to send it to the mos?
Why does It’s all in the SIPPS sound just like BS Bob Storey?
On the contrary “it’s all in the SIPPs ” I do a lot of work with Mr. MacDonald and was seeking to clarify the situation, it’s odd that you made no reference to the individual who claimed to have called Wilkins Kennedy only to be told that Mr. MacDonald no longer worked there.
Mr. MacDonald is actively assisting those who are seeking to bring the Ames family to justice or who are investigating them. Now Richard Specter please feel free to put pen to paper and contact Kennedys the lawyers for Wilkins Kennedys insurers bringing their attention to this post.
And not sure what your concerns are given that you have not taken time to listen to the recording, or even read the transcripts, lol, yet you are most anxious to subtly question the veracity of the recording.
So may I suggest you listen to it before making further comments Bob.
Jon Austin has given Ames an opportunity to respond to every story, the opportunity was always followed by a letter from then Mssrs Carter Ruck and Simon bent lawyer Terry and more recently ELS Richard Jew Boy Specter the no win no fee Jew and Daniel Abhrams another little Gay Jew rentboy.
On the contrary, I have at no time questioned the vadility of the recording. Perhaps you can point out where that is the case. On fact I tried to download another file from here and got a computer virus so never again. It was clearly stated that the transcript would go to several publications and non have printed it. Why is that?
@Dave Ames has influence over SVG courts? True or false.
Consider the political situation in SVG.
– Party in power promised an international airport, which is running behind schedule.
– Airport needs big hotel to encourage large airlines to land.
– Resort needs airport, but can use lack there of to blame financial challenges to investors.
– Resort owes government A LOT of money (It is believed that resort has not made National Insurance contributions for any of its staff for over a year, as well as owing the nationalized electricity and water providers, VINLEC and CWSA, huge amounts). The electorate are for the most part unaware.
– The majority of the local staff, who are the backbone of the resort, work despite not being paid primarily to uphold national pride as they understand the importance the hotel plays within the tourism industry.
– Prime Minister wants re-election, and appears to not care about the financial hardships faced by almost everyone who has done business with the resort. Instead all focus is given to the airport and and its ever slipping ‘due to open’ date.
Does Mr. Ames have influence in the courts of SVG, I would doubt it, however it is fair to assume that he still has some friends in high places although should the political tide change he may find the island a little colder than he is used to.
@ all in the SIPPs it’s a pity that you are the only one who obtained a virus from downloading the file,
You need to ensure you antivirus software is up to date.
Yours is the only complaint about a virus.
And I’m sure that the papers will run the story soon, it might be worth your while to contact Jon Austin to ask when he proposes to run the story.
Again it’s a pity that you were the only one who picked up a virus, the download works fine on my computer and my tab. As it has for the 3000 + clients on the RL forum.
When Ralph is ready, he will bull Ames..(west Indian expression)Expropriation is easy in that Banana rRepublic…ask the land owners at Argyle who had their land expropriated more than 6 years ago, and who have not seen a red cent from communist Gonsalves.
The Ponzi Effect…..both sons of Madoff are now dead.
Maria Legros over on the RL forum, why do you continue to whine about your investment, you say all you want is your money back…. See your undying belief in RL leads you to believe you will get something back,
It’s gone you silly cow, it’s totally gone.
And to think that RL give a shit about you, c’mon wake up, your just a mushroom and a pain in RL’s Butt.
What’s the point in RL continuing to operate their forum…. ?
The forum is leaking like a sieve, and most now are too afraid to post on it, even Walton has ceased posting….
All that’s left on that forum is a bunch of sad investors hoping for RL to conjure up something that will see them walking away with their investments intact.
Well that will never happen.
@anti virus. Well guess what shit happens some time. But your concern is appreciated. But guess what, again you have side stepped the question of why the transcript has not been published. Perhaps now it’s a Jewish conspiricy. And macDonald has only been kept on board because to fire him will be an admission on guilt by WK. as soon as this is settled out of court he will be gone. Fact.
@ It’s all in the SIPPs, the press might run with the taped call they may not, the call was taped and circulated, so I would assume those that wanted to hear the tape have done so.
If Wilkins Kennedy are settling with Dave Ames this is great, sadly it’s not Wilkins Kennedys call on whether to settle or not,
This decision lies with Wilkins Kennedys insurers, it is they and their lawyers who are running the case, and I’m sure they too have now obtained a copy of the recording of the conference call along with the recent update from the GV.
This will go along way to discrediting Mr. Ames, given that you have not listened to the tape, you therefore would not have heard the GV’s reference to the stance a judge will take against anyone seeking to sue the GV or Harlequin.
You seem to speak on the subject of Wilkins Kennedy case from a position of absolute familiarity, I say this because of your word “FACT” with reference to Mr. MacDonald.
Well I too am well acquainted with the case, so here are a few more facts. Kennedys are putting a strike off motion before the courts with Respect to Harlequin Hotels and Resorts. Why? Because Wilkins Kennedy never acted for this company, FACT.
Kennedys have begun the process of an action against Harlequin Property SVG for security for costs. FACT.
Ames has already approached Kennedys through Richard Specter of ELS to seek settlement on the matter, Kennedys have rejected the approach. FACT.
Ames will seek mediation in the CASE. FACT.
Kennedys current stance on Mediation is there is nothing to mediate. FACT.
Ames through QC Hefin Rees and ELS have offered witnesses a substantial share in the winnings should they win in return for some rather dodgy evidence. FACT.
I could go on but it’s a pointless exercise with you. FACT.
So if WK did not act for HP why did MacDonald send numerous correspondence to DA saying they would no longer be carrying work for him any more? By not saying you are not carrying out any more work means you were carrying out work on his/ their behalf. And yes it was a slip, I know it’s in the hands of WK insurers now, not WK direct. So why did GF admit that the claim has substantial merit? The security of costs is covered by insurance. Why would DA seek a settlement at this stage when he has still got the opportunity to answer the insurance companies counter argument? Are you sure your FACTS are facts? You could go on? Nah you have run out of ideas FACT.
Oh and by the way if it is WK insurers who are in control of the case, why are WK asking for a strike off motion and security of costs. Make your mind up son who is representing who on this.
Anon, if the tape was circulated and it was so hot, then why are the press so reticent to publicise it. Maria Millar has previously wet her pants in her publication of tittle tattle from GF. Why has she not reproduced this?
@It’s all in the SIPPS FACT At the risk of pointing out the blindingly obvious, the strikeout application is against Harlequin Hotels & Resorts. If you read the papers filed by Harlequin you’ll see that the WK resignation papers don’t mention HH&R. The only Harlequin companies that are covered are HMSSE and HP(SVG).
If Harlequin have persuaded a funder/insurer to give a bond that will provide WK/their insurers with adequate security that’s great. Their lawyers can provide full details to Kennedys and that’s that. If they haven’t, security for costs becomes a rather important point.
@ it’s all in the SIPPs this is getting tiresome but for the avoidance of doubt, please try and digest the following.
1. Wilkins Kennedy acted for Harlequin Property SVG Ltd but not for Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Ltd. However both companies are plaintiffs in the cases, so therefore an application is being made to strike off Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.
2. If David Ames has insurance for the case then that will become apparent in the security for costs application. But let’s not forget we only have Dave Ames word for this, he has also many times told us he has finance for all his projects, you yourself would have heard this had you not been unfortunate enough to download a virus, and he himself has since acknowledged through his update that his previous claims ref finance must have been false.
3. Gareth Fatchett may have stated that there was merit in Mr. Ames case, although to do so he would have had to have sight of both sides documents, I recall he did make reference to the case ahead of the filing of the Wilkins Kennedy Defence, but it is most odd that a solicitor who acts for neither party would be prepared to call the case without seeing at least the defence documents or the skeleton arguments.
4. I’m glad you picked me up on the wording of my post, when I made reference to WK applying for security for costs I meant to infer that of course it was Kennedys who would make this application on behalf of the insurers, as it is they not Wilkins Kennedy who are running the defence.
5. I just find it odd that you acknowledged that you slipped up on the issue of who was running the case the insurers as opposed to Wilkins Kennedy, yet you see fit to post a second post highlighting the same slip up on my part.
6. Dave Ames stated that he had victory in the Wilkins Kennedy case before Wilkins Kennedy filed their defence. And in any matter Dave Ames can approach Wilkins Kennedys insurers at any time seeking settlement, this is not contingent on the filing of any documents.
I hope this clarifies the position.
Nice inane rant that. And your point is? You keep talking about someone who has not posted for ages but hide behind a silly ID. Why? Even Angela made more sense than you.
So the claim about finance is false? Does that mean that GF statement that he had seen the letter of intent for finance was also false? That was the same finance deal that GF sold the trust to his clients or whatever you want to call them. Of course if this is too tedious for you then you can always not answer.
This might come as a shock, but Gareth Fatchett may just have been referring to his clients who were actively seeking to purchase the Blu Hotel and the H hotel, when making reference to the original letter of intent, nevertheless Mr. Ames in his latest update makes absolutely NO mention of any guaranteed finance, furthermore he goes on to describe how the letter of intent with the Hotel Management Company will ASSIST him in obtaining finance.
So the issue of a previous letter of intent re the finance is a moot point.
I have no idea why Laura Millar has not made reference to the recording of the conference call, and frankly it does not matter, the recordings have been passed onto the authorities and Shipleys and it will ultimately be up to the authorities to bring the Ames family and Co. to justice and every little bit helps.
Thank you to the poster who has clearly explained the Wilkins Kennedy case and the issue of the taped conference call, as usual the pro Harlequin brigade come out shouting their mouths off which leads us all to believe the “Anonymous” version of events.
Well investor pity you cannot differentiate the difference between shooting their mouth off and asking awkward questions. Perhaps you should have asked some questions before you invested.
Today has been a very interesting day. We now know who is to be trusted.
Ask not who can be trusted, ask who can’t. The one person who can’t be trusted is Ames.
@Anonymous
Sep 3rd at 6.20,7.16,7.35 pm
I thankyou for the information that you have provided tonight.
Whatever could that be?
He is not all bad.
Is it true Dave has annexed some of the land at BB for himself ?
Buccament Bay belongs to Dave it’s his.
First he must repent !
Its becoming deju vu all over again. Grenada had a new airport (thanks
to Cuba), it had a recently deposed Marxist dictator, Maurice Bishop,
and the US -wink-wink-wink- was worried about its citizens attending
med-school. Oh lordy, lordy Mr. Reagan why not invade. Well where are
we now? SVG has a new (non functioning) airport, it has a Marxist
leader and also rumour has it that ISIS just might want to use it as
a base for “death squads” in the western hemisphere. (Qu’on te
coupe la tete). As if Obama doesn’t have enough to worry about.
Ames owns all the land at Buccament Bay, well his companies do and he is the sole director of these companies.
Well sorry when we say all the land, we are talking about 30 acres, because whilst he claims to own more, he will have to complete paying for it, but that’s a story for a different day.
Of the 30 acres he owes tax on 10.5 of this. So leaves him with little left.
Ames is praying that Comrade Ralph gets re elected because of the cozy little beach deal Ames has with the comrade, through the Comrades cousin Julian Francis.
If the Comrade fails to get elected then Ames can retire to his villa I’m Mallorca.
And he won’t be stuck for a few bob, he intends to retrieve his Golden Fleece from Argo which will ensure he is not deprived of many of the life’s luxuries he has become accustomed to.
Who is Argo you might well ask,? Argo is the Phoinex which arose out of the Ashes of Harlequin Developments and HD Studios, the companies who’s senior staff included Managing Director David Campion and CEO Mr. Andy Smith.
But I thought Andy Smith was the owner of PID, the procurement company Ames used,? Yes that is correct, he is one and the same.
Harlequin Developments and HD Studio were Ames’ construction companies? Yes but they also, it has transpired operated a Laundry division,
Sorry I’m lost? Ok let us tell you a little story.
Buccament Bay Resort and Harlequin Property SVG were trading insolvently as far back as 2010………
Hang on is this not what Wilkins Kennedy are claiming in their defence?
Yes but they are only claiming this now, the first real report on the insolvency came from a Desmond La Hue in mid 2010……….
Sorry who is Desmond La Hue??
Desmond La Hue was Ames’ accountant in St. Vincent who reported to Michael Slade Harlequins CFO……
Desmond La Hue was however sacked by Ames in mid 2010 after Ames accused him of cooking the books..
Michael Slade resigned a few months later after he too became concerned about the solvency of Harlequin……..
Was this all before or after Wilkins Kennedy and what happened to Michael Slade?
This was after Wilkins Kennedy, and Michael Slade returned to his offices in Rayleigh in Essex, shortly afterwards some official looking guys visited his offices and removed all the documentation he had on Harlequin.
Wow …………
Yes the same official looking guys visited the offices of Wilkins Kennedy and removed all documents pertaining to Harelquin.
Sorry can we get back to Campion and Smith? What’s the story there?
Smith was the CEO of Harlequin Developments / HD studios. Campion worked for Snith as the Managing Director. Campion however fancied himself and felt that control of HD / HD Studio should be ceded to him, so one evening he approached Ames and explained to Ames that Smith was overcharging for goods and services his company PID were providing HD / HD Studio. Ames was enraged by this and subsuquently sacked Smith.
Ames then threatened to sue Smith, but this did not progress very far……
Why not?
Well see Smith was the custodian of a somewhat secret Harlequin Bank Account in New York from which large and irregular cash withdrawals were made………
Sorry I thought that was the story about the bank account operated by the Vice President of Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Mr. Mark Sawkins?
No that is a different issue and we will get back to that momentarily ……….
Part Two to follow ……………………..
I haven’t enjoyed reading something as much since tyne mysterious
Ralph appeared…
Hmmm yes looking forward to part two, I wonder if the folks on the RL forum have picked up on this. Can’t wait to see the reaction from the Pro Harlequin Group to this later….
I’d like to know more about the Harlequin bank account in New York.
Also what the status is today between Smith and Ames. We already
all know that Campion is nothing but a total sycophant.
We are now officially bored.
Why get dragged down by Dave ? We are off.
All Dave has to do is get the FINANCE or otherwise it is goodnight.
If he does he will have to reach a settlement with RL and others.
Finance that’s a good laugh. They finance people have done the DD true, the letter of intent is just that!
Intent to buy from the liquidators 🙂
Have any of the Crazier bunch actually seen proof that she is not Audrey?
Thought not….. and you talk of due diligence – now that IS funny.
I bet she gets really angry when you mention it?
You do know who funds the case don’t you…. ?
Have you worked out how much you have spent V’s what you may recover?
On a serious note, assuming some of the recent posts are even 50% true how the hell is Ames still going around talking of finance, completions, and building out resorts?
Why can’t some of these people ‘in the know’ go a pair and do something about finishing Harlequin off?
He seems protected in SVG, in the UK the police and SFO have not arrested him.
He seems to be allowed to do what the hell he likes making all sorts of promises and statements even when he knows they have / are being recorded.
For a little man he seems to have a bigger pair than all the people who want to ‘damage him and Harlequin’
It’s a crazy situation when someone can take £400 million and carry on without a care in the world.
The problem is most investors do not want to loose their money, sorry all investors don’t want to loose their money.
So few if any are prepared to take action that would precipitate the demise of Ames.
Liabilities exceed assets – the money has gone dickwadd
Quote from letter in i-witness-news (SVG) in re to building a research-
education park in SVG….”it’s an economic structure that is also more
inclusive for us locals than luxury hotels, who (sic) deep in the heart
of their owners don’t have much use for black people…” I believe that
in the coming months as SVG gets closer and closer to an election
that Buccament Bay will become more and more an albatross for
the current government and that Ames will be more and more vilified.
What do you expect from someone who employed a security guy who went round calling staff ‘Boy’
Someone, who refers to locals as colored people.
Ames has no respect or regard for SVG – he regards it as a third world country; how and why the PM granted him citizenship could be something to do with the ( alleged 😉 $1 million bribe. 😉
The is ending and ending soon.
The NDP’s election slogan should be KER-CHIIING !!!
Ring de bell is sort of infantile
We are out of this. Let is fail naturally.
@Anonymous Sep 3rd 1.28. By the way, did you happen to notice whether news of the SRAs invasion, appeared earlier on BFP or the GV’s update?
Great news from Bas Vegas. A trio of semi medics has been jailed for fraud. It’s only a pathetic £1m, but at least they’ve been arrested.
If you see Warties, please pass on the message, let’s get out the A10s, B52s, B17s, Chippies, Tigers and Lancs. We’ll take the TUs too and drop something nasty on dirty corrupt little Basildon.
@ Real Story part 1 12.07 Thanks for the update. Understand bits of it and whooppee for the NY, NY connection, so gooooood they made it twice.
Someone mentioned the heartwarming news that Madoff’s second son has died of some kind of cancer. He stated to develop it at about the age the Ames sons are now …..
Well we can dream.
@ RL (if it’s you) Ames will commit commercial suicide when he fails once again to get finance. it does not exist, it’s just part of the stupid little mans delusion.
Let him fuck it up on his own.
Having Harlequin on your CV is hardly a career enhancing prospect, lot’s of hangers on will be out of work very soon when one or all happen:
Shiplys pull the plug,
Or he gets found guilty of contempt
Or the SFO nick him
Or he goes bust
Stat demands are sanctioned
Some other legal action
The press decide to run with it
The freezing order is actioned
WK win
The Irish mans appeal wins
Ames just can’t carry on
Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Come in Danny Boy.
Well Danny Boy, it looks like you get your redress claims. At least for now. It’s a bit difficult to run them when you don’t have a practising certificate. The problem with lies is that you have to have a brilliant memory so you can remember what lies you told to who and when. Your memory isn’t that good. Your lies are catching up with you.
We’ll talk more later.
RL are about to receive a crushing blow, and no one saw this coming.
RL I suspect will be no more soon, if I was RLs managing partner if would study the SRA rules handbook.
Maybe it’s time to give the Marathon Man a little gardening leave.
Oh Davey Boy, we got one hell of a nasty shock for you too, see you shot yourself in the foot by bringing the SRA into RL.
😉 😉 😉
Two birds with one stone – not bad.
This, from TailorMade, really takes the biscuit. They sold shite and now want to “help” clients get redress.
COMPENSATION CLAIMS
Dear Client,
Finally, after many months, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has put TailorMade Independent Ltd (TMI), along with several other IFA firms, into ‘default’ (default means a firm which is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it) This is a very significant event, as it means that the FSCS will now start to process compensation claims against unsuitable pension advice given to clients by these firms.
What this means to you, is that if you opened a SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension) in the last ten years and invested in one or more non-standard investments, such as the alternative investments that were available through TailorMade Alternative Investments Ltd (TMAI), you are entitled to make a compensation claim relating to any losses you may have suffered.
In previous TMI updates and following a meeting which took place with the FSCS, we were keen to point out to clients that they didn’t need to use the services of a lawyer and/or a claims management company in order to make a FSCS claim, as claims could be made directly to the FSCS free of charge. However, due to the complex nature of the various types of claim and the absolute desire to ‘get it right first time,’ we now believe that in order to enhance your chances of a successful claim, which maximises the amount of compensation to which you would be entitled, you most definitely SHOULD consider using the services of a claims management company.
With this in mind, we would like to invite you to attend a seminar which will introduce you to Holkham Compensation. Holkham Compensation is a specialist claims management company which includes legal experts specialising in the relevant areas of law. It has a panel of consultants, together with invaluable evidence from other sources, which conventional lawyers and other claims companies do not have. The panel includes those who have held senior positions in two major SIPP operators, specialising in non-standard investments. Similarly it includes people who have advised investment providers and worked closely with financial advisors. This means that Holkham Compensation will not only present cases expertly in legal terms, but can also provide compelling evidence with which to support compensation claims.
Furthermore, as we have stated in previous updates, TMAI will only support/introduce/promote organisations that put Investors interests ahead of all others, in a fair, honest and completely transparent manner. We believe the people behind Holkham Compensation to be, honest, reliable, professional and experienced in the relevant areas. But just as important for you to know, is that Holkham Compensation is aNOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation, constituted as a company limited by guarantee, which means its Principals can only charge for the actual work they do. This assures you that it is dedicated to maximising the compensation that you actually receive.
These seminars will take place on Monday the 22nd of September 2014.
Following attendance at the seminar, you will:
* Understand what Holkham Compensation is trying to achieve for you and how it intends to achieve it.
* Learn why obtaining a successful outcome to a claim is complex.
* Understand why you are entitled to make a claim, who the claim is against and what your claim is for.
* Be made aware of all the fees/costs involved in making a claim and the choices you have.
If you are interested in attending the seminar, please click here and we will send you the relevant details.
In the meantime, if you are interested in receiving a copy of Holkham Compensation’s explanatory Booklet and FAQ’s, please click here and we will e-mail it to you.
Also, please be aware that if you cannot make this seminar, we intend to put on further seminars, should demand require it and we will also let you know about these.
Lastly, we take this opportunity to re-iterate that FSCS claims can be submitted by you FREE OF CHARGE……you don’t have to use a claims management company to help you. Furthermore there are several alternative claims companies other than Holkham Compensation that you could use. Therefore, we hope that your attendance at one of these seminars will help you to make an informed decision in relation to who you choose to help you with a claim. But whichever company you choose, please remember, the most important thing is to MAKE A CLAIM!!
Thank you for taking the time to read this communication.
TailorMade Alternative Investments
Copyright © 2014 TailorMade Alternative Investments, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this update as you invested in a non-standard investment that was promoted by TailorMade Alternative Investments.
The Gareth Groupies are in for a hell of a shock.
Tailormade are holding seminars for hocus pocus 22nd September. Too weird to even think about.
COMPENSATION CLAIMS
Dear Client,
Finally, after many months, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has put TailorMade Independent Ltd (TMI), along with several other IFA firms, into ‘default’ (default means a firm which is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it) This is a very significant event, as it means that the FSCS will now start to process compensation claims against unsuitable pension advice given to clients by these firms.
What this means to you, is that if you opened a SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension) in the last ten years and invested in one or more non-standard investments, such as the alternative investments that were available through TailorMade Alternative Investments Ltd (TMAI), you are entitled to make a compensation claim relating to any losses you may have suffered.
In previous TMI updates and following a meeting which took place with the FSCS, we were keen to point out to clients that they didn’t need to use the services of a lawyer and/or a claims management company in order to make a FSCS claim, as claims could be made directly to the FSCS free of charge. However, due to the complex nature of the various types of claim and the absolute desire to ‘get it right first time,’ we now believe that in order to enhance your chances of a successful claim, which maximises the amount of compensation to which you would be entitled, you most definitely SHOULD consider using the services of a claims management company.
With this in mind, we would like to invite you to attend a seminar which will introduce you to Holkham Compensation. Holkham Compensation is a specialist claims management company which includes legal experts specialising in the relevant areas of law. It has a panel of consultants, together with invaluable evidence from other sources, which conventional lawyers and other claims companies do not have. The panel includes those who have held senior positions in two major SIPP operators, specialising in non-standard investments. Similarly it includes people who have advised investment providers and worked closely with financial advisors. This means that Holkham Compensation will not only present cases expertly in legal terms, but can also provide compelling evidence with which to support compensation claims.
Furthermore, as we have stated in previous updates, TMAI will only support/introduce/promote organisations that put Investors interests ahead of all others, in a fair, honest and completely transparent manner. We believe the people behind Holkham Compensation to be, honest, reliable, professional and experienced in the relevant areas. But just as important for you to know, is that Holkham Compensation is a NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation, constituted as a company limited by guarantee, which means its Principals can only charge for the actual work they do. This assures you that it is dedicated to maximising the compensation that you actually receive.
These seminars will take place on Monday the 22nd of September 2014.
Following attendance at the seminar, you will:
Understand what Holkham Compensation is trying to achieve for you and how it intends to achieve it.
Learn why obtaining a successful outcome to a claim is complex.
Understand why you are entitled to make a claim, who the claim is against and what your claim is for.
Be made aware of all the fees/costs involved in making a claim and the choices you have.
If you are interested in attending the seminar, please click here and we will send you the relevant details.
In the meantime, if you are interested in receiving a copy of Holkham Compensation’s explanatory Booklet and FAQ’s, please click here and we will e-mail it to you.
Also, please be aware that if you cannot make this seminar, we intend to put on further seminars, should demand require it and we will also let you know about these.
Lastly, we take this opportunity to re-iterate that FSCS claims can be submitted by you FREE OF CHARGE……you don’t have to use a claims management company to help you. Furthermore there are several alternative claims companies other than Holkham Compensation that you could use. Therefore, we hope that your attendance at one of these seminars will help you to make an informed decision in relation to who you choose to help you with a claim. But whichever company you choose, please remember, the most important thing is to MAKE A CLAIM!!
Thank you for taking the time to read this communication.
TailorMade Alternative Investments
Copyright © 2014 TailorMade Alternative Investments, All rights reserved.
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“The real story part 1, a tale of corruption and theft” posted yesterday at
12:07am. I hope that we don’t have to wait another six hours for part 2.
@ Twats at Tailormade. What’s happening is part of the Harlequin business model. Not the one on the videos, but the one described to a few special people behind closed doors.
Clergy are admitted to freemasonry, aren’t they?
Mr. Ames could not sue Mr. Smith for fear Mr. Smith would expose the highly irregular US payments.
We have heard about this before somewhere?
Yes the cash issue, the suitcases of cash was the subject of the BBC Panorama Probe into Ames and Harlequin.
Was Gareth Fatchett involved in the BBC Panorama Program?
Not quite, Gareth Fatchett met with the BBC in St. Vincent and stated to them that he could arrange a meeting between the PM of St. Vincent and the BBC, the PM of St. Vincent subsequently denied that this was the case, furthermore denying he knew who Gareth Fatchett was or even ever having met him.
We will run a special on Gareth Fatchett’s role in this debacle in a separate reveal all, that will be most interesting to those who believe they are clients of Mr. Fatchett.
What did happen the BBC Panorama Program ?
Ames accused an award winning investigative journalist of attempting to bribe an employee of his. The journalist resigned but it must be noted that the UK Police took no action in the matter despite the fact that had the journalist indeed offered a bribe this under UK law would be a criminal offence.
Andy Smith what happened him?
Smith went into business with a Guyanese partner, whilst working as CEO for Harlequin Developments, they shared ownership of a barge which brought White Sand from Guyana to Buccament Bay. Smiths partner was subsequently arrested when the barge was boarded and an icing sugar like substance was found on board.
No charges were filed against Smith over this incident.
So where is Smith now?
Smith spends most of his time eating breakfasts in China. He claims to be owed a substantial sum by Ames but this cannot be verified. His relationship with Ames is tenuous to say the least.
What is Smiths relationship with Jeremy Newman?
Smith has no relationship with Jeremy Newman, I think you are mistaking Jeremy with Andrew Newman, a manager of Andy Smiths who was employed in St. Vincent.
Do they still work together?
No Andy Newman helped corroborate Campions allegations that Smith had ripped of Ames. Andy Newman now claims to be representing Ames in China on Procurement on a consultancy basis. Flying Virgin on his trips.
Speaking of Virgin I’ve heard rumours ………..????
Yes the relationship between the senior Virgin Management in Barbados and Ames may be a little too close for comfort, Richard Branson may want to take a closer look at this cosy arrangement before he too becomes embroiled in the scam.
Can you elaborate?
We can and will in a later update but recently Argo were awarded the design, supervision, construction and project management of the new Virgin Offices in Barbados. This despite Argo being just over a year old.
Maybe they are just good ?
Yes maybe they are, but the owner of Argo David Campion was the Managing Director of Harlequin Developments which apparently also ran a laundry.
Surely you are not suggesting impropriety on the part of Campion and Harlequin Developments?
No we are not “suggesting” anything, we are making this a statement of fact based on hard evidence we have obtained.
Speaking of laundries there were rumours about Mark Sawkins were they not.?
Yes but not rumours, for a period of months millions of dollars was being passed through Mark Sawkins personal bank account in the Scotia Bank local branch in St. Vincent.
These huge irregular payments were picked up by Scotia Banks Anti Money Laundering Operation in Canada. Sawkins was warned about this by Scotia Bank which eventually resulted in action being taken by Scotia Bank to stop the abuse.
Sawkins resigned from Harlequin soon afterwards. One of the theories put forward at the time was that Sawkins was making cash payments to staff and others in order to circumvent tax payments.
How do you know all this?
A local staff member of Scotia Bank provided a private investigator with all the information.
Wow ……………
To be continued………
Can anyone tell me what a Super Injunction is?
What’s wrong with Tailormade taking commission out of taxpayers money from the ombudsman ? 🙂
Anonymous, I don’t understand why you think RL are about to disappear.
If clients complain then they will be directed to the legal ombudsman, if there is a conduct issue then the SRA will investigate. Sanctions are only generally imposed in the case of financial irregularities or very serious rule breaches and then only after a full investigation and a reference to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (which is effectively a trial). All of that can take months – if there is any substance to it. No one on here has said exactly why they have referred RL to the SRA.
The only time the SRA intervene is if there is a threat to client money because of fraud or potential firm failure.
Leads me to think that there is no substance to any of it – just more wishful thinking from Ames and his buddies. It would suit Holcombe, Ames and the agents to have RL out of the picture, but one can easily join the dots. Holcombe has as members Van Der Weyer and Powerscourt. Powerscourt (operated by Van der Weyer) was the prime mover behind SCS Farmland. This is yet another land “investment” opportunity. Not regulated and based in Argentina (for God’s sake!). One of the big sellers of SCS Farmland – Tailormade.
All the same people with their fingers in the pie. All passing around information like a boiler room so that they can rip off the same unsuspecting saps. I would stay well clear of the lot of them. The next thing you know, if you ever receive any compensation, you will have the Wolf of Wall Street (or more likely the Donkey of Basildon) on the phone trying to sell you the next worthless crap investment.
Again can anyone tell me what a Super Injunction is?
@TRSP2ATOCAT (Whew-that’s a mouthful)
You corroborate some suspicions of mine going back several years.
Sure hope that you can say a bit more about the NY connection. I
am sure that our paths have crossed.
@ Due Process, this might be a question that should be asked of the SRA appointed supervisors currently ensconced in the RL Offices, or even better a question Fatchett should be able to answer on his forum. All though I suspect that forum will disappear shortly.
We are out of this. Leave it to you all to turn out the lights.
RL forum gone.
Who are you whilste blower?!!
You appear out of the mists of Harlequin’s shit storm, provide some rather apt information, which evidently has RL’s feathers ruffled (they took their forum down), and are continuing to post information.
I cannot work out who you are “pro”? You are certainly anti Harlequin and RL, so why are you even bothering? Also seems that you had access to the RL forum as well for whatever reason.
Sure glad I got my claim into Holkham while they’re still around! Oh wait…
Yes, we are leaving the arena and handing the baton back to others.
We have done our work and now we move on to redress claims.
Why waste time energy on cost on a crocked investment and all the pre-history ?
We have no doubt Harlequin will fail. However, why do we care ?
Erica – Its time to bring your forum back online. Charge to be a member
and make some money. Remember you would be the webmaster and
could kick any one off you wanted….
It is unfortunate that Harlequin did not recognise the support that RL would
receive from their clients. Good night Harlequin.
@Anonymous,
not sure the SRA will say what they are doing (the FCA certainly won’t comment on any ongoing investigation for fear of prejudicing any action they might take – same as the SFO: as we all know). RL certainly won’t want to give any information.
I frankly am suspicious of anyone who is pushing the Ames agenda. Harlequin in my view is a criminal company run by criminals. Just my opinion but one that I think will be proved to be correct in the fullness of time. Tailormade and the rest of the agents have made very good money on the back of a ridiculous “investment proposition” that no reputable adviser would touch with someone else’s bargepole. These types of scams have been going on in lots of jurisdictions and the buyers have always been the credulous and inexperienced.
5 -7% that is what you can expect property to return. The super returns promised by the agents and HP are now, and always were, pie in the sky. Same as any number of other schemes. Really the people pushing them should have known better.
But then why (I ask myself) do so many of these scams involve land. Well firstly to an inexperienced investor it feels “safe” – though it is patently not: the last few years have shown that. Second (and probably most important) land is not a regulated investment class under the Financial Services and Markets Act. Arranging deals in regulated investments (if you are not yourself regulated) is a criminal offence – so steer away from shares, loans, insurance etc unless you want your collar felt. Stick to land, that unregulated one way bet and, as a trader, you will be safe! Is anything happening to the agents?
The authorities could have done something to these scammers on the basis that they were operating and selling unregulated collective investment schemes (which all of these are) but have been supine. Huge regulatory failure.
Nevertheless people deserve better then Holcombe, which is really Tailormade and their ilk reincarnated in a different form.
It’s time that Ames and Harlequin are shut down for good. RL started off with good intentions but it did not take them long to get sucked into this mess.
Gareth Fatchett is now in a whole heap of the brown stuff and frankly he not only deserves to be struck off but he should be prosecuted too.
He alone is probably responsible for inordinate time that it has taken to bring this whole mess to a grinding halt.
Clients of RL should consider taking action against that firms PI insurance.
It is however time that the authorities finally dealt with the Toxic Toad.
Well well RL only interested in redress claims. Cash investors can screw themselves? Who would have seen that coming? If its true then RL are a disgrace.
Causing delay? Not a criminal offence as far as I am aware. Not even a striking off offence. If every solicitor who had caused delay was struck off there would be a lot fewer about!
Delay however is a matter for the legal ombudsman. 8.42% of complaints in 13-14 were about delay (according to the LeO website).
Surely the clients of RL could only sue them if they have lost money as a result of RL’s actions. This is a major problem as the losses were caused by Harlequin – whose clients have neither their money back nor their property. Some people may be able to go to the compensation scheme or even sue the agents (possible but unlikely) if the agents are sole traders or partners in an unlimited partnership.
However, neither RL nor whatever deity you pray to can get blood out of a stone. Harlequin is a busted flush, has been for years. It has no money and a stack of liability (in all of its entities). Dave and his merry band have fought a very good rearguard action but all is revealed in time. When all of this comes out into the open – as it will – the villains of the piece are unlikely to be RL. Dave, Harlequin and the agents however are likely to come out of this less well. Some will go to prison, some will be fined and chased out of the FS industry and some will get off scot free. It is all part of the mad cavalcade that is dodgy investment world.
As long as there is one born every minute (and there is) Dave and his kind will be circling to part them from their hard earned.
@its all in the sipps
Sorry, not sure what point you are making. Investors who went into this (via whatever route) have given their money to a company which has failed (in my view was always a scam).
Why should anyone other than the scammer pay you back? Who should pay you? The government, the FCA, the accountants? If RL can get some money back for some investors – well done them. They should count themselves lucky. In most countries in the world the authorities and just about everyone else would shrug their shoulders and say to the victims “that’s bad, but there is nothing to be done”.
Too many people want to blame anyone but the real culprits.
Why would we waste a further moment on this ?
We have other disasters to make money from.
Pink money + redress claims is enough to be going on with. We will do these well and earn a decent profit.
We have three other commitments :-
1. We will unleash as much power as we can to prevent Holkham.
2. We will take direct claims against some (but not all) of the sub agents. We have a list.
3. We will use some of our 1 Stop claims to bankrupt Hughes and Rees.
Tick these commitments off as they happen.
I believe Fatchett operating under the radar is a lot more damaging to “Brand Ames” than a public arena war. Sensible fellow that Fatchett
@OPOB
I agree. Ames cannot blame RL if they are not visible.
Dear Client,
Finally, after many months, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has put TailorMade Independent Ltd (TMI), along with several other IFA firms, into ‘default’ (default means a firm which is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it) This is a very significant event, as it means that the FSCS will now start to process compensation claims against unsuitable pension advice given to clients by these firms.
What this means to you, is that if you opened a SIPP (Self Invested Personal Pension) in the last ten years and invested in one or more non-standard investments, such as the alternative investments that were available through TailorMade Alternative Investments Ltd (TMAI), you are entitled to make a compensation claim relating to any losses you may have suffered.
In previous TMI updates and following a meeting which took place with the FSCS, we were keen to point out to clients that they didn’t need to use the services of a lawyer and/or a claims management company in order to make a FSCS claim, as claims could be made directly to the FSCS free of charge. However, due to the complex nature of the various types of claim and the absolute desire to ‘get it right first time,’ we now believe that in order to enhance your chances of a successful claim, which maximises the amount of compensation to which you would be entitled, you most definitely SHOULD consider using the services of a claims management company.
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Working behind closed doors will drive the ‘pro’ and ‘anti’ Harlequin bunch mad – I like it.
I expect BFP to spike.
Lol RL gone silent, ahhhh sorry folks, and as much as I despise Ames, Fatchett does not fall far behind Ames.
RL are gone silent because they have been silenced and for not other reason lol
How do you know that?
Anon – 10.21
No one does. Remember, Fatchett, Walton, Ames are all freemasons.
Maybe Rl are sick of some of the w——- on here attacking their genuine hard working clients personally like a load of moronic school kids?
RL have over stepped the mark.
Harlequin have been wonderful and full of integrity.
RL will be investigated by Freemason’s so the complaint will be a storm in a tea cup.
Since when are solicitors supposed to be your friend? Hopefully Harlequin are genuine? Waiting for the proof 🙂
Do you really believe Shreik that no one from TL comes on here attacking people? Get real. The RL attack dog walton could not help himself if he tried. You are very niave.
Not sure what Mr. Scapegoat Walton has to do with the missing cash?? Sorry but you can’t even spell.
Not sure what Mr. Walton has to do with the missing cash?? I am very naive for parting with so much money. We all were!
Anon, how have RL overstepped the mark? What have they actually done that has got everyone so wound up?
Tailormade have invited me to meet with Holkham to discuss the wonderful Green Oil investment (tits up if you’re wondering). So the unregulated product flogger is now trying to pass me on to an unregulated claims company. No doubt taking a backhander on the way through.
You could not make this up. Does anyone regulate any of this? Honestly you could not make this up. Needless to say I won’t be going.
Thinking about it – why would anyone trust Tailormade with their stellar track record – Cyprus properties (tits up), Green Oil (tits up), Harlequin (tits up).
Are these people the anti-Midas? Everything they touch seems to turn to sh1t.
All,
We enclose an email sent by Lifetime SIPP this afternoon. We have removed the name of our client.
The email discloses the position of the SIPP with the second highest number of Harlequin investors. We would expect the other major providers to be in the same position. The SIPP timetable appears to be into 2015. The Administration Order for HMSSE expires on the 1st November 2014.
“From: info@thelifetimesipp.com [mailto:info@thelifetimesipp.com]
Sent: 05 September 2014 To:
Subject: IMPORTANT – Harlequin Update
Dear Mr XX,
REF: HQ/DA/
THELIFETIME SIPP RE Mr
I am writing to you with an update on your Harlequin Investment.
In August, along with a number of other SIPP providers, I attended a meeting with David Ames and his legal team. At the meeting the SIPP providers clearly laid out to Harlequin what we require from them in order to complete our due diligence of the Harlequin Trust.
Harlequin’s legal team are awaiting further information from the Pro Harlequin Investment Group (PHIG) and once they have that are aiming to provide us with a full response by the end of October. Once we have that information it will be passed to our legal advisers for a full review. Due to the timescales, and the complexity of the information, I do not expect to be able to give a further update on the Trust until the end of 2014.
In the mean time I would like to bring your attention to the recent statement from the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) regarding Harlequin which can be found at http://www.fscs.org.uk/news/2014/august/fscs-updates-on-investments-in-3ik7yxf1r/index.html
Once I am in a position to be able to update you further I will write to you again.
Yours Sincerely
Declan Ashley
Compliance Director”
Looks like lifetimeSIPP don’t want anything to do with Harlequin.
Harlequin’s legal team are awaiting further information from the Pro Harlequin Investment Group (PHIG) and once they have that are aiming to provide us with a full response by the end of October. Once we have that information it will be passed to our legal advisers for a full review. Due to the timescales, and the complexity of the information, I do not expect to be able to give a further update on the Trust until the end of 2014.
(by that time Harlequin will be dead in the water)
Ames said at least two SIPP companies signed up to his trust – more lies.
Congratulations to SVG for holding a cricket match involving the West Indies team. This must help raise the profile of SVG to the wider world. When the airport is open and BB is expanded then the future for SVG must be improved.
It does seem odd that Harlequin would need to ask PHIG about Harlequin.
What on earth do PHIG know that Harlequin do not ?
A good old British throwing of a problem into the long grass.
I have been thinking; David Ames need a chance to make things right.
The finance will be in a couple of weeks, completions are happening, SIPP companies are happy with Harlequin and Shiply’s are working towards a CVA.
All this has been advised by the Chairman of Harlequin, lets just wait and see if it works.
PHIG also seem to be playing a very important role, spearheaded by Bob Ladell, David Ames said he is a very intelligent man.
Maybe, just maybe, we have all misjudged the situation and Harlequin is actually recovering from all this negative press.
David Ames said Buccament Bay is 100% booked.
You make me sick!
Somewhere in Spain
September 5, 2014 at 4:18 pm
Congratulations to SVG for holding a cricket match involving the West Indies team. This must help raise the profile of SVG to the wider world. When the airport is open and BB is expanded then the future for SVG must be improved.
Bob Storey is posting here under lots of different IDs and continues to promote Harlequin. He professes his investment in Buccament Bay is safe and protected but understands nothing about St Vincent & the Grenadines, its economy or local politics. The employees at BB have not been paid on time yet again. How is this helping the people of SVG?
Investors: Please have a read about the local politics and avail yourself with the reality. It really isn’t good. Harlequin is keeping significant information from you.
@Olive Branch sept 5th 5-10
I can wait around 3 weeks.
However there is no room for lies now.
If Ames does not pay what he owes,i will drop him off at the SFO FOR FREE.
This beach belong to we. What a pity you have to belittle some good news about SVG by being so petty. Who is this Mr Storey you talk about.
@So9mewhere in Spain –Are you in self-denial?
Eh no I am in Spain. Where is self denial? Is it in the EU?
denial, no man it somewhere in Egypt mon 😉
We have been helping our for no profits mates to find their MOJ authority
and have been ….
Couldn’t get anyone in Tailormade to speak on the phone about Harlequin last year? Now they smell makin a few more squid out of us they’re inviting us for cozy seminar-arses? How kind!
The God squad give their profit to…
PHIG.
However, they can’t legally carry out this work according to a very nice lady at the MOJ.
They are being looked at 😉
Too bad that Benny Hill is no longer around to star as DA in the
made for TV mockumentary…
How do you know Holkham are being looked at ?
I reported them to the MOJ, along with others .
https:// gov.uk/complain-about-claims-company
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All, if you check Gareth Fatchett, Regulatory Legal or their company name R Legal Limited a very interesting thing happens.
The result will shock and astound those from Harlequin, Holkham, PHIG etc
“No Results”. So the whole SRA thing was a load of nonsense and used entirely to deflect attention from the £400m mess.
Does shock me at all TTCO , either Fatchett is as clever as eggs and created this to slip below the radar so he can spring his surprise attack or Ames attempted to destroy Fatchett and has created quite a dangerous enemy for himself .
It wasn’t that long ago that Daniel Dalligan and Harlequin got their knuckles wrapped in the High Court for implying that Gareth Fatchett wasn’t a ‘proper’ solicitor.
Click to access fatchett-v-dalligan-order-04-03-13.pdf
rapped!
Risk Warning @Risk_Warning · Sep 4
27 days to go before we know what Shipleys intend to do with Harlequin (HMSSE) . Liquidation or CVA? #harlequin
https://twitter.com/Risk_Warning?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.regulatorylegal.co.uk%2Freglegalwp%2F&profile_id=1259112319&tw_i=507924133158846464&tw_p=embeddedtimeline&tw_w=477036920145334272
Can’t wait for it to be liquidated – hope the whole house of cards falls down.
Ames will go to jail with his fraudulent son, the SFO will repossess all of Ames’ assets (including RDC’s), hopefully a HUGE media scandal, and the Ames family will be put forever into the “Ponzi Scheme Hall of Shame”, second only to Madoff himself.
It won’t be liquidated. It will go to a CVA and then DA will buy it back under a new company name. Job done.
It’s time for everyone to cool down and take a shower.
That deal has been already agreed, lets just say the new owners won’t be English
A little bit of history…………
http://www.jack-the-ripper-walk.com/jack-the-ripper-clue.htm
Mitre Square, Apron,
Was this another Masonic cover up?
Maybe DA would prefer to go “camping” instead?
what a load of Goebbels
From next week, we will be operating under the radar.
All those who are in the know, know about the court matters which are pending.
Our focus will turn to the cronies trying to rip off investors for one final time.
Wonder if hocus pocus will discuss guardian etc still charging full fees for managing the Sipps on 22 nd?
I would doubt it as their mates are all getting a share.
Buccament Bay flooded again
Would that be before or after the sweltering heat in SVG?
It doesn’t rain on the plain somewhere in Spain
@ More Unbelievable, Sep 5, 2.25pm
The investments didn’t turn to shit, they were shit from the start.
The “guaranteed” returns and the “low risk” marketing were clearly aimed at the naive investor who would be hooked by the prospect. A moment’s thought would tell you that institutional investors would queue up for half the projected returns if they were genuinely low risk.
The companies and individuals that peddle this type of investment know full well that the levels of risk are enormous and, in some cases, they will have known that the investments were nothing more than ways of stripping people of their life savings with no hope of ever seeing the money again.
There is currently terrible flooding across St. Vincent, reports from Buccament Bay say that the water reached about 5ft up the sides of some of the units earlier today.
Flooding has also badly affected the town of Kingstown,
Guests have been evacuated from Buccament Bay.
We are trying to obtain photos
Two floods in nine months. What company would ever
offer insurance for BB. I guess that mother nature is now
on Ames enemies list. Who’s he gonna sue???
Can the floods be verified.
God’s vengeance.
Does anyone know of a SVG radio station that gives news.
All I can get is music…
Time for soothing music
Is it true Ames is taking legal action about this flooding with him upstairs?
What about the insurance……..Mmmmmm never did see that did we?
You absolute bunch of lemmings. You would believe anything. Ever thought of checking the local news or weather forecast first before you swallow such shit. By the way the earth is flat and elvis has been found on the moon. You idiots!
Don’t be so sure….. Ames will need to prove insurance regarding the finance in the next couple of weeks.
If he has no finance, then we all know what Shipleys will have to do; especially as higher authorities are monitoring the current situation very closely indeed.
Looks like the anti HP trolls are out in force tonight. Too much to drink during the day perhaps. Flooding in BB, SFO, Shipleys, insurance. We only need the “Kim has left” lie again and we will have a full house. What else can they dream up this evening?
Here in St. Vincent we have had very heavy flooding, landslides and reports of at least one bridge washed away.
We are working very hard to locate a number of missing persons on the Island as I write this.
Once again people are suffering but also once again we have people like Somewhere in Spain making light of the difficult situation we are enduring.
And I’d like to add that once again the people of Buccament Bay have been affected by the floods as they have through out the island.
So instead of trying to make out that our tropical island is some what immune from weather patterns that affect the tropics, when we have to deal with those difficult moments it would be nice to think that those who know nothing about our current plight refrain from making comments which deflect attention from the serious problems affecting us this very day.
We need your support and prayers again today, not point scoring at our expense.
Regards Tony
Volunteer with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we would ask that you visit our facebook page where we are bringing you updates on the task facing us today.
Tony, no one is trying to make light of any disaster in SVG. If there have been floods then the sensational headline should not be bb flooded. I don’t believe anything that is posted on here unless it is substantiated by a 3rd party. This blog is full of lies and more lies so don’t be suprised if the reaction is one of suspision.
Tony,
The political elite of SVG have propped up Harlequin.
£400m of money has gone south.
SVG will come out of this badly and expecting sympathy is asking a lot .
Many investors see SVG as the problem. It cannot be that the workers do not know the nature of Ames.
@ Somewhere in Spain, you were casting doubt on the veracity of the information with respect to flooding at Buccament Bay, this forum is dedicated to discussions about Harlequin and Buccament Bay, and sadly once again much damage has been wreaked upon the resort and surrounding area.
Once again our thoughts and prayers rest with those caught up in the floods and with the families of those missing.
I am able to monitor on my McBook SVG radio stations. Problem
is that they never give news. Does anyone (Tony maybe) give me
a station that gives news.
Oh dear, this is not good timing for finance – will we be able to complete?
I think this is a conspiracy with RL and God and WK to damage the Harlequin brand.
Keep me out of this
“Somewhere in Spain” is Bob Storey
God told Dave to lead the children of Buccament Bay out of slavery into the land of Dave, which God has promised to them,
Now God has tricked Dave and will be taken to task for damaging the Harlequin model.
And Tiger Tot knows jack shit
An illiterate thick fuck? That has to be a self description?
NBC SVG Sound of the Nation Radio’s Facebook page is full of
photographs of the flooding. So it must be real.
Well “tony” perhaps you could give a link to the Facebook page, or maybe a link to the local publications where this information can be found. Anyone else found it yet?
I witness news are now covering the flooding story, apparently the flooding affected Kingstown and Buccament Bay Primarily .
Sorry who is this prick Somewhere in Spain?
A lot of damage has occurred in St. Vincent, pics on the SVG Red Cross Face Book page and now on I Witness News.
Sfo etc, you need to embrace religion or some thing because you obviously have anger management issues.
The Red X Facebook site had on picture of a mud slide. Nowhere was BB mentioned.
And stop trying to guess who I am you are just making yourself look out of control.
PM of St. Vincent stated in a News Conference that more bad weather is headed for St. Vincent. He stated and I quote ” it’s in the hands of The Lord now “.
Ames’ lawyers are ringing their hands in glee, as they have “The Lord” bang for rights now.
On a serious nite, the villas at Buccament Bay were inundated with several feet of muddy water, looking forward to all those photos of guests with mops and buckets helping the GV to clean out all the units again.
And singing joyfully doing this.
Buccament Bay is built on a Flood Plain and is uninsured, so who the hell is going to finance this bag of shit.
Bob somewhere in Spain Storey just look at I Witness News SVG they clearly talk about Buccament Bay, don’t worry you will not pick up a virus from the link on Google.
Dave Ames is Bob Storey and Somewhere in Spain
Think about it!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Witness-News/277092882588?fref=ts
confirmation on the IWNSVG FB page of the extent and damage caused by flooding – with examples in Buccament Bay. It’s typical of the HP apologists that they are so ignorant of any local news or sources and totally reliant on the PR BS issued by HP. I do wonder how many of these investors even knew where SVG was prior to investing – they certainly have done little to educate themselves since.
Sfo etc. yes you are one sick fuck. You spent all that money lol. You might as well use your correct name now your I’d is known. I’m sitting in Spain, 35 deg, have a gin and tonic and you are sitting in a dark place spitting hatred and bile. I just cannot stop laughing.
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/06/one-person-hospitalised-after-floods-landslides-in-st-vincent/
Read this Bob Storey aka scumprick in Spain.
Eh and where does it mention the hotel in BB. Scumprick yes the cheap booze is kicking in now.
R Legal still tweeting and on the SRA register. According to posters on this site they were being shut down this week. No one said why (other than some comments about delay).
Reports of their demise seem to have been greatly exaggerated.
Do clients instruct solicitors or solicitors instruct clients, ??????
Don’t believe anyone said RL would be shut down this week, someone correctly stated the forum would be shut down. The SRA investigation will take time, additional information is being passed over to the SRA, someone did however suggest that GF could be given gardening leave, he is afterall not even the managing partner in RL. I will miss those videos though.
Why does Terry think I am in Spain?
Was never true. Just more desperate nonsense from HP and their supporters. HP is failing (has failed actually). All that is left is the inevitable insolvency and sale of assets and prosecution of the guilty parties.
However we can say who has gone already. Harlequin’s UK sales arm, Tailormade and any number of agents. They pop up again in various guises PHIG, Holkham etc.
only a matter of time before it all fails.
“No football, no drama only gardening and contemplation. How boring.” – Gareth Fatchett https:// twitter com/GarethFatchett
Perhaps he can clean Waltons Bently for him?
We know where all the skeletons in Fatshits closet are buried, so he would need to be a very careful little boy,
Tut tut, now Mr. Fatshit it’s time you got back into your little box and stayed nice and quiet…..
Didn’t realise this was a site for kids? ffs grow up!
@anon
Still no clearer as to what GF and RL have done which could lead to them being discplined by their regulator. I know RL have told us the trust is rubbish because, as it turns out HP does not have title to its assets and has liabilities way in excess of them too. So their advice was not tosign up to it.
I note we are still months later waiting to hear from Halequin on the alleged errors in the RL DD. After all this time the assumption must be that the dd was materially correct.
Wow someone attacks Fatchett and a response from Fatchett. Ok Mr. Fatchett is it not time you represented the interests of your clients, all of them, rather then be the duplicitous little bastard that you are?
😉 😉 You know what I mean, so go do the decent thing rather then running around insinuating all sorts of rubbish.
@anon
As I was writing you reposted your latest. If all you have is abuse then i don’t think the SRA or anyone else will be that bothered about listening. The tragedy of this that people have lost money that they couldn’t afford to and you get you jollies by posting abusive rubbish.
We all know who the con men are. GF and RL are not on that list. It is reserved for Ames and his cronies.
Fatshit knows what he has done, more importantly what he has NOT done, and he knows who else now knows. A dangerous game he now plays. He be best served getting back into his little box before he digs an even bigger hole for himself, however this is not the forum to discuss the finer points of his “Ethical” behaviour, that’s best left for those who investigate and police such matters.
Don’t worry Fatshit this is not the forum for such matters.
Not Fatchett, I have tits. No patience for idiots.
@ anon
Sorry you have the wrong end of the stick entirely.
I ask again what has GF “not done”. Like Harlequin you say RL have got it wrong but don’t say why. I have to agree with the other posters on here – all very childish.
On the contrary any reports to the authorities on the conduct of Mr. Fatchett will of course be backed up with all the evidence, there will be no need to use any foul language, the evidence if it were to be presented is damning in the extreme,
And I say if it is to be presented, see Mr. Fatchett dug himself into a corner, but he does have an Olive Branch being still held out to him, so he now has to decide whether to do the honourable thing, or carry on being a stool pigeon and a complete cock,
His choice.
@anon Sweet mother of God anon, we’re a giddy little chap aren’t we? Wet your pants? I posted the Fatchett quote from Twitter. What’s funnier is that it was posted on May 16. Posted it for shits and giggles
@Anon
Oh nice, here we go. The real reason all this shit about SRA is coming out – the “olive branch”.
So the dirt has been “dished” on RL? So they took pink money and didn’t do what they said they would? Reminds me of another group of people.
I don’t want to argue with you, because frankly you’ll crush me, but what I will say is that I looked over my engagement letter from RL, and corresponding TOB letter (the once I scanned before I sent back). They are still getting SIPP investors to pay for the DD, as well as outlining they are acting for them to achieve redress.
So your notion that many of the RL “clients” are not clients at all cannot be true. It has to be the case that at least the SIPP investors who have signed up to their redress program are outright clients. These people made the choice, based on what was available to them, to join that process. So I don’t believe RL actively damaged Harlequin in that particular scenario.
I believe relations went South between RL & HP when HP didn’t deliver any information as to rebute the “errors” they had uncovered. As yet, this information is still awaiting, and so when you look at the situation – who are you going to trust? RL with actual information (regardless of its source), or Harlequin, who have stolen £400m, blaming everyone they’ve ever worked with (soon to include God), and now associating with a claims company who isn’t even registered with the ministry of justice?
As for the cash investors, I have no clue about their situation. The SIPP investors who have committed to letting RL fight their corner, though, seem to be bona fide clients, albeit costing them ~15% of the redress + the £240 for DD. Seems like a fair deal to get the toxic tit out of my life 🙂
We have no time for Ames, none, nor do we have time for those who are duplicitous in their dealings on the said subject matter.
All is not as it appears, and this has nothing to do with the colour of any slips, frankly the redress options are a different matter entirely, though a hint might be in the fact that the redress solutions being offered by RL will have no impact on Harlequin what so ever.
So one has to ask the question what could have been done with the RL cash clients to leverage a deal out of Harlequin, surely RL had a number of options open to them, indeed they did, yet they refused to consider these options.
This has to be taken in the context that the redress options will not impact Harlequin in any way, indeed a failure of Harlequin would make the redress option a lot simpler.
Anyone done any due diligence on Crozier………..just asking 😉
Who is financing Corzier ( if that’s her real name)
Ames liabilities exceed his assets
After all is said and done
It will be jail (gaol) where his assets
@anon
My recollection is that It all fell apart for RL and HP when RL stood up to Ames and recommended not signing up to the trust. It was then that DA encouraged people to ask for their 240 back from RL because RL had not completed tehir contract. The irony of this seems to have been lost on most.
The contract with RL is really clear. The fee is not dependent on the trust. The contracts with HP are equally clear – money is refundable if the property is not built. It is hp that is indefault.
Cryptic musings about what could have been done for cash investors are not an explanation of what RL has done that allows their clients to allege breach of the rules that govern solicitors. They have fulfilled thei retainer. No more can be asked.
@Anon
Thanks for clarification. I’m still curious as to who you are, why you know so much, and who you refer to as “we” 🙂
Gareth is currently cutting my grass and trimming my wife’s bush.
Anyone knows what crazier looks like? Old hag, wig, false tits, bad breath is that the one? 5 ft 2?
@Ap – Nah, that’s Carol Ames !
Mrs Ames is a hottie compared to that freak lol
Someone asked who is financing the CLC case, people keep calling it the Crozier case but it’s a client case being run by Carter Lemon Cameron acting on the instructions of their clients ( a lesson could be learned here by other more unscrupulous lawyers about acting on instructions). Ames thinks it’s O’ Halloran that is financing the case, but it just might be their clients too, but that is irrelevant.
A more interesting question would be who is financing Carol and Dave’s case? Given that all their personal assets are frozen. Of course given that young Dan Ames is not subject to the freezing orders (Yet), even though there just maybe a little surprise in store for him there soon, then one can safely assume that young Danny is bringing bags of cash over to Mummy and Daddy.
Hmmmmm I wonder is that a breach of the freezing order..
And let’s get onto Nikki Crozier, or as some on here would like to claim, Audrey Dixon. Well let’s think about this for a moment, this is a case being conducted by CLC on the instructions of their clients, there’s that word again “instruction”, the clients being the claimants, the defendants are Carol and David Ames, Nikki Crozier is a third party consultant in the case, one of a team of specialists conducting a thorough search of any of the Ames’ assets.
So what’s Ames’ defence going to be, that he suspects a third party consultant is some sort of criminal master mind, on the run and wanted world wide, ok folks, let’s call a spade a spade, given the stunt Ames pulled with Fatchett with respect to the SRA, don’t you think he would have pulled the same stunt with Nikki Crozier a long time ago??,
but what relevance would that have with the case the Ames’ face any way, to giver her the title Ames would like to ascribe to her, that being Mrs. Ms. or even Mr. Elizabeth, Nikki, Audrey, Dixon Crozier. And the rumours fuelled by the pro Harlequin camp that she is a criminal master mind fraudster on the run, well frankly given that she is neither the solicitor of record or a client who cares, the courts won’t,
the courts are only interested in the claimants and the defendants,
and whether Genghis Khan or that other alleged war criminal Tony Blair is connected to any of the parties is of no relevance to the courts and judge. And is only of relevance to those unconnected parties who would like to sensationalise the story.
Now I wonder how many with a genuine interest in the Harlequin debacle will take the time to attend the contempt hearing in London, it might be worth attending to discover what it is that have caused Carol and Dave to be summonsed to appear on contempt charges.
I mean let’s face it folks, if the Ames’ have not lied it would be good to see justice swing in their favour. And give confidence to all investors, best PR ever. If they have lied would it not be a small bit gratifying to see them punished for this?
Role on the contempt hearing, looking forward to attending and reporting back….
My money is on the Ames pair being sent down, but we will have to wait and see.
🙂 😉 🙂 😉 🙂 😉
No finance, no Harlequin. Simple.
The flooding in St Vincent is serious. Landslides, roads blocked. Mud everywhere and no clean mains water in parts. Buccament Bay is affected. Those poor people have suffered enough.
https://www.facebook.com/SVGRedCross?fref=photo
Yet again that sneering propagandist for Harlequin, Bob Storey, reveals himself and can’t even manage to stay anonymous. He is beneath contemptible for laughing at other people’s distress.
3400 people pay on average £500 p/a for worthless Harlequin SIPPs. £1.7m fees p/a until people die. £17m over next 10 years. Scandalous
Preying for someone to get cancer. Yes that is acceptable in anti HP troll land. I wonder if anyone who has suffered from cancer would like to comment on that.
* praying
I don’t know who Bob Storey is; I couldn’t really care less.
No amount of ranting on this board can outweigh the fact that typing Harlequin Property into Google produces a page of results which point to the failure of HP. Headed by a link to the SFO’s page about the investigation. The truth of the matter is that HP will fail. Anyone giving money to HP now is likely to lose that money. That is clear.
Nobody, not Ames, not Storey, not RL, not the liquidators can stop prevent Harlequin failing. The fact that the agents are promoting their unregulated claims management company means they do not think HP will come good and that people need to be compensated in other ways. It’s game over and we all know it.
Unless you are deluded, then everything in the garden is rosy !
If you don’t care who I am, why do you comment about me. Bit odd that.
Don’t exaggerate. You have never had me.
@one pissed up bloke. Get back in the cupboard with that SFO twat. You can compare hard luck stories. Perhaps he can lend you some money. He likes to throw it away.
A few observations, having spoken to RL.
1. The Dan Dalligan settlement for the defamation against RL, shows plenty of motive by Dave and his cronies to try and set up GF / RL. The SRA are not stupid.
2. The SRA site shows no disciplinary note or decision at all.
3. RL tried to work with Dave, it did not work out. Dave wants PHIG’s and Bob’s to “work” with him. Effectively, Patsy’s. RL are not that. They get involved in major scale investment disasters and fraud cases.
4. RL want to stand back as they sense the end is near. At that point, all hell breaks loose. Dave will blame everyone. RL can see collateral damage as most of the investors are thick and believe Dave.
RL are already £1m+ up and have over 1500 15% no win / no fee agreements.
Looks to me like RL are not going to end up losing.
The reports from St. Vincent are totally exaggerated, what you have had is some minor damage to a few badly built buildings, we forget that St. Vincent is third world, so many people live in badly constructed buildings, but they are used to this,
The Resort sustained no damage and the guests will not be bothered by what goes on outside the confines of the Resort. We keep forgetting it’s an All Inclusive Resort, so business as usual with guests enjoying everything the resort has to offer.
It’s typical of the Anti Harlequin brigade to attack Buccament Bay. Buccament Bay was designed and built by professionals brought in at huge cost from the USA and UK, so the Resort is built to the highest of standards.
It’s a very tactical move. Ames & Co. will be driven mad by not knowing what’s going on.
Holkham & the agents are vile low life, they have a vested interest in keeping the SIPP charges going and them not getting sued by promoting Holkham.
If investors decided to go with an unregulated, inexperienced God squad, who will share their ‘non profits’ with the very same people who got them into the mess – GOOD LUCK!!
@Who’s Really Winning
Thank you for the clarity.
I am eager to talk to RL to hear their version of events also.
The whole Holkham scenario seems to have been stirred by RL’s success in attracting investors who just want closure to this situation. I think a definition of who “wins” will likely be weighted in liberties. Even if the SRA are investigating RL (which I have not seen any evidence for, or against), I doubt it will lead to anything near custodial disciplinary. Harlequin, on the other hand, are treading on very thin ice to put it lightly. Further exacerbated by their introduction of Holkham into the fray. I know who’s position I’d rather be (it isn’t Harlequin).
Holkham have been patiently waiting in the wings for months. Wondering what they were waiting for? The due diligence Rl paid? Or for one of their friends to get a client number so they can complain to sra? Bit odd.
The convicted fraudster and leading anti Harlequin troll has lost his Irish court appeal. This is further proof that a small group of people have been trying very hard to damage Harlequin.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/developer-ordered-to-pay-15m-damages-237978.html
IF THE EVIDENCE presented in an Irish court is accurate, a rich Irish developer spent large sums on a lavish lifestyle in Barbados to and elsewhere.
The trouble was Padraig O’Halloran was allegedly spending other people’s money, according to a high court judge in Dublin.
That’s why the judge ordered the property developer with a Barbados address to pay 1.5 million euros (BDS$4.0 million) in damages for allegedly misappropriating large sums paid to his companies for a luxury Caribbean hotel project and resort.
O’Halloran, who rented an expensive mansion in Sandy Lane where he spent holidays in Barbados, vigorously denied any wrongdoing. However, Justice Brian McGovern found that the developer, who had addresses in both Ireland and Barbados, had diverted the equivalent of almost BDS$28 million for his personal benefit in order to finance what the court eventually described as a “lavish lifestyle” in Barbados, Ireland and elsewhere.
According to evidence presented in court, O’Halloran’s companies received BDS$100 million for the Caribbean property but he reportedly misappropriated millions of those funds to his own personal benefit, stated a published report in the Irish Times.
The money was originally paid by two Caribbean companies – Harlequin Property SVG Limited and Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Ltd owned by David Ames of Essex England.
After hearing the evidence, Justice McGovern found “persuasive evidence that O’Halloran had shifted funds paid by Harlequin and spent the money on matters that were not connected to the Caribbean project which was not finished.
For instance, some of the funds were allegedly spent to buy a private jet; a race track in St Lucia; to rent a lavish mansion in Barbados; and on a $130 000 diamond ring for his girlfriend.
In addition 150 000 euros went towards the expenses of a wedding in Ireland, which did not take place, the judge found. The equivalent of BDS$5 million was diverted to Ireland, the court stated.
In his judgment, Justice McGovern said that the evidence showed t the developer had knowingly or “at least recklessly” assured Harlequin that phase one of the five-star resort would have been opened on July 1, 2010 when he knew a year earlier that it would not. O’Halloran has denied all the allegations.
This is the 2013 judgement, not the appeal………and don’t be misled by the 15 million in the hyperlink – it was 1.5 million.
What’s the bet and some idiot will say I posted that.
Some one is rattled by the Irish builder, the story quoted by Ice Ice Baby is from the Nation News Paper in Barbados dated Tuesday 20 August 2013, and even though this was after the Judgment the journalist was at pains to state the following even highlighting this in the article “IF THE EVIDENCE presented in an Irish court case is accurate………..”
The Journalist was careful in writing this, we wonder why? Ames could never have fabricated evidence, now could he?????
And Ames would never blackmail Fatchett??????
And why quote from an old News Paper Article and claim that the Appeal in the case was lost????
Ames would have updated us all on this fantastic news had it happened.
And it was a Civil Case so sorry no convictions there, unlike Matt Ames.
But if I was a betting Man I now would guess that the Builder has a whole heap of brown smelly stuff on Ames and Fatchett.
C’mon guys, try a bit harder lol.
Bob Storey posted that. 🙂
He was found guilty, fraud is fraud. He had his hand in the till. Just as bad as Ames .
@Breaking News…are you an idiot or was this a purposeful deflection?
The story is from July 2013, and has nothing to do with the appeal.
The story does confirm that DA had no knowledge, experience or interest in controlling how investors` money was being spent. No controls, no written contracts…just incredible.
Besides, where is the rest of money (400 million or so pounds?)
Thought it was Newman who was the leading Anti Harlequin Troll, now it’s the Builder, hmmmmmm I wonder was it the Builder who recorded the Ames conference calls, I also wonder if clients of RL sent the builder any incriminating emails or recordings of phone conversations between the “Only Game in Town” and his clients ?????
Someone is very upset today.
And what’s this about Ames blackmailing ” The Only Game in Town” ????
Recording phone calls is naughty, passing the recordings on to third parties is dangerous, using Veiled Threats to influence someone is just plain stupid, not to mind could land you in a whole heap of trouble with the authorities,
Of course all the above is pure speculation on my part, and anyway if such recordings existed then surely they would be taken out of context.
I mean only desperate people resort to desperate measures and neither the “Great Visionary” or ” The Only Game in Town” are desperate now are they?
@ But, not found guilty, it was a Civil Case, there is no such term in a civil case, and if he wins the Appeal well it will be curtains for Ames if he is still around, and curtains for his trustees cause the builder will call in his debt, oh the irony of it all.
@some idiot haha lol like it.
Recording a phone conversation, putting your name to a transcript, passing it to a 3rd party (Walton?) to pass to the SFO and post on a blog is pretty dangerous stuff. I’m not not surprised the Echo and IFAonline won’t touch it with a barge pole.
If that frigging judgement is only for 1.5 million it must have cost the best part of that again to pay the frigging lawyers!
More bullshit , more lies
Only a fucking tosspot would pay 750k or thereabouts to get 1.5 million now under an appeal
Ames is wasting the money he has left
She recorded the transcript for the Irish builder they are in bed together ( not in a sexual way ) wrong gender for Paddy.
Jism arse didn’t write that post(@some idiot ). He can’t use big boy words yet .
@ Jesus this Sun is Hot, tell Dave that shortly his calls will receive the coverage they deserve, and why is it dangerous? And if it’s so dangerous why mention Waltons name?
Surely you are not suggesting that Ames will take the law into his own hands?
As for recordings I believe there are a number of others being circulated
😉 😉
@ Brown Starfish, who’s SHE?
And anyway Ames was apparently telling the truth in his conference calls, I mean why else have a conference call with in excess of 100 investors?
So what’s the problem with making the recording of the conference call public?
It’s all true isn’t it?
You transcribe a recording not record a transcript…… Really are all the investors on here stupid ? No wonder you got done by Dave
Hey pissed up bloke. Pubs are open. Time to get smashed again.
Actually as Mr Ames wouldn’t lie to his investors it is he who should make the recoding public . If I recall he said he was struggling to get his message out there ?
Dave Ames spoke clearly and fielded many questions from concerned investors , I was on a call and was impressed by his answers and the courage he showed in hosting it , those are not the actions of a fraudster .
I believe in him now and feel stupid that I doubted him certainly there have been problems but this destruction tactic helps no one .
@ Bored with the Crap, ehmmmm Ames paid his lawyers a wee bit more then that to recover £1.5 million
He paid £ 6 Million but heh it was not his money,
Have we forgotten what the Toxic Turd stated in the famous recording and other Toxic Turd releases?
The justification for spending £ 6 million on the Builder was in order to bring Wilkins Kennedy into the fray. So he needs by my calculation to obtain at least £ 4.5 Million $7.74 Million from Wilkins Kennedy to break even.
Now the other question will Ames plough this $7.74 Million into the business or will he claim this as a personal cost, I’d guess he will claim this as a personal cost.
Even though it was investors money which funded the original case.
@Anon, your calcs are way off. The WK QC is on a NWNF, although some twat will come on soon whining about that, of 20%.
Ames was on a no win no fee in the Irish Court Case so Ames lost nothing dipshit. Anti Harlequin Trolls spreading misinformation as per usual.
How do you know that for certain anon ? It is silly to make comments you can’t support factually .
I understood the case was for a lot of money that had gone missing from the business not just for 1.5 million ( I say just I would love to see 1.5 million )
Why would anyone risk 6 million to recover 1.5 I think something is wrong here . MR Ames was a wealthy man when he started harlequin and I’m sure he didn’t become wealthy by doing stupid things like that .
I’m sorry but I think you are trying to cause disruption again .
Jane, what’s that on your chin?
Amon on September 7, 2014 at 3:33 pm
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@ Jesus the Sun is Hot…..
I think you are getting confused here. Ames stated in the Wilkins Kennedy court papers that he spent in excess of £6 Million on the Irish case. He even broke down the expenditure,
So he needs to recover at least this amount from Wilkins Kennedy to break even, so let’s hope his mediation skills are good because when you add his legal fees should he be successful, say £2 – £3 Million he will need to recover some USD $ 15.5 Million of expended / committed investor funds just to break even on the cases.
If WK declare bankruptcy or that little trick used by Ames, “Administration” then Ames will have wasted another USD $ 15.5 million of investors funds, and then if he looses the Irish Appeal well it is goodnight.
Ames is playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun if you ask me, but heh don’t believe me, Let’s believe Ames.
@Idiots
A win = a fee
No win = no fee
Which is it did he win or lose?
Hasn’t Mr Ames been declared bankrupt twice Jane?
Jesus the Sun is Hot…..
I think you are getting confused here. Ames stated in the Wilkins Kennedy court papers that he spent in excess of £6 Million on the Irish case. He even broke down the expenditure,
So he needs to recover at least this amount from Wilkins Kennedy to break even, so let’s hope his mediation skills are good because when you add his legal fees should he be successful, say £2 to £3 Million he will need to recover some USD $ 15.5 Million of expended / committed investor funds just to break even on the cases.
If WK declare bankruptcy or that little trick used by Ames, “Administration” then Ames will have wasted another USD $ 15.5 million of investors funds, and then if he looses the Irish Appeal well it is goodnight.
Ames is playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun if you ask me, but heh don’t believe me, Let’s believe Ames.
I’m just fed up with all of it the builder, harlequin and agents are scum, and Bob Storey
Jane, if you think Ames was wealthy before Harlequin, you need to check out his history. He sold plastic leisure furniture in the early 90’s, moving onto PVC in the late 90’s / early 2000’s. Both ventures went tits up. Only after venturing into “holiday home” loans did he stumble into Harlequin. He used his connections to buy the first piece of land at maybe 2004 / 2005 / 2006 (not sure which). He recruited “agents” to sell the opportunity, which eventually lead to what we have today.
@jane
Your information is wrong. David Ames was not wealthy when he started Harlequin. (To be accurate he had managed to get a bit of working money from his scams in Thailand and Australia before the Caribbean). He spent a lot more of your money with Carter Ruck to shut people up usually “investors”. He certainly is wealthy now by virtue of stealing £millions. Ames intelligence is irrelevant, it is his dishonesty that you need to concentrate on.
I’m shocked that you still think you were/are an investor.
We are in the end game for harlequin at last, still got a way to go with Dave though.
Gareth Fatchett, he is scum too albeit he is being black mailed by Ames.
The only game in town is about to loose his licence to practice and could end up being a neighbour of Ames in the Big House, that’s what happens when you sell your soul to the devil.
And no amount of PR can or will change the outcome…….
Harlequin have driven you all insane!!
Ames has driven Fatchett Insane lol, the Marathon Man has hit his wall, should never have broken your promises to Dave, yes Gareth the ones he recorded, now be a good little boy and do as you are told, remember if Dave goes down he will take you with him.
You owe Dave a few favours and time is running out to call them in.
Don’t like solicitors but dislike the Ifa’s who sold this shit even more. Hope Mr Fatchett makes a fortune out of this mess 🙂
Ames through his companies is in default with respect to his contractual obligations to his purchasers yet when some of his purchasers seek recourse as a result, Ames uses their money to defend indefensible actions to the point that he drives many who are seeking recourse out of money in which to fund their cases.
It’s disgusting that as a result you have the bizarre situation where Ames is contractually in default of his obligations but because of the inability of an individual or individuals to continue to fund long drawn out litigation caused in the main by the constant bullshit Ames produces they must drop out and pay a penalty to Ames,
Has anyone ever asked where Ames is getting the money to fund the litigation where his assets and bank accounts are frozen.
@The law only Protects those with deep pockets
You forget the agent twats and the commission, the robbing builder, the mortgage brokers, they all had a dip.
it that’s how freezing orders work give me one ames is having the last laff
Anon – 5.21
Have you read the RL retainer ? It is very clear.
Suing for £240.00. Cost you more to get the train into town, the court fee and the time.
It’s a great business model. Who is really going to kick off about £240.00 ?
That’s right, hardly anyone. Most people paid just under 9 months ago. Most have forgot. It was a punt.
If RL have 1500+ No Win / No Fee agreements, they will earn a huge amount. It seems to me that is pretty much guaranteed as they have winning judgments, experience doing this etc.
Even if the gestapo from the SRA turned up and shouted at RL, it would be 2016 before anything really happened. RL simply need to deny it.
By that time, the treasure has been landed and RL are away. They will also be hugely well off to defend themselves. Imagine, £10m earned, £10k fine and a telling off. Seems like good value to me.
The real mugs are the investors who have given more completion monies. Followed by those who believe. Followed by anyone else paying anything other than nominal monies to sue Ames.
Why do you think Holkham want the work ? It’s not to be altruistic.
Ames and all the other nutters are welcome to each other. They can argue on here all day using multiple personalities, to their hearts content.
Well I personally don’t see Mr Fatchett has done anything wrong . Of course there is protection for investors .
This poor lawyer has tried his best to provide a solution for the majority of investors and all this forum does is vilify him . You people are simply beyond the pale .
The £240 is not the problem, the tapes are.
Gareth the dear boy is worried about the tapes, it’s all in the tapes. Again I say a duplicitous bastard.
It’s time to speak out. Gareth Fatchett got paid to sue Ames/Harlequin, nothing to do with the £240, he was paid to sue Ames/Harlequin and he didn’t.
Instead he settled but never received a penny for his clients, not one red cent, and indeed refusing to have the settlement enforced.
HP trolls out tonight. Let’s all forget about the scam by David Ames it is Gareth’s fault you all lost your money.
Disgusting Fatchett bought Ames time for Fatchett’s self gain.
I have a question, how can there be redress if Harlequin are growing from strength to strength as they claim, how the hell can there be redress unless Harlequin is no more.
Is this an anti RL or anti Ames forum ? Seems like RL have rattled some cages good show!!
No one has explained (still) why RL Are in trouble with their regulator.
What tapes? What was said? If litigation has not been progressed then that is a service matter – not conduct. Also as the companies are all bust what loss has RL caused – there was never any rcovery to be made.
It seems to me HP just want to spread as much disinformation as possible. The abusive nature of many of the posts on here assist in that aim I think.
I think there are a few things that only the most ardent HP supporters can deny.
1. Any money given to HP is gone and unlikely to be recovered.
2. The projects have been completely mismanaged. To such a degree you have to ask yourself if they were always just a scam. I am no property developer but even I know that stamp duty has to be paid. Likewise if you employ a builder for many millions you should employ someone independent to oversee the work.
3. Ames and the agents have done very well out of this.
Blame where it belongs – with the agents and HP. They took the money.
Harlequin did employ an international firm to monitor the Construction Work, they are one of the biggest in the World, Ames claimed in the Irish Court that the builder threatened RLB and thus the good reports about the builders work could not be relied upon,
Oddly enough in the Wilkins Kennedy case, Ames makes little or no reference to RLB, stating that Wilkins Kennedy acted as QS.
Wilkins Kennedy in their defence documents are claiming that Ames was trading insolvently in the Caribbean as far back as late 2009 early 2010 and are putting Ames to prove this was not the case.
Fatchett’s role in this will be, if it’s not all ready, the subject of a criminal probe, the allegations against Fatchett are indeed of a most serious nature.
We have the tapes.
Ok folks, a reality check.
Ames sued the builder and won.
Ames won the defamation case.
Ames won all the appeals in the Caribbean.
RL are under an investigation.
The SFO have not moved on Ames nearly 2 years on, says it all really.
Funny, but 99% of what you have written is your wish list not fact
@attacks on ames
That’s alright then. If he could just either pay everyone back or deliver their properties we can all put this behind us.
We always knew he was a top notch business man and a top bloke.
I know its make believe because Dave and Carol are such consummate business people, you can’t but be envious of their successes to date.
Now that’s hilarious lol, you’d want to be on crack to think that they won’t get tried in a criminal case.
Innocent lol , hilarious lol, Jesus my sides are hurting with laughter.
Ames and his crack whore wife genuine business people lol, I’m splitting myself….
Why the increased unpleasant comments about people who have done no harm? It’s very nasty.
wstm – Agreed but brush up on your past participles…
I wish someone would name ONE appeal that Ames won in
the Caribbean.
Well from the look of things in about two weeks maybe the lady
from Scotland who won her case in SVG can have him extradited
to Edinburgh. I don’t think the Scots would have much use for him.
Q: How can you tell that Dave Ames is not lying?
A: His lips aren’t moving.
Stupid really.
RL tried to get a compromise and be paid to do their work. Doesn’t seem that unreasonable.
How do you know RL did not seek to enforce their clients cases ?
Clearly you don’t know that much.
As for recording people, that kind of behaviour and the evidence is provides is inadmissible and always will be. Brush up on your case law dear boy.
Anyway, this is the week, that the anti Ames battle is going to be passed over. Apart from spouting on these forums, why don’t you do something about Ames ?
Anyway, we are going redress hunting from now on. Much more fun and much less stress.
@ Where’s My Money Gone
That simply isn’t a reliable guide. As 90% of his communication came out of his arse you would have to check down there to be sure.
If the so called anti Ames lot have so much on him, why is he still trading?
Makes you think it could be rubbish ?
Don’t like being labelled ‘part of the anti Ames lot’, just a hardworking mum who lost alot of money. Hoping the Ames family haven’t gíven themselves millions in dividends whilst we got jack shit?
All I was saying, is all these people who claim the end is nigh, that Ames is going to jail – nowt has happened yet has it?
He could just be incompetent?
Maybe the really bright ones were the ones who stolen from him like the builder and accountants etc
Incompetence is not an excuse when so many lies have been told . Lies were told to convince people to invest in the various projects . That is not incompetence .
To be fair I only bought the apartment because my ifa said I could stay at a harlequin resort for 4 weeks every year when mine was built. Mr Ames said quite clearly at a seminar this didn’t apply to sipp people. My ifa lied to get the sale
Anon
If you invested via a sipp and are with RL you should be ok
If you invested CASH, you have a huge problem unless you go the agent.
ooops… go after the agent LOL
Whereas if you are a cash investor, well up yours. Unless you want to give RL £1500 for a consultation. Anyone know how that is going?
I suspect that’s why the Holkham solution is being pushed by the more unscrupulousness agents – especially Tailormade & One Stop
A test:
Is your agent a wanker = who they recommend for redress.
Holkham,
Unregulated, inexperienced, and pay the agents for a referral. Oh yeah they also promise not sue the agent.
Or they recommend a regulated firm that they don’t receive any kick back from.
Simple Wanker test 😉
If I can take my agents house off her, £1500 is worth it, especially if the cost are split. That’s what I’m looking at.
Really hope Rl make a lot of cash out of us sipp people and find a way of helping the cash people who can’t afford the fees
All this talk about RL, well it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee, time will demonstrate that Gareth Fatchett has lied to many, the Redress option will drag on and on.
Let’s face facts, why should the UK tax payer be burdened by redress, when Ames continues to Sqwak on about his product being so successful,
How many times have we heard that the redress option will have NO impact on the operation of Harlequin and the Ames family.
In essence what Ames and Fatchett are suggesting is that 1000’s of investors will get their money back from the UK tax payer, and Ames gets to continue in business without having to pay back a single penny,
Perfect world?
I don’t think so.
I am an investor.
The most important issue to me at the moment,is to nail Harlequin directors and staff. I hope this will happen in the near future.
@pissed off woman, in your dreams. This is all about RL making money, not being generous to others. Cash investors will be cast adrift like Jack in Titanic. “I will never let go Jack. Oops.”
Buccament Bay flooded at the weekend. The locals blame the resort. Unsurprisingly, the local MP doesn’t. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk1lz9gd_JI&feature=youtu.be
– Warthogs…
Absolutely disgusting !!!
Will that poor, poor island ever get a government that cares?
Has anyone ever wondered why RL have taken no direct action against Harlequin? We have had the Rhetoric, the threats, the doomsday scenarios, but what happened all those statutory demands? Were there really any?
RL have spent time and time again telling us that Harlequin are out of time, yet even though Deadline after Deadline has passed RL continue to offer the Olive Branch to Harlequin,
One has to wonder why?
We had discussions on the RL forum in May that RL would bring into play their Plan B by June, it’s now September, what PLAN B,
Now RL say they are going silent, yet tweet merrily away about redress, they shut down their secure forum, so those who believe they are clients only have the tweets,
Why is it so obvious to some that Gareth Fatchett is pandering to the demands of Ames, he has failed to appease the majority, still waffling on about redress.
Let’s just look at the facts…
Has Harlequin failed ????? Some on here will say no, Ames will tell you they have turned a corner and all is well or will be …….
But can anyone on here demonstrate beyond doubt that Harlequin is trading insolvently, demonstrate it in a court of law.
Fatchett could if he wanted to. But he has chosen not too, so with out proving in a court of law that Harlequin are insolvent why should or more importantly would the UK government even consider compensating purchasers for investing in an overseas unregulated scheme where it has to be proven beyond doubt that the scheme is insolvent.
Ames is scum of that there is no doubt but the likes of Fatchett does not come before his clients with clean hands.
What’s worse Fatchett has acted in a most unethical manner here, and should be made account for his actions.
Please a Solicitor acting on the instructions of his clients is precluded from passing on due diligence they instructed him to carry out because of an NDA. His so called clients are indeed very gullible indeed.
Some of his clients are now considering an action against Gareth Fatchett and RL for the recovery of their investments given that Gareth failed to act in a manner required be him under the SRA regulations,
@A10 tank buster. Good bit of video that. Shows that the hotel is looking fine.
It’s all in the SIPPs , OMG the resort looks idyllic, where do I sign up to buy multiple units, the river looks so inviting, love the views from those River side Cabanas.
, look the resort is so dry, going booking a flight as I speak.
What a flood mess BB is in now again … WHERE IS THE INSURANCE AMES ? promised to be highlighted in your DD … Lying little arsehole
The M.P. for Buccament reminds me of Tony Hayward, ex-CEO of BP,
saying that he had a life to live and went yachting after the Gulf of Mexico
disaster. As if the levee and build-up of the resort property was not his,
the M.P.’s, concern. Water will always find the path of least resistance.
I wonder how the resort cesspools are holding up. Last I heard,
wealthy white peoples “discharge” stinks as badly as anyone else’s.
Perhaps GF should organise some conferences around the country to meet his mugs, oops sorry clients. He could then answer his critics face to face. DA had the balls to do it so come on then GF meet your fans and face up. Or perhaps you would just rather count those pennies rolling in on the back of the redress claims. Man or a mouse?
@Anon
September 8, 2014 at 12:38 pm
I don’t give a shit if the UK Gov has to pay of RL make a load of cash – I want my money back and frankly don’t give shit how.
Anon – RL have taken action and it is provable. Just that is not in the public domain.
I can agree with Ames on one think, SVG is a third world country, my garden shed is better than that shanty town!
Ask the Marathon Man to do as he said, go after Harlequin, oh yeah, he can’t Ames has him by the Balls.
Can anyone confirm where the WI and Bangladesh cricket teams have been staying in SVG?
I have hundreds of displaced persons here in Calais trying to get to the UK. They have paid 1000s of £/€/$ to get there but have no chance. I have heard you have a legal mastermind in the UK called Hareth Snatchet who might represent these poor souls. Someone said that for £240 + a (small) sorry large consideration he will get all their money back. Can he send his North Eastern envoy mr Walton to help set this up. Tell him to ask for the representative of ISIS and they will head him in the right direction.
I’m sorry Mr. Walton will not allow certain ethnic minorities into his bordellos.
All,
SIPP – Annual Management Charges
One of the key issues with our SIPP based investors is their annual management charges.
There are approx. 3400 SIPP based investors. Average annual SIPP fee is £500.00 p/a. That is a cool £1.7m p/a, the bulk of which ends up with Guardian SIPP and Lifetime SIPP. As the fee is payable while the pension is open, we expect at least another 10 years of fees to be payable, if not more. £17m ! for investments valued by the FCA / FOS at £1 each. That is some return.
It is our understanding that some of the SIPP fees are shared with the agents / IFA firms who introduced the investor. It does not matter to the SIPP what happens to Harlequin as the fees will be payable in any event. “Heads they win, tails you lose”.
Letter of Claim
We issued information on our SIPP claim. We asked our clients to return a Yellow Form to us, if they wanted their name added to the Pre Action Protocol claim letter which is being sent shortly.
Our barrister, Mr Gordon Wignall of No5 Chambers is finalising the draft claim letter. A copy of which will be displayed on http://www.harlequinredress.co.uk at the start of October 2014.
Opt Out / Opt In
This element of the claim will be court based. It is not something which a claims management company is permitted to do. The current “agents choice” is a firm called Holkham. Holkham are not regulated by the Ministry of Justice. Holkham also happen to be run by the same people behind an unregulated product provider which runs the SCS Farmland investment.
Holkham claim to be a “Not for Profit” organisation in their literature. Odd, because they intend to charge commissions and then share them with agents. If you opt for these people, you do so without any regulatory protection and a sure fire guarantee that they will prioritise agent interests in front of your own.
Conclusion
We do not believe any investor wants to pay annual management costs for practically nothing. We have a job to ensure those who have not taken part understand the issues.
Explanation
We intend to send one final update letter before issuing the claim letters.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
As well as the sipp management fees stopping, I hope the Ifa’s that got us into this situation lose their licences.
Hi Folks, I’m sure going to miss you guys with my video updates.
I’m sorry about being the only show in Town, Dave is a victim in all this, you guys need to cut him some slack, I would prefer if you all, Caribbean claimants included, stopped suing him,
Please for the love of God leave Dave alone, I trust him, totally. He has recordings of meetings I have had with him which will prove to everyone that I standby my assertion that I believe he is the victim in all this.
Ok I admit that Dave and I had a small falling out, what happened was some clients I had, wanted to buy Blu hotel from Dave, I drafted the letter of intent. Yes I did.
They did not trust Dave, lord knows why. I did try and convince them that Dave was a decent guy, but they pulled out of the deal.
But I can make up with Dave, just help me by listening to me please. Dave has done nothing wrong, nothing at all. Please believe me, Maria Legros does, Kathryn Tinkler does, they believe me so please please the rest of you need to believe me.
PS the part in the tape where I promised to share the proceeds of the Redress with Dave was taken out of context, I only meant to share part of the £240 not part of my 15% + Vat cut of the redress.
@marathon man
We are going to recommend clients join Dave next week . Why ?
Soon as the overseas company used to buy blu is registered.
I was told by RL that the Irish builder was buying BB, just to get one over on Ames, but it needed to be in liquidation first.
Should have had a refund over 6 months ago. Just want my money.
The Irish Builder has withdrawn his appeal in Ireland. He is a busted flush.
I do not believe he had a case. He was found guilty.
@ PPPP
“Guilty” is a term for criminal convictions like the one that Ames Jnr was given. It is not the correct term for a civil dispute. So someone can’t emerge from a civil court being “guilty of fraud” for example.
So, when the clock runs out and Shipley’s call in the debt owed to HMSSE Ltd, how long do the resort companies have before they must pay up? Will it be 30 day terms?
Will they be forced into administration if they can’t pay their debts in the time given to them?
Gosh back to the Irish Builder again…….. Well Mr. Ames will no doubt update us on this news about the appeal, and why are we going back to the Irish builder, what has he got to do with RL, Redress claims, Fatchett and blackmail?!?!
But guilty nonetheless, by a Judge.
No, the judge determined he had a civil liability. Very different.
Quibbling idiots. How does any of this get your deposit back.
Your deposit has gone, unless you use Holkham, god works in mysterious ways.
The judge said he was guilty so there!
“Applying the law to the facts in this case, I hold that the first named defendant was guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit and that he is liable to the plaintiffs in damages.”
That’s good enough for me, one frauster cons another frauster. I bet Matt had his fat hands in the till too.
@ Burning Bush
The trouble is that they were conning each other with someone else’s money. It’s easy to throw it around when you never had to graft to earn it.
Well they deserve what’s coming, what’s the Irish tinker doing now? Did he go jail?
One dodgy con merchant rips off another. Not a great day all round.
@ Burning Bush far from it, Civil Case no Jail, and there is an appeal, the Irish Builder could be the guy that ultimately takes down Harlequin, rumour has it that it is he who will benefit the most one way or the other,
Another rumour has it that Fatchops was desperately trying to do a deal with the Irish Builder and his mob. But that a deal could not be done,
There is a very dark side to this story.
The Irony of it Gareth, the judge finds the Irish builder guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit and awards damages to Ames. Lol
Ames of all people, I’m crying here with laughter just thinking of it lol.
Would you not agree Gareth lol,
PS Gareth who’s got your knickers in such a twist lol, can you not see the Irony of the judges statement as it may pertain to you lol 😉 😉 😉
How would you know that ? that’s just silly and provocative. The builder was found guilty and until a judge says otherwise guilty, he is.
From what I read in the press he looks a guilty.
Fatchett and Ames are resurrecting the Irish case.
The Figures just to put it in context.
Judge awards Ames 00.34 %of all monies invested by Investors.
Spends 1.6 % of monies invested by investors on legal fees in the same case.
How odd………..
Don’t worry Gareth your sins will be made public very soon 😉 😉 😉
And soon a judge may say otherwise, but does it matter, what will be will be,
When it comes to Harlequin most want to believe what they want to believe, yet what goes on behind the scenes has nothing to do with the public spin being put on things.
Ames brought the SRA into RL, that investigation is ongoing, this morning further documents were provided to the SRA and Birmingham Police. Ames was the catylist in the RL demise……..
But don’t listen to me, what would I know? Lol
You know fuck all lol
I am not an RL sympathiser but so far not one post about the
demise of RL has been credible to me.
Lol you would be surprised what I do or don’t know……………
And frankly it does not matter as I said what will be will be 😉 😉 😉 😉
@ Deleted, it’s not the demise of RL but the Demise of Gareth Fatchett,
Gareth Fatchett is not RL. Gareth Fatchett is just a lowly partner, surprised???
Yep !!!
I am far from convinced by conspiracy theories of any kind. All of this stuff about RL being in the pay of or in cahoots with (variously) Harlequin and/or the Irish builder just does not ring true. The nature of this forum is that nothing is hidden.
All of these dark hints and suggestions but nothing concrete or certain is ever disclosed. What is certain is that many people have paid very substantial sums to Harlequin and not received what they paid for. That is the real story here and all the rest of the allegations and threats to and from third parties are just a sideshow.
This site has become very tedious with all its allegations against Mr Fatchett. How much money did the Ames family pay themselves out of our money?
RL latest update is fighting talk.
Did Harlequin or Dave ever say that all their legal expenses were on ‘no win, no fee’ terms? I’m pulling something quite interesting together here but need to know what Dave has stated in the past… Anyone got some old newsletters they don’t mind posting?
He said it many times at investor meeting, however if you are working on this you know that anyway?
So now we have. RL have at last come out and declared their intensions at last. What a suprise. They have taken £1m and now their stance is unless you have registered a SIPP redress claim with us you can sod off. We will not even answer the phone to you. No wonder they closed their blog before this little bombshell. The poor little headless lemmings will be frantic. Well don’t say you were not warned. The happy clappy, praise be to Gareth crowd have been shafted, unless that is you have signed up to his 15% rip you off scam. Haha lol
@Anon 10:51 – Thanks. I was aware he said it many times. However, a record of it though would be very useful. I am sure the readers of this blog would be very interested to know precisely how DA funding so many lawsuits. Just need the record of the NWNF first…
Mr. Fatchett you have taken instructions and payments from some 80+ Clients of yours with respect to Statutory Demands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Your latest update seems to suggest that you are now not going to follow this through.
You have taken instructions and payments from us. So please follow through on your instructions.
A new Tripadvisor post has appeared. It is by an Angeline Jedidiah.
Since they are both first names it could be the other way round.
Why don’t you do some statutory demands ?
We don’t want to anymore.
How do you know the statutory demands have not been actioned ?
Ames is not exactly being offered finance is he ?
Wise up and stop commenting when you know the real picture.
Gareth I instructed and paid you to issue and enforce Stat Demands, I along with 80+ other investors, you failed in your obligations to me and the others.
Looks like the + Harlequin bunch are out with their latest spiel – “No Stat Demands”. Is this the best you can do Ames? Pathetic.
Let Ames prove his business skills. He is the only person in the game now.
The Irish Appeal is no more and RL are going into the background.
Apart from Davies, what else can be done ?
Let this poor unhappy mess resolve naturally. Like a constipated turd.
Actually, you instructed us to draft and serve a Stat Demand. Nothing more. No enforcement.
Read your terms.
So the trust is dead. How ironical that Richard Ingham and myself were both thrown off the RL forum because we dared to have a difference of opinion to the mob and they objected to our presence. Well Saint Gabriela, Maria and that pompous Charles bloke what is your message now? But of course you don’t have the RL blog to tittle tattal on anymore. Perhaps you have a dirty little secret? Perhaps you would encouraged to promote the trust? A special deal perhaps? Who knows? Quite frankly who cares. You have got exactly what you deserve.
Irish Appeal is indeed proceeding, funny though I contacted A&L Goodbody for Confirmation, Ames’s Irish lawyers and guess what? They are off record, seems like they are owed a few quid.
-Anon 3:31 The noose draws tighter
Bob, is that really you 😉
Did that Irish navvy pay back the money he stolen from investors?
What a pigs ear.
If the Trust is dead, so is Harlequin.
Can Dave now carry this off by himself ?
er no….
Disgusting and to think Tailormade want to make money by recommending an unregulated firm like Holkham.
Whatever next??
http://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/2363972/harlequin-sipp-firms-to-earn-gbp17m-fees-as-investors-left-in-limbo
They get a kick back from the £1 7million pa from the SIPP management companies.
Talk about double dipping. 😉
@ Tinker it’s he stole not he stolen, I take it your an investor?
Can tell by your ability to spell.
Did Ames pay back any of the money he (stolen) stole?
Didn’t know tailormade got a share of our sipp fees! My agent has been nagging for months not to use Rl, wait for their solution. Skumbags!
It’s scumbags not skumbags, no wonder “investors” were taken in by Ames. Most are illiterate fools, indeed greedy illiterate fools, who have no recourse
Tailormade are Skumbags/scumbags/liars, (whatever), and you are a massive wanker!!
“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying, this man began to build, and was not able to finish.” Luke 14:25-33, King James Version.
Why has Paddy stopped his case against Ames?
Are dem floods cos of dat Irish builder doin da bad work mon?
Whatever happened to Holkhams boast last week that they were
shutting down BFP. They don’t seem to be effective at anything.
He hasn’t, far from it, but Gareth would like you to think so, as would Ames, why?
Well Ames because he needs a CVA and a win in the appeal will finish Ames,
Gareth because Gareth needs a block vote with Grant Thornton in the event of a liquidation of Harlequin.
Liquidation you say? Yes Gareth has been busy as a bee recently with Grant Thornton planning for the liquidation of Harlequin.
Does Ames know this? No, Gareth has been playing a number of games here, rather badly.
Da bilder cause dem floods mon. Campion say so, da bilder is a bad mon.
Davey tell me to say that for 2 bag of Ganga mob, for 3 bag I give Davey free blowjob mon.
Davey give Campion £200,000.00 to say the bilder cause dem floods.
Davey give every won mony to say the bilder cause dem floods.
We don’t won’t no money b4 Andy Smith give us Ganga mon, and coke from his barge mon. Smith love dealing the Ganga mon. Get it good too in Guyana with da coke
Naughty Paddy, no wonder Dave fell out with you.
No one cares anymore.
Apathy has won.
There is no appeal in Éire to be heard any time soon.
The Davies case will achieve little.
RL have decided to move off this project.
Dave has won, but will lose because Harlequin will drag him down.
Good Night John Boy !
Lol If the Davies case will achieve very little then why has the case rattled Dave, Carol and Gareth like it has?????????
Or am I just dreaming……….
Dave and Carol are so lucky to have a millionaire son as generous as Dan, the bag man ………
Hi, if anyone out there would like to sue RL and The Only Game in Town please leave a msg on here and we will arrange to contact you in due course.
We believe that clients will have an actionable cause against RL for fraudulent misrepresentation, we have all the screen shots from all RL forums and have been advised that RL will have no defence with respect to some of the promises given to clients.
We will be able to assist many with a demonstrable loss claim.
After reading dozens of reviews on Buccament Bay resort on Trip Advisor , one comment is often made … The staff is excellent….the staff makes the place ….etc
And I’m thinking , wonderful … Here are these folks working their butts off to make guests happy , even when things go wrong, and when there are problems like water sports closing, erratic food and beverage supply , etc etc.. Why do they do it, even when they are not paid on time ?
Answer……They are probably stealing food and beverage from the resort… After all , if D A could not control millions of dollars of construction expenses, do we really think he has control over operational expenses at the resort ?
Even the guards get their share of delicious steaks from Jacks . After all man, you are in the Caribbean . Even well managed and controlled hotels lose millions to staff stealing stuff , from food and beverage to toilet paper, soaps , etc.
now that their rates are 50 % lower than two years ago , there is no way the resort is making money or even breaking even . But they have great staff!
Ames should be focused on. No one else.
I spoken to RL yesterday regarding the leaked due diligence documents all they would say is the matter had been handed over to higher authorities.
What the hell does that mean?
it’s you’re not your 😉
Anonymous
September 9, 2014 at 4:46 pm
@ Tinker it’s he stole not he stolen, I take it your an investor?
Can tell by your ability to spell.
Did Ames pay back any of the money he (stolen) stole?
You mean the crap that RL tried to pawn off on their clients. So higher authority is it, God? Dave? Carol?
RL are full of shit. The only Game in Town? Odd they seem to be running a mile.
@Statutory Demand Client., what makes you so certain that RL’s SDs aren’t being followed through? I saw nothing in RL’s letter to make me think they have dropped the SDs. Do you not think this action will continue in the background?
@leaked documents
What do think will happen when Ames is arrested? Do think it will be taken out of everybody’s hands including Rl. The end is nigh.
@leaked Documents
How wrong you are!
Thanks for the £1m+ Pink Money.
Sets up the redress beautifully.
@ Sid the RL update could not be more specific, the only action they are contemplating taking is with respect to the Administrators decisions in respect of HMSSE.
I think you need to read their update very carefully.
And even the RL proposed challenge to Shipleys is frankly a Fairytale to appease the disgruntled masses who thought they were clients of RL.
I see what you’re saying Anon, but bear in mind that there is probably an NDA in place as far as the SDs are concerned which could restrict RL from mentioning them. So the way I see it, RL haven’t categorically stated that they aren’t being pursued so I assume they probably are. Just my opinion of course.
@ Sid, Those issuing the stat demands in the Caribbean would do so on a without notice basis, the stat demands would be served and acted upon after a 21 day period, if they have not been acted upon within a 3 month period they lapse. That’s the law,
Now who would really need an NDA on a without notice application.
If you as a client instruct eg RL to act on a without notice basis, in this case you are instructing them to serve a stat demand without pre notice, you are just serving a stat demand, you are acting in essence aggressively, so who would request an NDA? Not Ames cause he will be unaware of the Stat Demand until it is served, not RL because they act upon your instructions, and not the clients because they as the issuer of the Stat demand have no reason to enter into an NDA with anyone.
RL use the confusion of NDA’s to cover themselves for work they HAVE not done.
Ames has claimed that RL broke a number of NDA’s, a route open to Ames and Harlequin could of course be through the use of Super Injunctions, this would prevent anyone in the UK (only) from discussing the matters subject of the Super Injunction or the fact that one exists.
An example of the use of a Super Injunction could be where eg Ames Harlequin are the subject of legal proceedings in the UK where Ames Harlequin have successfully obtained a Super Injunction, in this case no one would know anything about the case because no one connected with the case could discuss the case or the fact that it was covered by a Super Injunction, if eg RL were the Litigants and told anyone about the Super Injunction then RL would be in contempt of court.
The Super Injunction route could be used but it’s very unlikely in the case of Ames and Harlequin, I say this given that no Super Injunction appears to have been applied for in the Ames family (as defendants), contempt hearing.
HP use the confusion Of NDA’s to cover themselves for work they HAVE not done.
Super Injunctions do not advertise themselves. Just saying.
I suspect GF’s masonic contacts will have supressed everything.
So mote it be.
i-witness-news svg is now reporting that Indigo has removed all
equipment and personnel from Buccament Bay due to non-payment.
Who’s next?
Confirmation of the worst kept secret of recent months. I wonder how long it will be before Harlequin sue Indigo for some trumped up excuse? They join a very long list of suppliers who cannot work with Harlequin or Ames – I wonder how long before Caribbean Helicopters find out that they are also in similar circumstances?
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/10/indigo-watersports-cuts-ties-with-buccament-bay-resort-over-non-payment/
@Leaked Documents
RL are just to locking up their Secrets in a safe repository, the less who know what is actually going on the better. I suspect they know where the leak come from.
A Harlequin Spokesman has stated the following to the SearchLight News Paper in St. Vincent.
One of Indigos divers was killed when diving off resort, as a result Kay Smith attempted to get Harlequin to pay the costs associated with this accident, indeed Harlequin advanced monies to Kay Smith subject to her insurers settling the claim, when it was discovered by Harlequin that Indigo Dive did not have a valid claim, Harlequin rightly withheld payments to Indigo until such time as the debt to Harlequin had been repaid.
Indigo in recent months had attempted to renegotiate the rates they undertook to maintain for a period of 5 years with Harlequin.
A Harlequin spokesman also stated that it was regrettable that Indigo dive had taken the decision to remove the water sports activities provided to the Buccament Bay Resort, however in anticipation of this move Harlequin have contracted with a Worldwide renowned provider of Water Based Activities to augment the fantastic facilities at the Buccament Bay Resort.
The spokesman continued by stating that Harlequin were looking at a number of legal options with respect to Indigo Dive and Kay Smith and the recovery of investor funds due to the breach of contract.
@ T Cain, it looks like the documents may well have been leaked by an R Ingham, or someone closely associated with him/her, or using his/her login details, if you look closely at some of the screen shots of the RL secure forum that were posted up on this site a few months back, you can see this name clearly on the top right hand corner of the screen shot.
Ames is just a smunt, someone drowned, now he is suing them – it’s the same old same old nasty little man.
Another world renowned, unnamed company… yeah of course.
I don’t spend my time taking screen shots, why would I?
Who is Richard Inghams
Frankly I don’t care leave it to the powers that be.
Ames and his family are scum, staff in Caribbean owed many months wages.
Hang the bastards.
T Cain, sadly there is no such software available that could track anyone cutting and pasting a document from the internet, but if it pleases Gareth Fractured you can tell him it was me, I mean who the hell cares, Ames is a liar, Gareth is a thief, so big deal.
Most of the DD was redacted anyway, and has been challenged by Ames.
Big deal.
I wonder just how much longer the hard working citizens of SVG
can tolerate this mess…(1) a never to be finished international airport,
(2) a self-proclaimed 5-Star resort that can’t pay its workers, (3) an
infrastructure that falls apart more and more with every heavy rain,
and (4) a pompous little dictator thinks that somehow he will be
getting “reparations” from Europeans to set things straight.
What a mess !!!
http://Www.harlequinredress.co.uk
Very informative.
How can that be very informative if you cannot log onto the site?
Sorry, it is a freemasons only site.
You have to know the password and pass grip leading from the 1st to the 2nd degree.
Without it, you are doomed to use Holkham.
I got the impression the document was stolen, or passed from someone who was know to RL, anyhow , not my problem.
Can you see the freemasons link on http://www.harlequinredress.co.uk ?
T Cain – some people are simply horrible. They take your trust and abuse it.
Hence the need to move on. Caution is our watchword.
Those with a grievance should retire from the lodge and settle their differences amicably.
We have tiled the lodge to stop them taking screen shots and being generally childish. Leave them to their unprofitable jobs.
The case fees for the contempt application are in arrears…
-There is a report…. Would you please explain (1) what that means
and (2) what you are talking about….
Must be that Ames has not paid his legal fees, in the contempt case. Probably a win by default,
@ T Cain, are you talking about the (Two) 2 no. Reports that Paul Walton was asked to produce for RL on the condition of the Buccament Bay Resort, one that was for RL clients? Or whatever they were and the other more damning report that was for Gareth’s eyes only?
No sorry we did not find them on a train……..
Oh yeah of course, you always intended to release those reports as part of your due diligence, sorry of course, you didn’t though so that’s why they were never leaked.
Jabberwocky is more understandable than some of the posts today
@ T Cain, what’s your problem ? One or more of 3000 + of your RL Clients might have shared documents that they paid you for, no where in those instruction letters you produced did it state that the documents were in some way yours, on a lease to clients??? Is that what they were????
Or was it Paul Walton your trusted side kick who leaked the documents or did you give them out your self?
Frankly who gives a shit.
You did not give them to me 😉 😉
Nor me 😦 I never got them 😦 😦 😦
Gareth it was me, it was, I admit it, please for give me…………
Gareth it wasn’t me, someone stole my ID and is pretending to be me, that is not me Gareth it’s not me. I did not do it. Please believe me, show me mercy, it was not me, this is a conspiracy, a set up, I beg of you Gareth the last poster is not “Slight of Hand” I am, and it was not me.
I think you protest too much, hmmmmmmmmm it could be you? Yes it must be you, ……;.;…………
But hang on your not me, I’m me, your not me, your a troll, no I know your not me cause I did it, not you me, I did it Gareth I did. Promise, I did.
See Gareth I told you it was not me it was the other Slight of Hand, it was not me, no way, not me.
On second thoughts given the threats from T Cain I admit I lied, it was not me. I’m sorry for lying to you, it was not me.
So if it was not me who was it ?
Ok it was me, oooops am I allowed say that, is it covered by an NDA or Super Injunction? Oh dear, have I said something wrong?
You can’t use the word Super Injuncted, you have been Super Injuncted,
Problem with super injunctions is we cannot confirm or deny anything.
Ames is unlikely to confirm or deny. He’s suffering squeaky bum time.
RL have moved on to the land or redress and honey. It’s great here. No more moaning thickies asking why we won’t recommend Dave’s trust.
Odd, but now we have said, “your on your own”, they have all panicked.
What they need is a super battler. Someone who will street fight for them.
We have 3000+ to hand over, unless of course they have redress claims. They can then stay on the Ark.
Better get inside, the rain is starting.
What a week it will be when both applications and judgments are handed down.
That would be the perfect week. Add Shipleys and we can party !
When it goes over, the redress party is going to start !
Pity Holkham have not got their pay to play license yet.
We can celebrate with a pork pie and a glass of Blue Nun.
It’ll be super smashing great !
I knew Indigo would be the next Harlequin Victim and subject of legal action. It remains to be seen if Trader Vic’s gets sued because Harlequin did not open the much advertised outlet at BB (because Harlequin never paid the franchise fees to allow them to operate.?) …will Oasis be sued? This is getting ridiculous!
Anon 11:22 – Yep so right. Why not sue PID, Krauss-Manning
and whatever supplier unfortunate enough to get caught in this
spider web…
I bet David Campion ain’t sleeping so well. What about all the
duty free resort development materials brought into Bim that
somehow disappeared into the local (VERY UPSCALE) economy.
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/10/indigo-watersports-cuts-ties-with-buccament-bay-resort-over-non-payment/
Yes Mr. Campion is now being looked at, Harlequin Developments and that little laundry operation, and the good folks in Virgin Barbados, Mr. Branson your boys in Barbados are on for a drumming.
Another legal battle? With Indigo Dive this time?!
Buccament Bay Resort is having a hard time finding the wear-with-all to put food on the table, and paying its staff, so I seriously doubt that there’s money to pay for another case. Let’s face it, the financial challenges are not news to those in the know, so which lawyer is likely to take on a case that Harlequin will loose. Money is owed, Buccament, Mr. Ames, and his local lemmings have been called out, no case to answer.
Oh, there’s always money for litigation. That’s how Ames and Harlequin have always operated, ignore the problem but sue anyone who talks about it. And to date they have been reasonably successful in silencing anyone critical, although the cracks are getting bigger now and there is more than enough evidence to show that they do not deliver on their promised services or product (both holidays and financial performance for investors). The wheels are finally coming off the PR/lawsuit wagon, and about time too given the damage they have done to SVG as a tourism destination.
@ lillian the staff are not getting paid.
Staff have been offered shares in block 3 if they shut up and carry on working, the PM has blessed this idea.
Trader Vics are suing Harlequin, for using their name in vain…..
Espa, will be leaving BB, the contract will not be renewed.
The latest flood resulted in raw untreated excrement flooding several cabanas.
We are going to sue all the agents who help Holkham. We have a list and we will go after them.
Sub Agents are more often than not sole traders. Ouch..
It’s now almost impossible to see how a CVA can be accepted by Shipleys LLP.
From the evidence before us, the facts surrounding the departure of Indigo Dive can only lead one to deduce that the Buccament Bay Resort is trading insolvently.
We have to say this in the absence of any Audited or even more importantly, reliable Management Accounts for the Buccament Bay Resort, coupled with the departure of one of the most important elements of the Buccament Bay Resort and the manner in which Indigo Dive have announced their reasons for departing.
In the absence of any credible reasons proffered by Ames for the lack of accounts or the inability to pay creditors when their accounts fall due then it had to be deduced that the Jewel in the Harlequin Crown must be
trading insolvently.
Given the very public nature in which Indigo Dive removed their services, and the apparent breathing space that Indigo Dive gave to Harlequin to allow Harlequin to pay the debt due should send a warning to anyone looking to either complete or invest in Harlequin.
Just a short few weeks ago we had Ames state that Buccament Bay would break even this year, or was likely too, this statement now needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, does Ames believe, or more importantly want us to believe, that if he refuses to pay creditors that he can state that his companies are looking to break even as a result.
Because that is exactly what he is saying.
Ames will claim that the manner in which the removal of the Indigo Dive Services from Buccament Bay was reported, is and must be part of the bigger conspiracy against him and his companies.
Others associated with Ames have claimed that any groups working together to ascertain the true facts surrounding the operations of Harlequin are merely conspiring against Ames.
This conspiracy theory is merely an attempt by Ames and others to divide and conquer.
The latest Trip Advisor review also makes an opaque reference to the staff and their remuneration,
“Most of them (the staff), welcome you and help you with a smile, even when they don’t get paid”.
The spotlight is now firmly on Shipleys,
On a related note, Mr. Gareth Fatchett has been made fully aware of the very close interest that the CIB amongst others are taking in the HMSSE Administration Process, his statement that he will challenge any CVA application or an application by Shipleys to extend the administration process needs to be examined and questioned in light of the fact that Grant Thornton have been working very closely with Mr. Fatchett on the insolvency process of Harlequin as a group for quite some time.
Grant Thornton are desirous of a block vote from RL, in order that they be appointed liquidator to the Harlequin Group,
Mr. Fatchett has being backing a number of horses in the Harlequin debacle, and has not represented the interests of his forum members, not in a way that they were led to believe, but whilst he may have acted in a morally reprehensible manner, it’s doubtful that he broke any rules with respect to his forum members, given the clever if not devious manner in which he was able to manipulate the masses on his forum.
However as a result of the actions of Mr. Fatchett with respect to a number of fee paying clients, RL may find that at some point, claims will be made against their PI insurance, and Mr. Fatchett may face disciplinary action on the part of his governing body.
The manner in which he has dealt with a number of his fee paying clients however leads us to believe that he has broken a number of the rules and ethics which govern his profession.
We make a clear and distinct difference here between “FORUM” members and “FEE PAYING CLIENTS”.
On the post by CVA 11/9 @10.58am
I think clients of RL should start to take a look between the lines.
Ie “Grant Thornton are desirous of a block vote from RL”
Unfortunately i am not clever enough to understand this legal jargon, but i will be watching this space.
RL’s latest update, for a few more quid from purchasers RL are going to stop chatting. “We are now beyond HAVING A CHAT, We intend to bring claims for recovery”.
And the claims are not against Harlequin and Ames who own and control the assets but against the agents.
So we ask, If as Ames claims, Harlequin is on the Road to recovery and Purchasers will see no losses, what is the point in suing agents.
We also ask why Gareth Fatchett was apparently chatting for the last 20 months or so, and “CHATTING” to whom.?
We now understand why he shut his forum down, “CHATTING” is not a word we would have used but there again we would have taken a very hard and aggressive stance against Harlequin and Ames as opposed to the pandering to every whim of Ames as conducted by Gareth Fatchett.
Gareth Fatchett you have spent 20 months to get to this point, suing the agents. Best of luck mate, it’s time your little cozy deal with Mr. Ames was exposed. Both of you deserve to be prosecuted.
@Ambulance Chasing Fatchett
It’s tactical, those who need to know are fully aware, this has been the subject of many a meeting behind closed doors.
We will not allow our Brothers to have their reputations sullied by unfounded tittle tackle.
S&F
You really don’t want Kit or Julia coming after you….oh no… oh no!!
Our Manchester office is going to bring (a) direct claims and (b) larger claims (£150,000.00+) for any type of Harlequin investor. As a firm, we are committed to this course of action so that all investors have a redress option.
Our view is that unregulated agents split into two camps. Those who feel as misled and let down by Harlequin as their clients and those who sold Harlequin entirely for their own benefit. We have taken the view that as a firm we should resource direct claims and seek to recover of those responsible for advising you to part with your hard earned savings.
Many agents traded via limited companies which have now been dissolved. A dissolution can be reversed and we will seek to do this, so that the directors have to answer for their “advice”. Having conducted literally hundreds of meetings, it is obvious to us that agents never checked the information that presented to them. Many statements made to investors were simply untrue or at best a distortion of the truth. We intend to seek to right those wrongs.
Many investors were sold other high risk unregulated products such as GOP, GFI, SCS Farmland alongside Harlequin. Any claim would span all these type of products.
Your first step is to contact our Manchester office on 0161 714 4520. Speak to either Kit Sorrell or Julia Norris.
We are now beyond “having a chat”. We intend to bring claims for recovery.
I-witness-news svg is now running a p.r. release by BB re: Indigo Dive
Who can work out if there is a connection?
@Jet Lag 11/9 at 1-22am
“that little laundry operation”
Is there a connection with a manager of BB paying large amounts of funds into his ac?
Have we been here before?
What does –ac– stand for?
“As an external contractor with no knowledge of the Resort’s accounts…….”
You mean the resort has accounts now?
It might be time to file some.
” Harlequin will publicly defend any claim”, a rather bizarre statement by young Dam Abhrams, are they expecting a claim from Indigo? The thrust of their rebuttal is that there is no claim, or am I missing something.
I wonder will Hefin Rees QC and Sam Commissiong be acting on a no win no fee basis ?
Love this too, the Resort chooses to keep it’s disputes private………….
Really, so how many disputes are there, and let’s see, hmmmmm.
Which one of the following did you choose to keep quiet ?
The Irish Case???? Nope
The Appeal?????? Yes
The Wilkins Kennedy Case????? Nope
The Security for Cost Case???? Yes
The Strike out Case?????? Yes
The Defamation Case???????? Nope
The “Settlement” ???????? Yes
The Davies Contempt Case??????????
Nope cause Fatchett chose to raise it.
The Cameron Balcombe Contempt Case?????????? Nope
The 37 Judgements in St. Vincent ?????? Nope
The settlement with Oasis ?????? Nope
The UK stat demand case?????? Nope
The Buccament Bay / Harlequin Developments Class Action case????? Nope
The Singing Pig case????????? Yes
The Guardian Newspaper Case ?????? Yes
The disclosure application in the WordPress case??????? Yes
The court action in the WordPress Case??????? Nope
The Brian Lara settlement ??????? Nope
The Trader Vics settlement???????? Nope
The SFO investigation ?????? Yes Nope ………..
The ……………………
The list goes on and on and on and …………………….
It has been my understanding that BB does not have wi fi service.
Yet Tripadvisor just posted a review from a guest who arrived
last evening. Very strange because it mentioned, not by name,
flying in an 8-seater. Even though the one who posted seems to have
contributed over a dozen TA reviews it reads like a pr promo…
Hmmmm A guest travels for 10-12 hrs from the UK, arrives in St. Vincent, checks in, sees the SPA has something to eat and then decides to write a review on Buccament Bay. After a few hours.
Also tells us that they will write further reviews through out their stay.
She has done 12 Reviews 11 are Five Star, could be a genuine guest, this reviewer has not apparently traveled much, so could be used to Premier Inn style accomodation which in my humble opinion out shines Buccament Bay any day.
Why doesn’t she post some pictures.
I am good at chasing ambulances.
Leave me alone to do so. Ames does not interest me one bit.
Alright Gareth no problem chase away mate. 😉 😉
Assuming its true that BB was still in negotiations with Indigo as late as
this past Sunday and they already have a new PADI Certified dive
concern in operation on site that would be amazing since TA posts
for the past month or two have mentioned no diving available. I wonder
just how many PADI Certified diving outfits are based in SVG. Maybe
to give credence BB might want to name them. Somehow I think
not.
@TA and Anon 9:43pm
Post on TA about this latest fake review and tell punters that Indigo is no longer available.
Note to the IT department @ Harlequin ( if they still have one ;))
You may want to remove indi GO off the website LOL
http://www.buccamentbay.com/uk/Amenities/
Having just read Harlequins reply to indigo dive, does any one think David Ames is insane?
It’s just that anyone with half a brain can see Harlequin and the Ames ‘family’ are finished 😉
All,
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http://www.harlequinredress.co.uk – join the site now. The site will be opened on the 1st October 2014.
The site will contain all the information you need to make an informed choice about your redress options.
1. We have winning FOS judgments in relation to SIPP pension transfers. We will talk you through the technical arguments which links the non-regulated Harlequin investment to the pension transfer.
2. We have liased with FOS to discuss the policy issues raised by Harlequin. We will explain why this assist on our site.
3. We will explain how we intend to obtain data from 3rd parties – the difference between DSAR and Part 31.16 requests.
4. We will set out how we will approach the FSCS process. Remember, the FSCS issued a statement in August 2014 which has an impact on any FSCS claim.
5. We will detail our approach to SIPP operators – both due diligence and annual fees.
6. We will detail our approach for non pension claims (direct claims).
7. We will detail our approach to claims where a re-mortgage has been utilised.
The investment in technical resource will benefit all investors to make an informed choice.
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It doesn’t seem to me that RL are walking away with their tale between their legs. Rather that they have changed their approach from trying to work with HP on an amicable way forward to working against HP and it’s agents, helping investors recover their investment. Which is what they should really have done from the very beginning!
@Sid
To be fair I think RL were wise to get close to Ames and find out what’s really going on; then back off.
We needed to see the DD to confirm Harlequin is basically up shit creak without a paddle – we feared this would be the case- now its fact.
Ames is just a lying, odious , deluded little man.
The next nail in the coffin will be Shipleys and of course the issue of no finance.
How are you Sid? Are you joining Ames on his conference call of lies?
I’m god thanks Short Legs. It’s good to see you on here! I’m tempted to join the calls but know that I won’t believe a word that I hear and have better things to do frankly!
RL have missiles in the air which will take Dave out.
Dave is sweating on this. Goes the wrong way, Harlequin is over.
It is for that reason RL are standing back. They don’t want to get splash by the brown stuff when Harlequin collapses.
@Ironically, I don’t know enough to agree with you for definite, but I certainly get the feeling you are right.
Sid,
Just imagine Dave’s eulogy on his last updates.
All,
Annual Management Fees
We are mulling the idea of asking SIPP providers to sell each investor their Harlequin investment (for its nominal £1 value) so that their SIPP account can be closed. This would resolve the annual management charge issue without the need for litigation.
The value of each Harlequin investment held by a SIPP is £1. Therefore, it would cost the grand total of £3,400.00 to buy all investments.
This seems a neat solution and one which would really help investors. We will be writing to SIPP investors in the next few weeks to give them a general update and to invite them to join http://www.harlequinredress.co.uk .
The £17m estimate of annual management charges across the next 10 years for Harlequin related SIPPs is a disgrace. We have a Pre Action Protocol Claim letter ready to be sent to a target list of SIPP operators. You will recall the “Yellow Form” which we asked SIPP investors to return. Naturally, some investors returned it and some did not.
To shortcut this element, we will post the Claim Letter and the Yellow Form on http://www.harlequinredress.co.uk from 1st October 2014.
Counter Offer / Negotiations with Harlequin
We have been asked by a number of clients whether we would be prepared to negotiate with David Ames / Harlequin if he came back to the table. Our answer is “no”. We do not feel we can work with David Ames or his team.
If David Ames returns, then another solicitors practice would need to pick up the baton.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
I like the idea of smashing the SIPP companies, this will stop the likes of the TM bottom feeders getting any more money, plus no doubt, puts the kibosh on the future of Harlequin & Ames.
That’s a result in my little blue book
It’s a great idea, lets add Holkham to this ‘smashing’ process?
Something strange going on with case against BFP and Automatic Inc.
The Case Conference scheduled for Sept 17th has been cancelled, and a new date of Dec 17th 2014 is set.
Meanwhile, The Plaintiffs were yesterday (Sept 11th 2014) given approval to “Profound Discovery on Defendants”..
I dont know what Automatic `s response will be, but it sure proves that Ames and company have not given up on their litigation actions.
All it is, is a scare tactic to try to get the defendants to settle quickly.
All one US investor has to do is approach the ACLU to petition to being
a party to the case. Because of the 1st Amendment I don’t think
BFP/Automatic has anything to worry about. Obviously I am not
a lawyer.
Wow where did you find that little gem? Can you provide the link ? It will be nice to see those who attacked investors in the manner in which they did being brought to heel,
Also why would a request for discovery go to case management, unless there is a full hearing scheduled? And if there is where is Ames getting the money to fight this? He is of course one of the claimants. Yet his assets are subject to a freezing order.
Can we have a link please?
@SGD – Have you been able to get in photos yet of Merricks
and HHotel?
@ Anon 3.53 pm,….Go to… http://webaccess.sftc.org/scripts/magic94/Mgrqispi94.dll?APPNAME=web&PRGNAME=casenumberprompt22
Enter case number,CGC14538650, then select which document you wish to view, Adobe reader must be up to date.
@ Anonymous on September 12, 2014 at 3:35 pm
You stated that “Something strange going on with case against BFP and Automatic Inc.”
We firstly there is no case against BFP.
Secondly it’s not a case as such, it’s a request or demand made through the courts, to Automatic to surrender the IP addresses of those who Ames feels defamed him and his family ( Lying Scum),
You then proceed to enthral us with the following waffle,
“The Case Conference scheduled for Sept 17th has been cancelled, and a new date of Dec 17th 2014 is set.”
And then you come up with the following whopper,
“Meanwhile, The Plaintiffs were yesterday (Sept 11th 2014) given approval to “Profound Discovery on Defendants”..”
A few things Gareth or is it Dan, both perhaps,
You know as lawyers how this would work, the case conference or case management conference is held first and is used to set out the timetable for discovery, supply of witness statements etc. so if you guys are to be believed that will not happen till the 17th of December 2014, by which time Ames will be finished anyway with a bit of luck.
But given that all Ames is seeking is the discovery of the IP addresses of those he claims defamed him and given that you have stated the following
“Meanwhile, The Plaintiffs were yesterday (Sept 11th 2014) given approval to “Profound Discovery on Defendants”..”
Then firstly this in unprecedented, as it goes against the rules of the courts and their timetables which by your own admission could not yet have been agreed, but probably most importantly why bother with the case conference in December if Ames has obtained discovery yesterday Sept 11th 2014.
Surely he now has what he wants if what you state is indeed correct.
You also state the following,
” I dont know what Automatic `s response will be, but it sure proves that Ames and company have not given up on their litigation actions.”
Ok we have searched and searched for references to this case, and we can’t find any, of course they are probably subject to an NDA or even a Super Injunction………….
So what has you so rattled now Gareth? Or Dan? What is it, ?
We were getting bored and were about to throw in the towel with respect to commenting further on this site but you guys have rejuvenated our spirits, what has been said that has rattled your cages? Hmmmmmmm we wonder.
The link does not work, 😦
You think Ames gives a flying f**k about the freezing order? Has it changed his life?
No!
How much have the muppets paid, for what ? Ames will just run them out of money.
How much have they crazier clients paid £20k by the end try triple that figure.
The contempt application has been shot to death lol
All this to keep crazier in plastic tits and fake tan 🙂
Will the contempt application get them the money back……. Lol
Sorry I’m confused, are you saying Ames has dropped the case against WordPress or whoever they are or it’s just another lie?
@Anon 5.03pm Try this, http://www.sfsuperiorcourt.org/online-services and then click on “Case Number Query” then enter the case number CGC 14538650..You can then view what you wish about this case.
Looks like Ames lost the first round in the US and has now applied exparte for the discovery of IP addresses,
Automatic may challenge this exparte application, strangely enough Ames is stating in the US Court that he has not committed serious fraud,
Surely given the current SFO investigation, a decision by them and any subsequent trial would decide that particular issue.
Could someone please explain in English what all this , exparte, plantiff malarkey is about some of us don’t have a law degree.
All very exciting, but not something of any great interest to us.
We are bothered about the redress claims, nothing more.
@Anon 4.58….No need to be insulting and aggressive ..First of all, I am not Gareth or Dan.
Secondly,you are right, the case is against Automatic, not BFP.However, all the “defamatory” comments were posted on BFP.
Thirdly…The “waffle” and “whopper” you attribute to me are quotes from the documents that are available for all to see, following the link I provided again at 5 36 pm. I did not make up what I reported.
If you searched and searched and could not find any references to this case, I suggest you go to the San Francisco Superior court website, and there you will see exactly what I reported. It took me 3 minutes.
Also, this iIS a CASE i# CGC14538650 in the San Francisco Superior Court.
You can call it all you wish Mr Know it all…it is a CASE.
Now go wipe that brown stuff off your mouth.
Ames shouldn’t be in business. I don’t know he brought up kids. Oh wait. One’s in jail getting his ring ripped open, and the other is sucking his mum’s tits whilst he waits for his time in the slammer. The whole Ames family needs to be shot.
It’s simple, Ames is suing 50 anonymous posters on BFP, or 50 posts. He is doing it in a jury trial, given that no defendants will turn up he could win.
On the back of the win he will then get the court to force Automatic to release the IP details of the posters,
And he then will presumably seek to pursue those posters in the UK for defamation.
All well and good but we suspect that 1. Automatic will step in at some stage and oppose the release of the data and 2. Will he be around by then?
If I am made one of the fifty posts I definitely would turn up in a California
court. Have 135,000 OneWorld air miles just sitting around doing nothing.
If he shows up in a US Court he’s toast !
I especially like the part about being a front for a drug smuggling barge.
All we say is bring it on Dave, bring it on. What’s your defence going to be? It was taken out of context?
Bring it on mate, bring it on.
Ok Dave, you know who we are, you say you have not lied, let’s see, the recording of your conference call ?
Shipleys have extended the administration process ?????
Have finance?????
Let’s look at some videos shall we? Oh look there is the Marina……..
And what about the SFO? Many believe you stole their money hence the reason they reported you to the SFO. Why not sue them? One look at their website would demonstrate that they are looking into you.
Will just take one person to challenge you in the US and then mate you will have to produce your accounts, which ones though??????
And what about copying signatures, ???????????
Bring it on matey, bring it on.
Not to sound racist but -“no tickee, no laundree”. He has to
provide audited accounts/bookkeeping to disprove anything said on
this forum. Maybe asking too much but there you go !
The freezing order is pretty crap if he can continue all this legal action, indigo dive Californian court cases….. and travelling the World? or is it just me thinking the CLC clients are being led a merry dance?
@ Anonymous 5.59 pm, We will apologise where apologies are due and in this case one is due.
But Ames is as stupid as a Sausage Sandwich.
@Anon – Reasons unknown
Stop it.
@Cah – I’m gay and what the hell are you talking about?????????
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein —-Ponzi is a ponzi is a ponzi….
Given that Ames is suing the 50 Anonomies in California, could we not file factual evidence in defence of the 50 Anonomies in the US Courts,
1. The result of the Contempt hearing in the UK which seems to be rattling Ames’s cage ferociously.
Just think about this for a minute, Ames gets convicted of contempt in a UK high Court because he lied, well that would knock out his statement in the US that he is not a liar,
And imagine if there was a Judgement from the Caribbean where the Judge might have stated that Ames engaged in fraudulent misrepresentation, would not that make Ames a Fraudster 😉
Well of course it would 🙂 🙂 😉
Oh yeah Ames will say it doesn’t because it’s a civil matter and he will state that it doesn’t because he is appealing the cases.
Lol, so we take the Irish Case, a civil case, where the Judge stated that the builder engaged in Fraudulent misrepresentation, and Ames has since then stated in his Chairman Updates that the Irish builder is a Fraudster and a thief, oh yeah, the Irish Case is under appeal too.
So going by Ames’ warped thinking, he will have kind of shot himself in the foot.
We will have proved without too much difficulty that Ames is a liar, Fraudster and a Thief. 🙂 😉 🙂 🙂
So Carol, Dave bring it on, lol, BRING IT ON, ok We will say it again, BRING IT ON.
@ Dancing with Stars in your Eyes,
Hence the reason for the contempt hearings, if Carol and Dave want to breach the court orders that’s up to them, a contempt action is what is used to deal with these breaches,
It seems you lot are getting a Tad excited about the contempt action.
Paul Walton and Erica Broughton along with Clifford Jones are all witnesses in the Contempt Hearing…… Lol, the three most credible witnesses (NOT) that Crazier has. Lol
Ok Dave, straight question?
Was that really a Marina over your shoulder???
Or did we take you out of context?
If we didn’t your a liar…….
Dave did you say that Shipleys HAD extended the administration of HMSSE beyond November and did you say that HMSSE was coming out of administration in December ?
If you did you are a liar……..
Did you ever pay someone’s “Friends” “Our Friends” for planning permission, is that how one refers to legitimate payments to representatives of a Government Agency, ?? ”
And what about the Crown Lease for the Beach at Buccament Bay, why is this a thorny issue with the Government Of St. Vincent, why do you not want to have the issue dealt with till after the election.
More Bribes perhaps, or just legitimate payments to friends.
Dave did you ever state that you owned close to One Hundred Acres at Buccament Bay, think now my friend, yes you did, so now why deny it?
You a liar David Edward Ames, A LIAR.
David, can we ask you something?
Why do you think that some of your investors have spoken to the SFO?
Is it because they believe that you are a good honest decent Man?
Is it because they want you to get as much free exposure as possible, by getting all your companies referred to on the SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE website?
Or is it because those investors think you stole their cash, defrauded them? Because when they asked you for their completed unit, you did not have it.
And because they think it, they have at times expressed this view on here, yet you call it defamation.
And when they asked you for their money back you told them to get lost.
And when they threatened to sue you, you threatened to counter sue them.
Also telling your clients to go sue HMSSE because that’s who they paid……
And your latest defence, yes what was that it’s called now …….. ? Ah yes the Murdoch Defence, yes you know what we are talking about here, yes the case where investors are suing you and you are counter suing them, the defence that your company is so huge that you don’t know what your sales guys are doing, and because it so huge you cannot be responsible for the lies they tell, yes the Murdoch defence. You Ames are no Rupert Murdoch,
But we do remember how you stated clearly what the difference between you and Donald Trump was, yes, Donald Trump needed bank finance, you did NOT.
Never heard of Donald Trump getting a super injunction in the UK over the issue of Statutory Demands.
You are a deluded little freak aren’t you.
You are SCUM .
Gonsalves….you’re going down
Wow – who’d a thunk it
Socialism is just so yesterday
@Anon 10 24 pm apology accepted…we both have the same views of David Ames and Harlequin…so no need to fight..We also know where this is all going to end..Harlequin will go bust…BB and Blue will close because they can’t pay their staff and bills….its just taking longer than expected, but it will happen.
One question from a Yank……..Why is it taking longer than expected ????
Ames is currently being sued by a number of clients in the Caribbean, as his usual ploy now, Ames asked for mediation, but he and his legal team failed to turn up on three occasions,
When they eventually did turn up they made loose offers of settlement but nothing of substance, however before leaving they did inform the other side that they would be counterclaiming against the investors suing, some of the grounds for the counter suits were the investors inability to come up with completion finance, the late payments of stage payments etc etc etc……….
Ames is also making an application in the Caribbean Courts to have all the cases struck out in the Caribbean on the basis that investors paid money to HMSSE the UK company in Administration.
Ames is also stating that he cannot be held liable or culpable for the actions of his sales staff citing the Murdoch defence as his justification.
Ames in doing this is claiming, as he is the chairman of a huge international company he is claiming that he does not engage in the day to day hands on management of the business.
This guy is just pure scum. I mean literally nothing more then pure scum.
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A number of applications are to be made in the next few weeks to wind up Harlequin’s overseas operations,
This is separate from any moves on the part of the Administrators Shipleys LLP.
It looks like the Mad Dog is being pushed into a corner.
It’s time the SFO moved in and put the Mad Dog down once and for all.
@Anon RU yes it would be good for you to turn up in court. Then we will know which sniveling creep has been hiding behind that ID for all this time. I to have screen shots of some of the comments you have made on here. Perhaps the hunter will become the hunted? TWAT
They have a deal whereby they get left alone by holkham and get a commission split – big fees second time around. The same deal for sub agents. I can see RLs Manchester office being busy suing agents that reformed Holkham when it all goes tits up !!
I would be more than a tad excited if I had paid many £1000’s and got nothing back in return. The only winner is Corney and his bit on the side 😉
How much will this cost to go to trial? if Corney looses Ames will sue the clients – Corney wins again.
Good deal.
TM, get a referral? and the agents get a ‘get out of jail’ card – absolutely F***king unbelievable.
They sold this crap – now get a second bite, no way that’s happening.
I wonder who is behind ?
http://www.talkingwills.co.uk/index.php
Well I never….. The TailorMade ( in liquidation) team
http://companycheck.co.uk/company/08640968/TALKING-WILLS-LIMITED/directors-secretaries#people-summary
Considering he was in finance these numbers son’t add up!
http://companycheck.co.uk/director/909850377
Maybe they run a not for profits business?
http://companycheck.co.uk/director/909868752
@ Dancing with Stars in Their Eyes, you appear to suggest that litigating against Ames is a futile exercise…..
If CLC win their case they will be awarded costs and damages.
Yes of course, if they loose like any other litigant they will have to pay costs, that is litigation.
The theory you appear to espouse is one of non action by a plaintiff on the grounds that court actions are too costly.
If we all subscribed to your theory then there would be no need for a civil court system.
Yes civil cases are so successful we all got our money back when the Irish builder was found guilty of nicking over a million quid from INVESTORS – yet some people work with him like CLC
I have no knowledge of DAs current litigation cases.
However the one property that he seems to love is BB.
That may be the best target for investors,obviously depending on its valuation.
Ahhh no, as a matter of fact and of law, the Irish Builder was NOT found guilty of “nicking” a million quid from investors.
The Plaintiffs in the case were Harlequin Hotels and Resorts and Harlequin Property SVG Ltd which investors have no legal stake in.
However I’m sure that Ames would only be too glad to pass the liability of the Irish Court case onto investors if he could find a legal way of doing so, ahead of the appeal, for if Ames looses the appeal, and investors were to become the plaintiffs then it is the investors who would have to compensate the Irish builder on the back of a successful appeal.
I’m sure if CLC were working with the Irish builder they would be quite happy to do so, as there should be no legal impediment preventing them from doing so, in fact if it were the case that they were working with the Irish builder, he could very well be in a position to provide then with a huge amount of information which may assist them in a successful outcome in their class action suit against Mr. and Mrs Ames.
What would be wrong, were the Irish Builder to provide information to any investor which would assist those investors in any claim against Ames or the Harlequin Group.
Of course this if it were to happen would enrage Carol and Dave.
On another note, the manner in which you state the Irish Builder was found “guilty” in Ireland, (a term not applicable in civil cases by the way) is exactly the same as David Edward Ames and Carol Ann Ames were found “guilty” in excess of 30 cases in St. Vincent, taken by investors, with one exception.
The builder was not found guilty of nicking “INVESTORS” money, but David Edward Ames and Carol Ann Ames were both found ” Guilty” of NICKING investors money in cases in St. Vincent, yet despite this, they have yet to honour the judgements, oh of course they are appealing the judgements.
Looks like Ames and the Irish builder are peas from the same pod!
@ That Worked Well, well did investors get any money back from the Victory Ames claimed he obtained in the defamation case?????????
The settlement that was the subject of an NDA, ????????
Or could Ames perhaps have used this money to fund his own legal team in a very recent case where Ames is now counter suing over 30 investors ironically for the following.
(1). Breach of Contract, yes folks Breach of Contract.
(2). Non completion of Contracts, yet Ames cannot provide legitimate certificates of good standing for his companies as a result of having no audited accounts.
(3). Late payment of Completion Funds or Deposits.
(4). Payment of Capital Sums.
Is the Irish Builder now working with Mulberry Law in Sussex, apparently Gareth Farchett of RL thinks so and is advising many of a conspiracy theory being concocted by the Irish Builder against Dave Ames and Harlequin,
One of course could apply the same logic to Mr. Fatchett’s working relationship and information sharing with Grant Thornton with respect to Harlequin, is this not a possible conspiracy too.
What odd behaviour from Mr. Fatchett.
And on the subject of Mr. Fatchett and RL , in their latest update they incorrectly state that there is a 3 year limit for negligence claims,
The Limitation Act 1980 gives a six year time limit for Negligence Claims, the fun bit is working out when the limitation period starts to run.
It’s worrying that RL seem to be ignorant of Basic English Law.
Someone has been busy on google, but it’s you that’s wrong muppet !
Who is wrong about what?
Now now, there is no need to call Gareth Fatchett a “MUPPET”, he is stressed out trying to “STILL” negotiate with Ames behind the scenes against a back drop of additional complaints being made to the SRA about his conduct.
No wonder he is making a few mistakes, he is only human after all.
And let’s take on board his advice? Time is running out, you only have 6 years, or 3 years or whatever to make a claim, so hurry, hurry………..
Join up to the newest RL website now and get your Money back.
What’s weird is after nearly 2 years Farchett just now tells us that time is running out.
I wonder if he conspired with anyone to drag the last two years out in order to then cause panic amongst investors as a result of the limitation issue.
I mean what did he achieve over the last 2 years?
Aside from conspiring with Grant Thornton?
I guess he will make millions from the redress – good luck to him I say 🙂
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
Wondered why tailormade ifa has been banging on about doing my will. Also wanted to have the money put in a trust they had control of! God knows what crazy shit they would invest your money in whilst your kids get jack shit!
BallymenaRuth we are still waiting for your update. Somehow
I don’t think it will be forthcoming…
@tailormade are twats
It would no doubt be invested in a product that bombed out, but they get a massive commission, Green oil (ooops done that) Farmlands (ooops done that) Cyprus( ooops done that) Harlequin ( oops done that)
All four went tits up…. some sort of pattern !!
tosspots.
Nice house paid for by Harlequin commissions?
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/31572622#ssC9dZ4QlpBiYLFL.97
Probably only ‘one’ of tm director houses, what about the ones he probably has abroad with our cash!
Lets not leave out the thieving Irish builder.
Harlequin Property, the company that owns Buccament Bay Resort has won a fraudulent misappropriation case against a former contractor at the resort.
Harlequin Hotels and Resorts said in a release last week that it won case against Padraig “Paudie” O’Halloran.
The High Court in Ireland heard that the contractor fraudulently misappropriated more than US$13 million from US$50 million sent to his firm for the resort’s construction.
“During the 31-day trial, Harlequin provided evidence and witness testimonies detailing how O’Halloran fraudulently misappropriated in excess of US$13m from US$50m that was sent to ICE Group for the resort’s construction. Of the $13m that was diverted, more than $2m was sent to Ireland to pay for items including a lavish wedding. The Court also heard that sums were used to fund luxury purchases, such as a US$1.5m private jet, a racecourse in St Lucia, a car franchise business and renovations to a rented property on the Sandy Lane estate,” Harlequin said in a release.
It further said that while the funds were being misappropriated, very little of the promised construction work was actually carried out at Buccament Bay Resort, resulting in the resort opening later than originally planned and on a smaller scale.
Other developments were also delayed as Harlequin was forced to create its own construction company to resume work in June 2010, the firm said.
The judgement comes even as Harlequin itself is embroiled in a number of lawsuits and is working on a restructuring its UK sales arm, which went into administration earlier this year.
Meanwhile, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, some providers of goods and services to Buccament Bay Resort have complained about not being paid or having to wait for long periods for payment.
On July 4, the manager of Buccament Bay Resort refused to speak to I-Witness News amidst reports that the electricity supply to the resort was disconnected.
Reports say the electricity supply was reconnected later that day.
And the thieving Wilkins Kennedy……….
And the thief Andy Smith……….
And those thieves in Indigo Dive………
Funny all those thieves will bring Ames down and funny they frankly won’t give a damn about snivelling investors like those on here.
Because it was Ames who took 400 million, Ames who can’t account for it, but it was everyone else’s fault…..
Why are the Harlequin trolls regurgitating old news………
Seems like the Irish Builder is causing Ames some pain…
Wonder how???
Wonder will the trolls get into a similar lather when the Irish builder wins his appeal and deals Ames a crushing blow……
The Irish case has been canceled ? That was mentioned the other day?
Where is the big tough fag Ingham – no women to abuse? or are you stuck up Ames arse hole?
Irish Appeal still going ahead,
I wonder is Ames spreading more lies?
Shippleys Administration extension?
SFO not investigating Harlequin ?
Win in the defamation case?
@anon 5.39. Regurgitating old news? How many times are we going to see links to houses for sale. Etc etc.
Why you asking me? I did not post those links. It seems Harlequin are desperately trying to divert attention once again, wonder why?
@anon. I did not ask you. Notice the non use of a question mark? You commented on why Harlequin were regurgitating old news. My reply was to draw your attention to others regurgitating anti HP news. It works both ways.
I don’t believe its harlequin distraction, that many people have had a piece of this scam they are all as bad as each other, agents, sub agents, the builder, Harlequin, mortgage brokers the whole lot.
Basicly, they are all shitting bricks.
Anon 5.35
Thieves at Indigo Dive? Really?
HHR / BBR owes Indigo Watersports Ltd US$30,000, and I am quite happy to have my day in court as I am able to prove the debt exists.
There are MANY others in St. Vincent claiming to be in the same position.
Anyone wishing to speak to me directly can do so, email info@indigodive.com
If you plan to call me a thief, at least have the courtesy to use your own name.
@Kay Wilson..suggest you have someone change your website so that your good name is not tarnished by showing BB as your base location. Also, you should have your lawyers request the immediate removal of your logo from BB website.
Good idea also to post something on Facebook about severing ties to BB.
Good Luck…they need you, you don’t need them.
@ Kay Wilson ….please be careful. I have read on here that
Gonsalves has a squad of black-clad jackboots.
The tricks some people will stoop to.
Rich’ard, he’s not on here because he’s banned, hasn’t posted on here in a long long time.
Erica, if you need to contact Richard Ingham please email him direct then he can read and answer you.
This comment on a 5 star review on TA, about BB….
Its a funny old world!
“This is a fantastic boutique-style property run by a lovely family – most of them were out when we travelled.”
Regarding the Irish builder.
A court in the Caribbean deemed the Irish ‘builder’ guilty enough to freeze his worldwide assets, a court in Ireland found him guilty and ordered him to pay £1.5 million back he stole from investors.
That makes him guilty in my book. Now, one wonders why he is so angry?
David Edward Ames has been advised by his Criminal Solicitors in the UK to instigate the action in the US, this will give David some credibility in front of a jury, he will state that he is not a fraudster and that he has taken the draconian step of challenging the first amendment in the US to prove this point,
The problem for the twat is that under US defamation law, it will be he who has to prove that he is operating a solvent and legitimate business, if he looses the contempt hearing this will not help him one iota.
He will never seek to identify those anonymous posters, to do so will kill his case in the US.
Robert, it will be interesting to see your opinion if or when the builder wins his appeal, and I still fail to see the relevance of someone who the judge stated took less than 0.25 % of monies invested.
What about the other 99.75% of the money invested????
David spent in excess of 1.5 % of monies invested to recoup 0.25%.
Makes perfect sense. ????
And what about Mulberry Law in Sussex Robert, what about their 30 + Clients and the involvement of the Irish Builder in funding that action and supplying Brian with thousands of internal emails.
Is that wrong?
Is this why David through Richard (apparently a devout Jew) from ELS is counter suing the Harlequin investors for in excess of £ 20,000 each
Is the Builders clandestine support for Mulberry Law and their action against Ames a Conspiracy???
Is the Builders support of Nicole Sylvestor in St. Vincent, wrong????
Is it a Conspiracy??????
She acts for Mulberry Law amongst others…..
Indeed what is the legal definition of Conspiracy????
Easy to play the percentage game Paddy, nicking over a million quid is wrong, so shut it.
The investors should look at their contracts.
The Irishman has been found guilty twice, no decent law firm would accept funding from him.
It’s dirty money.
I will ask Mullberry law about the money laundering act. lol
Walton, Broughton and Jones are all witnesses in the contempt case, lol,
Wait for it folks, watch the denials pour in…… Lol,
When they are put in the stand, they will be shredded by the Ames legal team, and finally, I hope finally the world will see that Walton and Co. were out to undermine the very hard work Mr. Ames has put into this.
Our investments are being damaged by a few stupid and frankly greedy jealous spiteful individuals.
Walton when he had Fatchett’s support was actively and openly cutting and pasting from the BFP site onto the RL closed forum, my guess is, it was he who along with the knowledge of Fatchett was leaving all those documents on a train…..
Mr. Ames allowed this to continue until it came to a stage that it had gone too far.
Walton will shortly find that he will be brought to account for the many defamatory remarks made against Mr. Ames and his family.
Walton you are nothing but scum. Absolute scum, and I for one look forward to you being torn limb for limb on the stand in the contempt hearing.
Looking at the accounts of Brian, looks like he needs a couple of ‘Bob’
I will agree none of the trio you mentioned are good witnesses lol
http://companycheck.co.uk/director/916094447/BRIAN-ALASDAIR-MORRISON/financial-accounts#financials
Hi, Mr. Storey, I did not realise the Builder was convicted twice, could you direct me to the conviction in the Caribbean? What sentence did he receive ?
Correct me if I’m wrong but did not Wilkins Kennedy Mr. Ames’ accountant steal $ 80 million, should this not be highlighted?
Has Mr. Kennedy been charged yet, I assume so given that the Trial is due to start soon.
It is terrible, are Holkham going to sue Mr. Kennedy and make him bankrupt?
Why the attacks against Mr. Ames? His award winning Hotel at Buccement Bay is worth a quarter of a billion, and he owns thousands of acres across the Caribbean
Looks to me like there are a few jealous people out there.
Scum the lot of them.
Another Mason, look at the endof the link. This the Masonic stuff about Dave Ames being a Mason is incorrect, Cliff Jones is, have a look.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cliff-jones-cpo-ppo-cp-team-medic/2a/513/143
What you all seem to forget is that Dave Ames gave the Irish builder the money and didn’t have a signed contract. He then spent £6million (of investors’ money natch) fighting the case to get back £1.5m. How brainless is that?
A civil case cannot end in a guilty or not gulity verdict. There was no jury and it was not held in a criminal court.
He stole the money, Dave Ames trusted him and that was his only mistake. Now bore off I’m off to the pub.
No investor has lost a penny.
Mr. Storey you have been chastised at times on this forum, but it’s people like you who expose the fraudsters for what they are….
Yes it’s obvious from the Mulberry Law account information that you have unearthed that Brian never had the funds to pursue such a large case….
It’s disgusting that the Builder is allowed fund his very suspect legal firm.
It might be worth reporting Mulberry Law to the SRA for money laundering and receiving stolen money, might be worth a report to the SFO too.
Thank you again Mr. Storey for sticking in there, it’s truly disgusting what you have unearthed.
Robert Storey{David Ames} i look forward to your conviction for FRAUD.
I will be in court when you are taken down.
Funny thing BRIAN ALASDAIR MORRISON, is not a solicitor!
Thanks for all the Intel.
Who wants to see David Ames in a new ISIS beheading video?
Imagine what they’ll do to a thieving fucking jew
Storey you are one stupid prick reporting Brian to the SRA when he is not even a solicitor,
So all this crap about Brian Morrison suing Ames is just that crap?
And the Builder funding him is just typical anti Harlequin Troll rubbish?
So who is Brian Morrison anyway, how did he get dragged into this?
Look at the post Anonymous
September 14, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Don’t need to be a genius, to join the dots up. Mullberry Law, the director ‘Brian’ aka TSL Craziers mate.
@Robert Storey – You wrote that Ames ONLY mistake was to trust
ICE Group. Ames first mistake was getting rid of Ridgeview Construction.
2nd mistake was ICE, 3rd mistake PID, 4th mistake Krauss-Manning,
5th mistake HD Development, lethal mistake publicly telling lie after
lie after lie on Youtube. Whats he gonna do —sue himself?
Both Jones and Walton witnesses, both Masons – go figure twats
Morrison is a mate of the builder through a Nicole Sylvestor, the builder has been funding Mulberry Law, they act as intermediaries,
They cut deals with Lawyers in the Caribbean then charge clients double what they pay out. The builder has been making the initial payments off shore to the likes of Nicole Sylvestor so untraceable, hides it from prying eyes, money laundering etc.
Morrison collects the fees and pays the builder back cash + a %. Nice way to clean the cash.
This is killing two birds with the one stone, the builder is giving Mulberry law all the files he has on Harlequin and getting a kick back in the process. Cleaning his money.
The builder is attacking Ames using the innocent purchasers, they have no idea that the builder is involved. And neither did Ames we suspect.
The connection here is Nicole Sylvestor, she was the St. Vincent solicitor of record for the Ice Group,
She established a dozen or so offshore companies for Ice and the builder, in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Lichtienstein.
She is also a strong supporter of the opposition in St. Vincent,
Nicole Sylvestor is a client of ??????? Yes Wilkins Kennedy……
Strangely Wilkins Kennedy are the accountants of record for theoffshore companies also, the companies are all registered at Tower Bridge London, the London HQ for Wilkins Kennedy.
Morrison was a guest of Dave Fenn the managing partner of Wilkins Kennedy at a number of functions recently.
Nicole Sylvestor is the only solicitor acting for investors in St. Vincent, strange that……..
This has all gone a bit off-topic, hasn’t it?
How is Buccament Bay going to without Indigo Dive?
By the way how is the sewerage disposal at BB these days ?
@Morrison…..all very interesting re: Nicole Sylvestor. But has
she done anything illegal or wrong?
Well after the latest revelations about WK everyone still backing a court case. Up to their eyeballs in it. And Indigo Dive still important? Not really.
Its important when BB can’t pay its bills. By the way is
Kay Wilson a Vincentian?
She is working with a convicted criminal trying to bring Harlequin down,
That’s what’s wrong……..
None of this would have happened if the builder and Wilkins Kennedy had not stolen 80 million, yes that’s the amount stolen and that’s the amount Ames is claiming off Wilkins Kennedy.
80 million,
Ok do the math. BB is worth 250 million + as verified by James Baker,
Hotel Blu is worth 20 million easy.
Ames owns 1000 acres at Marquis Estate. Land in Barabados and 1000s of acres in the Dom Rep, conservatively worth another 100 million for the land alone.
There 370 million already, if Wilkins Kennedy and the builder had not stolen 80 million it would have been 450 million, and all this bullshit about Ames stealing money ????????
Add another 6-10 million fighting off the cases…..
460 million, yeah our money, and it can all be accounted for dip shits. Every penny, yet we have allowed the Wilkins Kennedy Builder thieves paint a different picture for too long…..
Who went to the SFO, Newman, yeah the builders buddy, who else, Broughton, Walton, Jones all buddies of the builder……
How many times did the builder try corrupt Gareth Fatchett ?????? I know, he tried to cojowl Garreth into siding against Ames, but Gareth was having none if it,
Ask Gareth about the forged emails the builder was sending, the dodgy spread sheets, the ones Bob Storey caught them out with. Ames won the defamation case hands down, got Harlecon shut down….
Ames has never been arrested or questioned by the SFO or Essex Police, Why? Because they have no case, simple, never had….. It was all a conspiracy,
Now why the hell can’t you guys open your eyes and see that Ames is just trying to get on and do what he promised.
By the way Kay Wilson has been stirring it for quite a long time, Ames built that business, Wilson came to him with nothing. But wanted a much bigger slice of cake.
Sorry if I got angry, but those bastards including Jon Austin have it in for Dave and Carol because they were greedy and got caught.
Makes my blood boil to see the Ames family take so much crap from everyone including the builders buddies who run BFP.
Disgusting and wrong, so wrong…..
Seems that a couple of poster/investors have gone stark raving mad !
ps – The word is cajole
Look at the facts, Walton, Broughton, Newman, Morrison, Sylvestor, Jones, the Builder all buddies.
The builder paying Morrisons legal fees…
Walton, Jones and Broughton the key witnesses in the Contempt Case….
Oh yeah and the latest, you will get a Laff from this. Newman is now a witness in the Contempt case, the same guy who got booted out of the Accountancy Institute, got a life time Ban from practising, call Dave Ames ask him, he will tell you.
So you tell me…..
Those fucking pricks have tried to destroy our investments, you will see, the SFO are about to drop the case, and the CVA will go ahead.
@7:58 Can you explain Ames lying? Over and over and over…
Erica does not post on here,but I know she certainly is not a witness for CLC, she have moved on with her life.
He spoke = lies
Dear Anon 7.35
I owned Indigo Watersports Ltd long before meeting Mr.Ames.
To say that I have been ‘stirring’ is libelous, and I would sue if you had the balls to show your identity. I’d prefer to call it ‘telling the truth’ and avoid any misunderstandings or untruths.
My business provided a service as per the requirements of the resort, HHR / BBR failed to remunerate for services provided, despite many, many, assurances and promises made by Mr. Ames that payments would be forthcoming.
I removed my services / equipment from the property as it made no sense to remain given that it was extremely unlikely that the monies due would ever be paid.
So please feel free to continue trying to drag my name through the mud.
Honesty has nothing to fear from those who are fearful of honesty.
As mentioned I am happy to discuss my position in all of this: info@indigodive.com
BTW – For those who are interested I do hold a Vincentian passport.
Yeah, it’s really Kate 🙂
Yup like any good old Bristol bird she’s direct if nothing else …..
Hey baby I think I wanna marry you ……… Ballsy chick stands up to Essex wannabe and his paid thugs ….
Great headline
Did you really suggest someone dared to corrupt the “only game in town” ?
Oh sorry tried ….. I feel a song coming on ..
Incorruptible that’s what you are , incorruptible so fair so far that is why you are investigated and the charge is not negated yet incorruptible is to high a bar “……”….that is why I say you are just a shit , cut from cloth like Ames the conning shit …… Incorruptible ? You fell so far ……..
Bernie tau pin : and just who(m) is that directed toward ?
Was that when “the only game in town” met paddy O’Ware in a tent in the desert and peace broke out? Some one really dropped the ball on that one. A post was removed from this site within 10 mins of it put up. Good old screen grab.
@somewhere in the u.k
No you idiot that’s next week … Doh
@Bernie Taupin
Daniel?
@ name that tune …… Unforgettable that’s what you are ….
Dave’s…… still standing 😉
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues….
Got to go, The bitch is back (Carol)
Another time another place….
My object all sublime
I shall achieve in time
to let the punishment fit the crime……
You’re going down bro !
Gareth Fatchett, Paul Walton and the Builder were in regular contact……
Gareth was feeding all the information back to Ames,
Problem for Gareth was that Ames was feeding him a whole load of brown stuff, as was the Irish builder……….
See neither side trusted Fatchett…
Enter Walton, the Judas of the team, or the Trojan horse, now there is one poor bastard that was played if ever any guy has been played.
Gareth has been desperate to appease his lord and master Ames not out of any love for Ames but because of his naievity. He left his flank exposed, not very professional of him…
And thems are the facts folks, so believe who you want or what you want……..
But this is not the end of the story for the little boy Fatchett………..
Screw Fatchett (who cares) —-what about Ames ?
@anonymous
You wouldn’t know the truth if it slapped you across the face idiot.
Seriously is that the best you’ve got? Regurgitated Ames is a good misunderstood guy and everybody else is to blame. Which genuine business doesn’t publish accounts and keeps their investors in the dark? Which genuine building business spends 50% of its gross takings on commissions at point of sales? Half of the money had gone before anybody mentioned in your posts got involved.
You can try and muddy the water but the reality is David Ames took the cash.
You missed out Dave Man, he has been very helpful along with Bro. Ghent.
Ever wondered why Ames can afford legal fees? Why Heffen is a creditor of HMSSE.
Walton aka Grust Grust has a personal agenda against DA for years. This has clouded his judgement, reposting comments and documents across both BFP and the old RL forum. If Ames goes after him then many a person will have a smile on their face. What goes around comes around. Perhaps Mr Walton will be giving will be giving an interview on the radio to express his views. Lol
There will never be finance for Harlequin due to Dave Ames bankruptcy record and also there are no accounts for any resort.
No finance therefore means no more investors properties will ever be built.
Ames will be arrested when SFO have a water tight case.
Thats a big word “when”
It seems the villagers at Buccament Bay are displeased with the serious flooding caused (twice in eight months) by Harlequin’s disastrous attempts at drainage and engineering the flow of the river.
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/15/villagers-mp-disagree-about-resorts-role-in-buccament-floods/
In re: iwnsvg article – it absolutely fascinates me that Vincentians can
speak in such a rich (almost Elizabethan) patois and at the same time
throw in a word like “gabion basket”. The north side of the river is by far
the more interesting.
somewhere in the UK sept 15 10-01am
What ever it takes to jail all those involved in this scam.
The amount of commission taken at POS(at the beginning) should be one of the biggest red flags about wether Harlequin was a ever a genuine business or not. All of the people and organisations sued and blamed for ripping investors off were AFTER the POS. Investors invested in HP, primarily a building company, yet immediately on parting with your money less than half was available for building. This is not normal business practise in the building/resort sector. That and no proper accounts(oops another big red flag) is why no financier would touch it from the beginning. Who the fuck is gonna lend you money with no accounts! This from the start. No external finance kills the business model. It was never a viable business from the start.
Although the level of commission and lack of accounts are indeed red flags to any (re) investor there are some other factors of more importance. Both pro and anti HP investors currently embroiled seem incapable of grasping that there was never ever any possibility of this scheme making a return simply because there is no demonstrable demand for resorts of the scale planned and in the locations chosen (and the lack of an international airport on St Vincent is not a factor). Indeed I would question if there is a demand for resorts on this scale anywhere within the (non continental) Caribbean region. Building the resorts was not an end in itself, even completed they would have failed as there would have been insufficient occupancy to cover costs, let alone pay returns at the level promised.
BB Watch Buccament Bay has been operating at close to 100% capacity for 4 months now, and this being the low season. There is plenty of demand for the Harlequin product.
Mr. Ames has invested a personal fortune in engaging the right marketing companies world wide.
Mr. Ames has demonstrated to BA and Virgin that he could fill 5 dream liners a week, on the St. Vincent route alone, the same again at Merricks and St. Lucia.
Let’s be totally honest SVG is a dump with nothing to do, BB is too small, even Ames can’t make a shitty little beach overrun with locals and dog shit a place you would want to be.
@anonymous 7.58
Where is the evidence that anything in your post is not more lies from Ames/HP. Just cos they say it doesn’t make it true, to be blunt evidence from more reliable sources say otherwise.
@ Anon 7:58 I find it laughable that a 5-Star resort with near 100%
occupancy can’t come up with the money to pay a concessionaire,
in this case Indigo Dive. As Bette Davis so memorably said,
“what a dump”.
I’d be careful about what I’d say about Harlequin on this forum. Mr. Ames will identify all those posters who have sought to undermine his business and attack the good name of him and his family.
I also have it on good authority that Mr. Paul Walton will be pursued in the UK courts soon for the hugely defamatory and totally untrue comments made on the RL Forum against Harlequin and the Ames family.
I am also aware that Mr. Ames seeks to pursue Fatchett for vecarious liability in allowing a huge amount of defamatory statements to be made on his forum.
Mr. Ames will always do what is necessary to protect his family and his companies excellent reputation.
Walton and Fatchett are colluded, sorry meant deluded 😉
Or should that state they have colluded, or is it that they are colluding?
And if they are deluded then I would not worry about them being colluded.
🙂 🙂 🙂
He has more chance of winning the fecking lottery .
rg3831 on Trip Advisor..two weeks ago ends his review with this comment: “The resort itself is perhaps lacking a bit of atmosphere, but in fairness they were at best only 50% occupied – we had a really enjoyable family holiday and am happy to report that the journey home was much smoother !
Stayed July 2014, traveled with family.
Near 100 % occupancy…..what a joke! Other guests have also remarked about how quiet the resort was this summer.
Mr Ames invested a personal fortune…from which one of his bankrupted companies?
“Mr. Ames has demonstrated to BA and Virgin that he could fill 5 dream liners a week, on the St. Vincent route alone, the same again at Merricks and St. Lucia.”
Mr Ames also said there would be a first class Marina at BB,as well as a Trader Vics and a Fine dining Italian restaurant.
Mrs Crozier aka Audrey Dixon will be having some unwanted publicity very soon, such antics in Spain.
To think people are happy to pay her for consistently failing, out of interest how much did the contempt application cost ??
How much did Paddy pay?
Hee hee……
From Lecjo , TA review of BB
“#Paradise”
Reviewed 3 weeks ago
I am rather late in posting this review, but had to do this to share our fabulous experience at this resort. We stayed in June 2014 and it was a quiet time at the resort, I would hate to stay during a really busy period as we were so fortunate to get a amazing, personal service from the staff.
Near 100% occupancy?
Ah to be sure … It fecked paddy just as we knew it
Wow looks like the contempt hearing is dead in the Water, Paddy funding it, that’s going to be a hoot when that gets out, coupled with Walton and Jones giving evidence lol.
Wasn’t Jones caught with an illegal firearm on the resort, me thinks CLC will be walking from this one thoroughly dejected,
Crazier should never have taken Paddies money lol .
@SVG 8.03pm – just demonstrating the levels of ignorance that investors have about the region in general and St Vincent in particular.
re 100% occupancy – as posted, the reviews don’t support the 100% occupancy claim and there is no apparent evidence to support the claims re BA or Virgin either. Even if the 100% occupancy is to be believed, that is for about 100 units, not for the 1200 – 1500 units which were planned – and more importantly sold to investors. If there is the demand for holidays suggested why do Virgin themselves not have their own Dreamliners delivering guests in those volumes to either Barbados or St Lucia? A slight credibility gap there I’d suggest!
From tpggunner on TA..complete review..
“Since our first visit…..”
Reviewed today NEW
This is our second visit to BB in as many years and while there remains a great deal to praise, the list of negatives has unfortunately lengthened by some measure. I attribute these negatives to funding problems. On balance, however, we had a tremendously enjoyable holiday and would consider a further visit in the future, subject to an important proviso which I will set out later. I fully endorse recent reviews on Trip Advisor such as “Buccament is nothing with its staff” and “A great shame”. The abundant praise heaped on the staff in countless reviews is also more than fully justified.
To begin with my selection of the many positives:
1. Top of the list by far, BB is “made” by the many wonderful staff who work there. This gives the resort its “soul”, so that unlike many all-inclusive Caribbean resorts that broadly follow the same hospitality formula, BB somehow manages to feel like a home away from home, and a place that you know you will miss when you leave. Happily, several of the staff from our first trip are still there. We were welcomed back like old friends and made to feel special.
2. The villas are very large and comfortable with super-king beds, very high quality bedding/linen/towels, capacious bathrooms including a rainfall shower, double sinks, aircon and high quality spec throughout. We stayed in a beachfront family villa with two bedrooms/bathrooms and a large living area in between, large plunge pool directly onto the beach and barely a few yards away from key amenities such as the coffee-shop (HQ), pools, restaurants and the beach.
3. We took advantage of the many bicycles to cycle around the resort; these are good fun; you brake by pedalling backwards.
4. There is a wel- equipted gym and a hugely helpful personal trainer, Charlotte, who spent considerable time with all of us. There are a number of daily sporting activities to help mitigate the guilt of inevitable over-eating, including personally tailored exercise and dietary regimes, yoga, boxing, running etc.
5. The free sunset cruise is a must. We saw dozens of “performing” dolphins near St Vincent; this is a real treat, and the sunset on the return journey is picture-postcard beautiful. Do not miss and do twice if your stay allows you to.
6. Some of the food, especially in Jacks, is of a very high quality; this time we were particularly impressed by the quality of the meat and fish in particular such as the fantastic filet mignon and tuna steaks. The wonderfully named Santa makes sushi at lunch on most days in the main restaurant; the menus change every few days and there are BBQ and grilled options as well as the usual comfort foods.
7. When you need something to be done/fixed/replaced, or if you have any special requests, a simple call to reception/house-keeping does the trick; people at BB will do whatever they can to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible. You have only to ask….the staff are kind and receptive and our holiday experience was enhanced by engaging fully.
8. For special occasions, arrange a private dinner on the beach or in the wine-room in Jacks. Very high quality menus and service, and beautifully presented.
9. The spa facility is priced on par with most similar resorts we have stayed in in the Caribbean , and the treatments, based on my wife’s experiences, are excellent.
10. Since our last visit, the trees, flowers and plants have matured; BB is set in a simply beautiful “rainfall” landscape.
11. We were able to use the hotel’s private airplane for both legs of our journey from and to Barbados, thereby avoiding LIAT altogether, and enjoying the convenience of personal luxury travel. This was a fantastic start and end to our holiday. Check the flight schedule with BB reception.
On the less positive side BB is clearly facing some big funding challenges, evident in many areas of the operation too lengthy to fully itemise here, but which include a downgrading of food and drink overall, less choice or availability of many items than previously, frequent shortages of both still and sparkling water, coffee pods for the high-spec coffee machines in each villa, bagels at breakfast, unavailability of many menu items, ice-cream flavours, only one white wine, fresh fruit other than at breakfast etc. The wear and tear of the overall facility is especially apparent. The table tennis table is out of service, ditto one of the treadmills, aircon is reduced and in some places unavailable, villas are becoming shabby and in need of TLC. My impression is that BB is in need of some serious capital expenditure to stop the current downward trend, and without which sadly the luxury aspect of the resort will continue to erode. Some key members of staff have sadly left since our first visit including the charismatic and superb general manager, and the amazing Lionel who ran the pool and beach operation like a finely tuned engine. Unfortunately there now appears to be a vacuum of leadership and the service at the pool and beach is at best sporadic and inconsistent. The new GM did not seem to fully engage with the guests as her predecessor had done. Due to a dispute with the supplier, there were no water-sports at BB for the first week of our stay: this is untenable for a Caribbean beach-side resort and provoked huge anger among many guests while we were there.
So here is the challenge to the owners: if serious new funding can be injected to reverse the current decline in the luxury aspects of BB, and strong leadership reinstated to provide discipline and cohesion to the many moving parts of an all-inclusive resort such as this, then our family will want to return again and again. What remains at BB is the wonderful staff, but which I fear is not enough to justify the current offering….I really hope this extra capital investment can be found and then used wisely. BB really deserves to succeed.
Stayed August 2014, traveled with family
Value
Cleanliness
Service
Less
Last year in Manchester at one of the RL roadshows RL introduced my wife and I to an Ian Richardson of Grant Thornton.
Mr. Richardson is a director of Grant Thornton’s Recovery and Reorganisation division specialising in Fraudand Investigations.
So if anyone still believes that Mr. Fatchett or Mr. Walton is working with Ames the above should disprove this theory.
The attacks on Mr. Fatchett and Mr. Walton are wholly unwarranted.
The threats to both Mr. Fatchett and Mr. Walton by Mr. Ames to pursue them for defamation will I’m sure be robustly defended by both gentlemen.
Indeed I believe (but stand corrected) that the 14 new cases against the Harlequin companies and Mr. Ames due to commence on the 23rd of September in St. Vincent are all actions being coordinated by Mr. Fatchett..
I’ve been told that Mr. Walton has provided witness evidence to some if not all of the 14 Plaintiffs in these new cases, again proof if it was needed that Mr. Walton is working hard behind the scenes as is Mr. Fatchett in expediting the demise of Harlequin.
And for this we should all be thankful to Mr. Walton and Mr. Fatchett.
Oh no…Lionel by the pool is gone?
@anon , there are no illegal firearms on buccament bay and to say so is defamation . The conscience of Dave Ames speaks truth
All firearms are legal isn’t that so Sean …… Sean answer me ……… Sean answer me NOW
Cliff Jones was caught with an illegal firearm on the Resort, and was subsequently dismissed, having worked on the Resort and knowing the attitude Mr. Ames family have towards the use of any firearm, there is no way that Mr. Ames would allow any firearms to be kept on the resort legal or otherwise, this is a five star resort not some top security facility.
Mr. Jones was reported to the authorities in the proper manner but skipped the island after being tipped off by former staff.
What is so sad on here are the amount of people who have no interest in rescuing the investment and helping to find a solution . It’s shameful that people attack and bully each other when the opportunity to save this operation for all parties slips away . We could all help each other and bring about some level of success but everyone is so bitter and hurtful it’s becoming impossible. .
Sadly Jane for everyone to work together would be seen as ganging up on Ames, or what’s that word that’s used????? Oh yes collusion, RL with Walton tried to work with the likes of Grant Thornton but Ames accused them of collusion, or so the rumour has it.
@ anon 9.27 . It’s not unusual to see armed security on five star resorts I stayed in the Dom Rep and it’s usual there .
In short It’s disappointing but a fact of life that rich tourists need protection .
Wow!!!!
At this rate, Fatchett, Crozier, WK, Walton, Erica, Corney, the Irish builder, Indego Bay, Jeremy Newman, the list goes on and on…. will end up in jail 🙂
About bloody time too, its just awful what these lot have done to our investment – especially
Yes I remember now, Gareth introduced an Ian Richardson director of Fraud and Investigations with Grant Thornton at one of the meetings in Manchester over a year ago,
What was that all about?
It’s not collusion or anything like it to attempt to secure ones losses and work together for a positive outcome for all .
My simple view is we all have financial reason to hope this works and the behaviour on here is just simply not helping anyone
I suppose if you like scruffy islands, bad roads, and nothing to do SVG is just fine.
@anon 9.41 … Yes do tell what that was about . Are you saying we have been set up twice here ?
@Anon.
Referral fees of course, actually your’re wrong Richardson was brought along by Walton as was Fatchett, that’s the story Walton told me.
-Jane….. You are dealing with a cancer here; no amount macaroni
can save it.
Looks to me like Gareth and his muppet, sorry puppet Paul have been working away behind the scenes with Ian, colluding perhaps, looks like Gareth is colluding with the enemy here to me.
Gareth just a friendly tip off, Dave knows all about this 😉 He knows you were colluding with Ian, 😉
It’s ok Gareth, Ian will not do anything.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Btw will you be defending the defamation case yourself? I would love to be a fly on the wall when you get served with your pre-action protocol.
🙂 😉 🙂
You should not have tried to play Dave for a fool. He is far smarter then you.
I find it rather funny how someone is actually sticking up for stumpy.
FUCK YOU
“He is far smarter then you.”
Evidently…
The latest Rant email By Ames reeks of desperation and his usual deluded mind, it mad me nearly throw my laptop across the room with anger.
I am one of many people who invested in Harlequin 7 years ago, Me and my 2 daughters lost our home because Ames stopped paying the Interest on the payments.
They have all lied to me for the last 7 years so I will never sign anything that gives that sad excuse for a human being another chance, I have had 7 years of lies and he has had 7 years worth of chances to at least tell the truth.
I have been told for the last year or so that finance was around the corner,
RL asked for proof of finance for us investors but got accused of a witch hunt.
The Ames scum needs to be locked up and the key thrown away.
The UK system of justice totally eludes me. Scotland now’s
your chance.
It colludes me too, vote Yes for Scotland. Yes for Pauls collusion. 😉
One question – wonder what the bacterial fecal count is at the BB
beach after the recent rains…….yetchhhh!
Can someone copy and paste to BFP the “latest rant email from Ames”.
I love to read his hilarious statements.They are quite entertaining, if not sad, from someone who seems to be delusional.
Adolph Schicklgruber was delusional, Ames is simply greedy.
But then again let me think about it……………
Well Anon if you were an investor then you would get the e mail. So what is your purpose on here?
Dear Investor,
While Harlequin is trying to distance itself from Regulatory Legal Solicitors (“R Legal”), Harlequin cannot allow the letter dated 9th September to go unanswered and feels compelled to respond to the inaccuracy disseminated by what is supposed to be a reliable, professional and ethical law firm.
We have limited our response below to the main misleading sentences contained in the letter.
“We have sought to reach a solution which would allow Harlequin to continue trading.”
How can R Legal be taken seriously here? The only solution we have witnessed is to publically and privately attempt to obstruct and undermine Harlequin’s trade, including hindering the Trust registration process and actively deterring investors from completing.
R Legal’s new direction appears to focus on redress, proving that R Legal are only really interested in fee generation. Why they try to misrepresent themselves as a champion of the Harlequin investor that holds the key to whether Harlequin will continue trading or not is beyond us.
“After a lengthy, in depth due diligence process, it became clear that the Trust would not be viable for the reasons disclosed in the due diligence report…there has been no substantive response from Harlequin countering the factual basis of our findings.”
Harlequin accepts that R Legal carried out due diligence; however, its starting point was a firm of insolvency practitioners in Grand Cayman, which is a good indication of the direction in which they were hoping the advice would go. This was at a time when Harlequin and R Legal were supposedly working together on an investor trust that both publically stated would be workable and yield external finance.
The Report was seriously flawed in terms of accuracy and interpretation of the law. The factual basis of their findings was laughable, as proven when Williams and Williams, R Legal’s St Vincent lawyers, withdrew their report on notification of the extent of inaccuracy and lack of information upon which the report was based. Rectification of land title in St Vincent is now complete, a matter on which investors were completely misled in R Legal’s ‘responsible’ Report.
Harlequin has prepared a substantive response that it intended to provide to R Legal to enable the firm to re-write their report. This was at a time when Gareth Fatchett told us ‘there are lumps and bumps but the Trust as drafted was the only option’. The response has been seen by many (including SIPP Providers) but Harlequin now doesn’t feel it necessary to share this with R Legal as we simply can’t see any good coming from it, particularly now that trust between both sides has completely broken down.
Furthermore, release of commercially sensitive information cannot be risked on R Legal’s unsecure forum, which is far from fit for purpose, as highlighted when forum members are regularly openly mocked on blogs and files contained within it are freely shared with the public and the media (on at least one occasion a journalist enquired about a file protected by a non-disclosure agreement).
Such is R Legal’s modus operandi, publication of a response will lead R Legal to spin the response into negative publicity and we have no desire to feed their fear-mongering marketing machine; however, should any investors or agents wish to see Harlequin’s due diligence response, we invite you to contact us and arrange an appointment. Harlequin is also in the process of preparing a collated due diligence report with SIPP Providers and PHIG is dealing with the most urgent issues.
“The due diligence report posted on the website…has been read by all Harlequin Trust investors who have signed up.”
No it hasn’t. Most investors that have signed up don’t trust or instruct R Legal and therefore place no reliance on their flawed due diligence report or certainly haven’t read it cover to cover or even in part.
“Our counter offer was rejected”
This is misleading the investor into thinking that a viable counter offer was put forward.
The counter offer was an insult. This was later confirmed to us by Gareth Fatchett as R Legal knew it wouldn’t and couldn’t be taken seriously. The counter offer in a nutshell proposed that Harlequin hand all assets over to R Legal and their client base, which represents a small percentage of all Harlequin clients. Furthermore, it demanded that Harlequin get rid of all Harlequin personnel, including Dave Ames, meaning Buccament Bay Resort and Blu stop trading and everything grinds to a halt.
“It has become apparent to us that most investors realise that their investments are practically worthless”
This is not the case at all. There are US$100’s of millions of security being offered by Harlequin to the investors trust. R Legal want money now and fees now, but this isn’t possible. We understand their commercial goals but this approach won’t assist Harlequin or its investor base at all.
R Legal recently claimed that Harlequin investments are “valued by the FCA / FOS at £1 each” which we assume is the supporting information to make this statement. This is a ridiculous statement from a firm that boasts its “knowledge is second to none in the personal investment sector”. The Financial Conduct Authority is a regulatory body and the Financial Ombudsmen Service investigates complaints; neither has valued Harlequin and this has been confirmed by both parties.
“The onus is now on Harlequin to obtain finance and produce an acceptable offer for all investors.”
As R Legal knows from months of discussions and has in fact stated themselves on numerous occasions, Harlequin needs the Trust to be entered into with investors’ rights waived for five years in order to raise finance. With this in mind, why are they saying finance must arrive now before the Trust is entered into or we face liquidation? This makes no sense, is unnecessarily aggressive and generally unhelpful.
“We will not be offering any further advice regarding Harlequin contracts or issues surrounding completions etc. Our fee earners and staff have been answering queries and offering advice for well over a year.”
There have long been observations and accusations against R Legal that the firm has been providing unregulated, unsolicited financial advice. This statement perhaps shows that R Legal has been assisting clients with every element of the decision-making process in relation to Harlequin, which is troubling.
“We have tried to seek a sensible outcome with Harlequin for the benefit of all investors.”
If you have been following their updates, this is frankly laughable. Harlequin has done everything in its power to concede as much ground as possible but each step of progress is used to create negative publicity and move the goal posts. This is nothing more than a fabrication of the truth.
“However, we cannot negotiate with those who’s agenda is entirely based around protecting their own personal position.”
There has never been a serious attempt to negotiate, as proved by the insulting counter offer. David Ames’ agenda is restoring Harlequin for the benefit of all investors.
“All our efforts will now be focused upon reaching that objective of redress for our clients.”
We hope so but, yet again, the signs are not very good because Harlequin continues to be targeted.
Harlequin has neither a role nor an interest in redress; our interest is the success of the business and its investments.
Our investors, whatever their objectives, ultimately want the same thing: the best outcome as soon as possible. Harlequin is striving to reach that point, but we will get there far sooner if R Legal sticks to its word and stops the hostile theatrics.
To conclude, R Legal’s communication is quite simply not the work of a professional law firm. It is guesswork designed to incite investors by spreading misinformation. What is worse is that R Legal knows how inaccurate the information is but they still choose to spread it. We expect this is part of the reason why the firm is currently under investigation by their governing body, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (“SRA”).
We also have grave concerns – which we have raised with Gareth Fatchett of R Legal – that the firm has a serious conflict of interest in representing investors that genuinely want the Harlequin investment to succeed and others that feel very differently. Therefore, issuing letters like that of 9th September sends out a mixed message and provides advice that goes against the instructions of many. We understand this conflict of interest has also been raised during the course of High Court proceedings and we fully expect this breach of Chapter 3 of the SRA Code of Conduct will be dealt with during the SRA investigation.
We do not set out to send updates unnecessarily but will always respond and defend the position of Harlequin and its investors where absolutely necessary.
Yours sincerely,
Dave Ames
Chairman, Harlequin Hotels and Resorts
Looks like the final solution to me. Ames attacking Mr. Fatchett.
There’s just one (Jewish) question left – who is he going to take down with him?
His family, senior management etc
Harlequin’s trust “financing” is actually quite simple.
The sheep have been mislead into thinking Richard Branson or Donald Trump are going to come in with a suitcase of cash. The reality is much different – they are going to raise a mortgage on the land they put into the trust.
This is very important because once you understand why they are doing this, you can see how far the scum will go to make a buck from people.
Way back last year, RL’s “survey” system was full of questions regarding mortgaging the land. Raising a mortgage on the land will no doubt provide the capital, but will cause mortal wounds to any hope of a positive outcome (specifically thinking of the cash investors here). The problem is that mortgage money is leveraged money, leverage which Harlequin barely have left.
The plan for Ames is simple. So simple & cunning that it will surprise everyone – he’s going to mortgage the land, put Harlequin into real debt, and then walk away (claiming retirement). After the 5 year waiver, he will be 66, meaning he will be able to retire from the company, leaving it to flounder, as his other failures have done.
All of this chest-beating, bullying and frankly disgusting activity is the work of an evil and twisted mind. A mind so twisted that he will not think twice about dropping all of his “investors” into a bottomless pit called mortgage debt. He’s already done it with the victims who raised a loan or mortgage on their existing property, and apparently he’s still trying to figure out the “banking error” which prevents them to this day from fulfilling that part of their contract.
Oh yes David, you do have a lot to answer for. People who’ve lost their homes. People who don’t have savings any more. People who were tricked into “investing” into Harlequin. They don’t have anything for their “investment”. This is the core of the SFO investigation.
Calling the SRA into RLegal, and all these other “bullyboy” tactics will never hide the facts. Any investor tricked into joining the next scheme (the “trust”) only has themselves to blame. Fool me once…
“Harlequin has prepared a substantive response that it intended to provide to R Legal to enable the firm to re-write their report.”
” The response has been seen by many (including SIPP Providers)”
I, as an investor, would certainly like to see this report. Thought you were out for the investors Dave? There’s no point asking me for 5 years more when you have not even given me anything in terms of substantive information. As the only resource I have to make a decision from is R Legal’s “strewn with errors” document, I’m going to use that over your fictional figures.
More delay tactics. When will he be hunted down like the rabid animal he is?
@Jane 15thSept 9.44pm
I know exactly what you are saying.
Unfortunately it is impossible to work with Harlequin.
This just proved without doubt insanity! That’s his game.
Can’t watch all had the filthy snouts it the trough.
Pat Cash, wonder if he has seen the quality now at BB?
Signing up to that United Nations piece of paper was dishonest when you consider the shabby way the locals have been treated by Harlequin and the pint-sized piggly wiggly. There are thousands of dollars outstanding in fees and wages. For shame!
Message to Ames;
Ask your script writer to include topics of interest, completions, build plan, finance, the banking error, the 10% returns, the Shiplys progress.ect
– meanwhile fuck off.
For your information Bob Storey, BFP and this topic or any other about Harlequin is not for the exclusive use of losers, sorry , ” Investors” in Harlequins hair brained schemes.
^^ yeah Anonymous 11:08am I thought the same. How may IDs does BS Bob have? Is he a one-man band now? Where is the rest of the HP scum?
Wickedly-funny spelling gives him away every time he posts. lol
How ironic that the anti HP trolls crawl out to make comments about something they think I have said, but make no comment about the connection between the SVG solicitor and WK posted a couple of days ago. And to the last poster, how many IDs do YOU have? Wickedly consistent stupidity. Lol
cryin’ with laughter here
Bobbykins you are such an idiot and you’ll never ‘get’ irony as long as you live.
Yesterdays Post by Indigo Dive on Facebook.
Indigo Dive St. Vincent
14 September · Edited
It is with deep regret that Indigo Watersports Ltd ends its 4 year business relationship with Harlequin Hotel and Resorts flagship property Buccament Bay Resort. Indigo Watersports Ltd has removed all staff and equipment from resort property, and is in the process of relocating the dive operation to new premises.
The primary cause for withdrawing from Buccament Bay Resort is the inability of the resort to meet its financial obligations. Despite numerous assurances from the company Chairman Mr. David Ames, and his various local representatives, monies due to Indigo Watersports have not been forthcoming.
This situation has reached a point where it has become impossible to continue providing water sports services to Buccament Bay Resort due to the financial constraints imposed by lack of payment.
The owners of Indigo Watersports Ltd would like to extend heartfelt thanks to staff members both current and past for their incredible support over the past 4 years, whose contributions enabled the company to attain its Professional Association of Dive Instructors 5 Star Resort status, win PADI Education Center of the Month in March 2013, provide Emergency First Response Training for over 100 of the resorts local staff, certify 12 Vincentian dive professionals including 8 PADI Dive Masters and 4 PADI Dive Instructors, as well as hosting Kids Sea Camp over two consecutive years, which to date is still the largest dive group to ever visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines with over 60 participants.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Kay Wilson at +784 493 9494 or email at info@indigodive.com.
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That’s all right, so long as you get stupidity. Which should be easy in your case. Which ID are you hiding behind now? Using the Spanish button on our phone are we? Very techie.
Love it, the Joker (The Toxic Turd) attacks Batman (Fatsht) and Robin ( Walton),
Just love the theatrics between this ménage a trois,
But behind closed doors Batman along with Robin are doing all in their power to appease the Joker………..
And we will show you how soon 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
But it includes potential conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and interfering with witnesses……
These guys just can’t help themselves when digging holes…….
Harlequin have not changed their websites …they still show Indigo Dive as one of their “partners”…misleading…could be sued by guests who book an AI only to discover on arrival that there are no water sports, or Dive shop.
What has happened to Cabanakins? Still thinking of something stupid to say? You do disappoint me with your lack of anything to say.
Nice of RL to tell us that regarding Shipleys, er, nothing is happening. No need to to worry about what is happening, because nothing is. What is wrong with RL? Can they not shut up for one minute. Talk about self publicists.
Its all in the SIPPs.
– Shipleys hold the key to Harlequin surviving. Seems to me that RL are telling everyone that nothing is happening.
More what is not said, than what is said.
Paddy – belt up. Your obsession with this is unhealthy.
Didn’t paddy O’Ware put his appeal in at the last minute. Didn’t WK delay putting their reply in to the last minute. Perhaps RL are getting a bit squeaky bum about the fact they don’t know what DA is going to do? Getting worried RL?
Oh this is becoming really silly , Mr Ames said at the meetings that they didn’t need the UK company because everything was sold , those accountants are not relevant .
Of course it’s sensible to find a solution to the delay in building and Mr Ames has admitted he was very naive in not getting a contract .
All this bullying and bad mouthing needs to stop so we can all move forward .
And I may be a vegetarian but there is more than macaroni in my world thank you !
Paul could you please pull Gareth’s belt up?
Not sure about the builder but we have an obsession but it ain’t unhealthy for us, but rather fatal for your future career prospects Gareth, so maybe it’s time you thought about that.
You and Robin stop lying to us, and about us, and we may just consider remaining silent on the truth about you.
You’d be very surprised what could be found on a Train out of Birmingham. 😉 😉
Capiche 🙂 🙂
It’s all in the SIPPs October will be a good month, as they say No News is Good News, for those who seek the demise of the Ames family anyway….
Will be finally time to pop those Champagne Corks……
The Jew seems to be working overtime, funny that the Jew is doing all this on a no win no fee basis,
The Jew must be a Philanthropist.
Jane you need to take a vacation in Northern Iraq or Syria………
You have a better chance of negotiating peace between the US and IS then seeing any return on your investment.
Course you would not know where those places are, nor where St. Vincent is.
Jane some vegitarian you are, I heard your a Man Eater, yes Jane Man, lol, btw it is with Man with one N.
Now wonder, …………look who you are married to???? Or sorry who you were married to….
No use, Joker!
I knew you’d employ your sneezing powder, so I took an Anti-Paddy Pill! Instead of a SNEEZE, I’ve caught YOU, COLD!
Jane, does “David Ames Semen” feature in your Vegetarian diet?
If so, I believe you might have consumed *too much*. It’s distorted your reality
Batman and Robin should have taken “Antiame”, sadly they didn’t and now suffer “Collusionitis”,
They are also suffering from “Amesgotembythetesticles”, sadly a disease that causes “attemptedperversionofjusticulous”,
Other diseases they have contracted are “notknowingtheywererecorded” and “duplicitousshitties”
The prognosis is not good, indeed it’s very bad indeed…..
Kappow!! Bang!! Wallop!!
@Batman and Robin.
We have the video tapes, found on the Batmobile on the way to an urgent Bat meeting.
Hi David
We purchased our property from Harlequin 8 years ago.
We and yourself signed the contract that you issued.
Harlequin have not started to build our property.
Therefore under the contract you should return the deposit.
We are still waiting.
Hi Black Death. Yes everything was on track until I was persuaded by a top accountancy company to change the building contractor to an Irish gentleman who was ripping me off. This delayed the opening of Buccament Bay and pushed all the other projects back. Stick with it and everything will work out ok.
Ames’ ONLY agenda is to try to protect himself and his amassed wealth (i.e. amassed ONLY from deposits stolen from investors using fraudulent deception and lies).
Ames’ only priority, and absolute obsession, is litigation. He gave up any attempt to further his farcical development model years ago.
Millions and millions and millions on litigation.
Notice how the anger is increasing in his communications? Cry yourself to sleep little man. Your end is nigh. Amen to that.
-Jane …..macaroni has nothing to do with vegetarianism. Look
up the old-fashioned meaning of the word.
Macaroni is more applicable to Batman and Robin.
If Walton and Broughton are witnesses, what’s the big deal, why bother posting it on here?
I suspect it’s just rubbish. the Pareto principle. in this case 80% of the poats come from 20 % on posters 😉
80% are rubbish 20% are almost based on fact.
What is true is that Gareth Fatchett is a witness for Crazier in the Ames contempt case, wonder what trick he has up his sleeve?????????
Funny he was a witness for Ames in Feb in the same Crazier case…
No wonder Mr. Ames has grounds to suspect he is conflicted….
I smell collusion here,
And Gareth Fatchett is also working with Ian Richardson Director of Grant Thorntons Fraud division and has been since the meeting in Manchester…..
And he is still communicating with Ames……
So .. it dawned on Gareth that Ames had been lying to him all along. He then realised that actually maybe he hadn’t acted in his clients’ best interests by testifying on behalf of Ames. In order to put things right, he is now helping in every way he can with the case against Ames by all other parties.
Gareth has people in high places watching his back, worry not, it’s all been part of a master plan…… S&F
We talk to whoever we want to talk to.
It is important to ensure we have good market intelligence.
We have just taken the view that it is better to deal with the redress rather than the mess.
Leave Mr Ames and his other adversaries on the field of play. We are standing back now.
Good night John Boy..
£400million stolen and nobody wants to help put the people who did the stealing behind bars, or recover the money (Ames, TM the sipp advisors, ifa)… instead everybody wants to get a hand in the till
Just goes to show that crime does pay
No wonder the UK in the mess it in
Just imagine if the conference call login details were not only recorded (properly) but ALL the ‘authorities had them too.
What about an actual update, Dave me old mate? On finance, completions, banking errors, Shiplys, DD report etc etc.
@DdddddwdddD, you’re right. The sideshow seems to have taken over the real issue of what is happening with our investments. Deliberately so perhaps?
@David sept 16th 7-04pm
We thankyou for your reply.
However you have had 8 years to produce zero and we will not give you one second more.
It is also disturbing how you and your staff attack and bully investors.
We do not like bullies.
And I don’t like nasty plagues. Isn’t “black” death a bit racist?
@David
All you have to do is return our deposit as per our contract.
Also return all the other deposits that investors wish to be returned.
It is as simple as that!
Should have had deposit back months ago, wonder if Guardian etc will do the decent thing and let the sipp investors buy back their harlequin investment valued at being worth £1? Guess as much chance as harlequin apologising to any of us that lost our money or giving us our money back?
I think you already know the answer to that one anon.
For anyone who is interested we will soon run an expose ( for want of a better term) on Gareth Fatchett and his relationship with Dave Ames, you can take it with a pinch of salt if you wish, but some might find it informative.
It’s being done in the interests of openness and transparency something both parties above have always stated was their aim.
We are sure that both parties will be willing to challenge some of the facts through updates they regularly provide.
And we will welcome that.
It is time that everyone understood the game that has been played out over the last 18 months.
Ha. As only three people and seven sock puppets read this board I don’t think it will make much difference.
Most of the posts on here are nonsense anyway.
Well then only a few people will get to see the expose,
If only three people and seven sock puppets read this forum why is Dave going to all that trouble in San Francisco?
Let’s see who picks up on the expose shall we?
Does Dave actually believe that he can break WordPress?
Won’t he have to have all his dirty linen aired in court?
Just to get IP addresses? Seems a little over the top. Someone must be really rattling his cage to spend so much of his, ahem, money that belongs to the investors to get a few folks to stop posting on a blog site.
Dave, denial is not just a river in Africa. Why can’t you just let it go, we know you spent all of the money, we know you are on your last legs, and we also know that no amount of litigating people who don’t agree with you is going to stop your demise.
@ Lillian Byrd —My Gosh Lady you are such a breath of fresh air…
Some of the most vitriolic rhetoric by the anti DA posters has disappeared. The fear of exposure has driven most of them of this forum. It’s not about the fact posters can say what they want, it’s the way some of them have said it. Personal attacks, lies, personal details posted on here. I cannot wait for these trolls to be exposed.
Sorry ???? Ames is a lying thieving fraudulent piece of dog shit as is his wife and family…………
Scum
Dog Shit
Fraudsters
Thieves
Liars
Anon 9:08
In a US Court Ames would have to prove that he is not —
Scum
Dog Shit
Fraudster
Thief
Liar
He might be able to prove two of the above, that’s it.
Yes that added a certain level of intelligence to the debate!
There are some on here who are playing a very dangerous game with Mr. Ames….. Mr. Ames is a very dangerous individual, he has a big mouth and flashes investors money around as if it was his.
Some, as a result of crossing this animal, have faced credible and very real death threats……..
So those that are currently pandering to his whim should think very carefully about what they are doing..
It is beyond time that the authorities took down this animal.
I apologise if the above sounds harsh, but it is completely true,
Want my IP address Dave? Here it is…
2.26.147.37
Bring it on, you are a liar, a fraudster , and a thief, so come on sue me.
David Ames … the end time is coming FOR YOU
BFP is welcome to give you my IP address any time.
Anon 9:08 pm
Some of the most vitriolic rhetoric by the anti DA posters has disappeared. The fear of exposure has driven most of them of this forum.
I don’t think so Bob
Ah bless you were almost word perfect there. Never mind better luck next time.
No Harlequin CVA or extension of admin order confirmed by Shipleys yet. Getting a little too close for comfort now.
If Fatchett had issued and enforced the Stat demands in the Caribbean in 2013 as instructed by his clients then there probably would be no need for them to be tweeting now, Gareth you are well aware that Williams and Williams never served the Stat Demands on your behalf. Pity you did not bother to tell your clients.
You are an absolute disgrace to your profession, please don’t try to justify your actions…..
Ames and Harlequin have once again in their latest update SUPPORTED RL and Fatchett in their mission to seek redress for RL’s clients……….
But hang on, Ames is saying that all will be well with Harlequin, Ames is basically saying that if investors seek not to sue him or his companies for 5 years then all be well.
So why, if all will be well with Harlequin should the British Tax payer be burdened with redress claims, and will investors who are seeking redress have to forgo their contracts?
If Harlequin has not failed according to Ames then why is Redress an option.
Fatchett has always stated that the Redress option can run alongside any Trust, but thinking about this, it was always going to be a difficult sell to any state agency…..
Estafadorakins, why all this obsession with Spanish. Vous êtes un imbécile. Try and keep up.
Why are you filling up this thread with rubbish?
I see your French is just as incorrect.
tu es un idiot (fem tu es une idiote)
Tu is only used when the person you are directing your comment at some one who is a personal friend. I would not class this prat as a friend.
I suggest you brush up on your French verbs . The French I quoted is perfectly correct when directed towards a prat.
So WK are trying to get one of the parts of the HP claim struck out because the claim is registered by two companies. They are HP property SVG ltd and Harlequin Hotels and Resorts ltd. now without trawling through all the posts on here I don’t know which one it is. However in the HP submission to the court the appendices show the following.
1)a payment made to HP property SVG ltd
2)a letter of disengagement from WK to Harlequin Management services (south east) ltd.
Can someone clarify this.
Harlequin is thundering towards liquidation and certain disaster, investors are losing their homes and life savings, local workers are treated like shit, businesses are owned millions and all you trolls can do is squabble about foreign phrases that you have cut and pasted off the internet.
@bored observer.
It’s complete madness, I agree.
One of the biggest possible scams of the century and someone shows off they can speak Spanish – big fucking deal.
It’s just amazing this nasty little bully of a man is allowed to carry on this fantasy of his.
I hope the whole family end up in jail penniless.
Amazing if you were to believe all the posts on here so many people have so much information on him – yet he continues apparently without a care in the world.
Why is everyone so scared of this little insignificance little old man?
@bored observer. The technicalities of foreign grammar are obviously too intricate for you. “Cut and pasted” (cut and paste?) the text is obviously the sort of thing you might do. To students of a foreign language discussing the merits of grammar is a stimulating discussion. Something that is obviously way over your head. Maintenant faire un.
Any news on the finance? Completions? Accounts? Plan?
Stupid little man
The clock is ticking on this one, no finance no CVA, then all cash investors like me are well and truly up shit creek without a paddle.
My agent has gone missing so can’t even sue the bitch, I will find her, and will go after her house – listening Andrea? Yes the TM cow.
Another 6 weeks to go. Plenty of time yet for an announcement on a solution. RL cranking up the volume on this. “Nothing to report so we will report there is nothing to report”
Shipleys all ship shape?
Is that Andrea Owen?
Notice all the junk comments posted by Harlequin trolls on other posts…just to distract/divert….they are not asking to click on any links…its pure distraction. Desperate.Tick Toc.
As a result of previous actions of Ames very real and credible death threats were made by some associated with Ames, now again veiled threats are being made by individuals associated with Ames.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
The bully boy tactics employed by Ames and his thugs no matter in what guise they manifest themselves will no longer be tolerated and the authorities will be informed.
On that note anyone who feels pressurised by Ames and his thugs should report this to their Police, Essex Police and the SFO.
There are some on here who need to rethink their strategies, in other words grow up and stop being puppets for Ames and his thugs.
There is a very dark element creeping into this, and it’s now time to bring this to a halt.
Scottish investors should have voted no, I don’t think foreign nationals will be elegible for redress…. 🙂 😉
@ Vote No —What the hell, their money was not as good as yours?
This is stupid….
@enough of threats, care to be a bit more specific, or are your comments without substance? If you cannot post the examples of your so called bullying then you are just trolling. Pure and simple.
Yes, I may just attend the meeting and find out where the letter can be delivered to, Kit Sorrel, Andrea…. look forward to that letter 😉
Try googling Andrea Owen ifa. New address for contacting.
That’s the trouble with social media, easy to find you, I now have enough information to commence legal action against the ugly old tart.
She’s on LinkedIn too
You probably won’t get any money out of her house but you can sure ruin her credit rating if you get a CCJ against her. Go for it.
I think the message on threats was genuine, it looks as if it was directed to specific individuals, IMO of course.
The scum at Tailormade, are hoping to make a killing, second time round from Holkham’s kick backs – pity Holkham scum are not authorized and unregulated – heard that before – oh yes Harlequin lol
You will only get a CCJ against someone if that person personally owes you money.
you reckon?
It depends on what the magistrate or judge says.
From the SVGTA’s latest newsletter: Notice the comment regarding the expected uplift in tourism and increase in trade. Of course some on here would decry the expert views of the Tourism Authority. They would know better of course.
The Argyle International Airport is due to be operational by the middle of next year. Work continues as the construction of the control tower is currently underway. With the opening of the new airport, an increase is expected in tourist arrivals along with a heightening in St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ foreign trade and by extension foreign exchange.
talking of good news, weren’t Harlequin supposed to have announced the identity of the ‘international’ PADI dive school who were going to replace Indigo Dive by now? – or did I miss that?
And the DD report to correct the one ‘strewn with errors’, and finance, and completions, and the banking errors……..
@BBaywatch
Currently there are only 3 dive shops on mainland St. Vincent.
1. Indigo Dive
2. Dive St. Vincent
3. Serenity Dive
Obviously it’s not Indigo, Dive St. Vincent are not PADI accredited, nor do they have any Instructors on staff, so that only leaves Serenity…
But wait a moment, Serenity might have PADI instructors, but they are not PADI resort affliates, and they are funded by Ken Picknell. Yes the same ken Picknell of Ridgeview fame.
No wouldn’t that be funny if Dave decided to bring Ken Picknell back in to the BB fold!
Maybe Dave has conned some other, extremely experienced PADI dive center from else where to come and provide service to the resort.
At the moment I’d be more worried about the lack of supervised / insured water sports. Putting a few filthy, unsupervised, kayaks on the beach does not a water sports center make.
No, doubt very much it is Ken Pricknell, Dave Ames was at one stage actively seeking to have Pricknell murdered. Taken out, oh yes folks……… Yes he was……
And let’s not forget he wanted Ken deported, so how come Ken is protected? Well during the Ridgeview Days Ken was ensuring that Senator Julian Francis was getting his cut from the Buccament Bay deal……
@Lillian Byard..agree with your last comment.
The Pat Cash Tennis Academy, is now called the Pat Cash Tennis Club.(More appropriate name for a place with two courts)
The Indigo Dive Logo is gone from BB website, and they now show a photo of “Vaughn”, who heads up their Diving and Water sports ….who is he? Dont t know, but it must be the one refereed to in their press release in St Vincent.
“We are very excited to be associated with a new, highly experienced PADI diving provider that is now fulfilling the Resort’s excellent diving and water sports offering for guests,” the resort said.
Hope Vaughn has Insurance.
Ahhhh Mr. Picknell, the South African who’s mentioned in numerous dispatches with the agencies looking at Ames and Harlequin,
Senator Julian Francis ( The Cousin of the current Prime Minister ), might have been more careful in his dealings with Mr. Picknell had he known the shit storm brewing over Ames, but hindsight is such a wonderful thing really……..
Julian is also implicated in the BBC suit case for cash scandal, that might have blown over had Ames not made enemies out of those following the story up.
For instead of running an edited story the details of what was uncovered were handed over to the authorities.
So doubt Julian will be well pleased with David Edward Ames………..
It is Serenity Dive…Vaughn Martin…its a small world!
Angela Picknell is a Dive Master there. They show the PADI Dive Resort logo on their website.
http://www.serenitydive.net/#!the-team/cquc
PADI does not show Serenity Dive St Vincent on their website.Perhaps it has not been updated?
A harlequin property facebook status today says an investor received trust docs to sign but the name of the company that is blank?
Funny old world this……the last time I spoke to Ken Picknell he
hated David Ames guts.
You’d have to be either desperate or stupid to get involved with BB now, especially a local operator who only has to ask the person next to them in the bar about their experience with BB paying their bills.
I’ll be kind and suggest Serenity Dive must be desperate for the work. Desperate enough to risk the business over? Time will tell.
Serenity and the Picknell connection. Won’t Dave be pleased when he realizes what he has done!
No Vaughn does not have public liability insurance, nor is he a PADI resort affiliated dive center.
Yes, he is very naive, but he’s also greedy, so best of luck to him, he’s going to need it!
Wonder what his Venezuelan co/owner did before settling in St Vincent?
William Sulbaran
Co-owner..Serenity Dive……a Chavista? Follow the money.
Yeah, all really scary stuff for Ames but how the fuck does all this crap help anyone?
It’s just some sado posting stuff and thinks Ames read this blog.
If you know some shit that will stuff Ames do it and stop dickinging around you ponce.
Wanker, grow a pair and take Ames on.
So the highly experienced dive shop is Serenity, (backed by Picknell, and a Chavista), which has been in operation for less than a year, AND the owner was funded / trained for all of his dive training by Indigo!
LOL well done Dave! Another brilliant example of your genius management style.
Hope the resort doesn’t go bust in the mean time!
Except for the content and sentiments expressed – Amna above –
writers just like Bob Storey
@all moans no 9.42pm – if Ames isn’t reading this blog, why is he attempting to prosecute the bloggers here for defamation (i.e. for them talking about his endless fraudulent ponzi crimes and lies)?
It’s not just because he’s a demented loser and common conman, it’s because he wants to protect the Ames family name (those last 5 words always make me piss myself) – Fraudster Snr – about to be banged up; fraudster junior banged up, Mrs Honeymonster – give me the money so I can buy more KFC; and Desperate Dan the Milkyman).
Of course Ames pays someone to read this site (he can’t actually read- he’s illiterate as well as inarticulate).
@anon 9.57 I do like people who are obsessive about me x
@Ames the Fraudster (the Dad I mean – not Matt the son who is in prison for fraud).)
Agreed.
However, what are people actually doing?
A couple of million quid freezing order? 20 odd people paying what, £10-20k – if they lose they pay Ames costs, good deal for solicitors. They will be lucky to get back 50% if they win.
Very lucky indeed.
Stat demands – never followed through.
The Trust – load of shit.
Reg Legal – yes for Sipp’s, maybe agents could be sued if you think they have assets.
Harlequin needs to be liquidated, its over. Ames will be made personally bankrupt.
My beef if all these people who post ‘damming’ stuff about Harlequin on a blog that frankly is not read by may people – just grow a pair and do something with this information. Putting it on this blog is not effective.
If Mr Ames is made personally bankrupt, that will render the Crazier case a total waste of money, will it not?
Careful what you wish for.
You all should hope Mr Ames is not forced into bankruptcy.
The only person that has been found guilty is the Irish builder, who apparently is close to Crazier, Walton and Fatcett – that’s weird he stolen money from investors and was found guilty of it by a court of law.
Just saying ……..
Let’s set the record straight…
Mr. Storey for your information Mr. Ames has had in excess of 30 judgements against him in St. Vincent for fraudulent misrepresentation, the same finding as made in one judgement against the Irish Builder.
Mr. Ames has called the Irish builder a fraudster as a result of the judgement in Ireland which is the subject of an appeal, so in essence Mr. Ames is calling himself a fraudster…….
He will find it difficult to demonstrate to the US court otherwise unless of course he has some form of immunity…..
Mr. Ames has so far had judgements against him for in excess of 4 times that which he was awarded in the Irish case.
Neither party was found guilty of anything as they are civil cases, so on that point you are incorrect.
The only party ever found guilty of a crime is Matthew Ames.
Just saying it as it is Mr. Storey…….
Did a judge confirm Mr Ames has actually stolen money, sorry fraud – like the builder?
Just saying….. A theef is a theef
From Alan Jones posted on Harlequin Property Investors’ Facebook page 19th Sept.
‘I have just received trust documents to sign but there are no details of who the Company we are signing the trust with, as Harlequin say they will complete these details after we have signed forms.
Sounds a bit like signing a blank cheque to me what do others feel?’
I think you’re right there Mr Jones
Steven Berry I’m concerned regarding signing in the first instance. I see no plans or comms from H regarding the restart on Monthly Payments. Emailed Vinny Stenning as asked to discuss a completion and no reply. Same old Shit, different day!
22 hours ago ·
Harlequin Property Investors Steven, it is very unlikely the payments will restart unless funding is secured. Funding is only likely to be secured if everyone enters the trust.
19 hours ago ·
Steven Berry Then I’m pretty stuck, can’t join the trust because if I do and payments don’t start I’ll need to go down the legal route but can’t as I’ve signed a waiver…….
19 hours ago ·
Harlequin Property Investors The only real hope is that everyone embraces the trust, funding is secured, your payments are restarted. No funding, no payments. Simple as that I fear.
18 hours ago ·
Steven Berry You’re probably right but £600 a month is lot to find!
18 hours ago ·
Christine Tinnion Don’t trust the trust
14 hours ago ·
Frank Mcdonnell Trust is bullshit. Harlequin have no finance and refused to disclose it to those who asked.
13 hours ago ·
Yes Mr. Storey, the St. Vincent judges used the exact same wording to describe Mr. Ames’ conduct towards his investors ” Fraudulent Misrepresentation” again just to keep the record straight neither the Irish Judge nor the Judges in the Caribbean called either party a thief, but if you feel the builder is a thief then the you need to apply the same logic to Mr. Ames….
Just saying …………………
From 2006 to early 2008 Harlequin would issue stage payment requests with photos to investors, signed off by a local Caribbean architect.
On closer examination of the signatures we find they are identical in every manner, indeed they are a copy and paste job.
This does two things, one, it blows a huge hole in the Ames case against Wilkins Kennedy, (Yes Hefin, we have passed the information onto Kennedy’s)
and no Hefin this is not collusion…..
and two, it demonstrates that Harlequin were not being totally honest with their investors. No surprise there then.
Take the trust document to any solicitor and they will laugh in your face if you sign it. Ever wondered why Ames legal team have distanced themselves from it…..
I will keep this simple for the stupid ones.
THERE IS NO FINANCE.
Lol, Anon, we know exactly who you are now, TMI 😉 as they say loose lips sink ships lol.
You just could not help yourself could you lol.
You are one idiot, but we have always known that, a pathetic liar and a sad sore looser..
So we would suggest you refrain from making any further derogatory or defamatory statements against Mr. Ames or Harlequin, your identity is now known to us.
Idiot….
@ Gotcha, Yes I would hope you know who I am, I’d be saddened to think you guys thought I would crawl away with my tail between my legs,
Yet in all the time you have known who I am, I have yet to receive any correspondence official or otherwise from either Mr. Abrhams your in house solicitor, Mr. Terry your consultant solicitor, Mr. Specter your dishevelled looking Solicitor from ELS, or your pet poodle and QC Mr. Hefin Rees.
In fact you have never once sought to instigate any type of legal proceedings against me, now why is that ?
So please issue a summons against me in order that I will be forced to expose you and your family ( that being the Ames family) and Harlequin for the fraudulent corrupt little dwarf sized businessman that you are…….
I look forward to hearing from you…..
@ gotcha…
TMI? lost me that?
@ gotcha was trying to say TMI too much information, a tacit acknowledgement that what I have been saying along about Harlequin and Ames is correct perhaps ?
@Anon 10.38 as WK were engaged from Nov 2006 then that would make them party to your allegations. What was that word, collusion? Perhaps you should have kept your allegations to yourself. To call TVA a “local Caribbean architect” is a bit disingenuous. Was it in 2008 that WK took over the quantity surveying and project managing aspect that TVA offer as part of their service. Oh dear you have opened a can of worms now for WK haven’t you.
Why should I keep my allegations to myself, my allegation is that Harlequin engaged in a fraudulent act by copying, forging the signature of a senior architect on hundreds of progress reports for the purposes of obtaining monies from investors fraudulently or for the purposes of indicating to investors that monies owed to Harlequin were greater then they should have been. Simple.
Oddly I did not mention TVA, but you are most correct, It was the signature of a senior partner of TVA that was copied, forged.
You appear to suggest that Wilkins Kennedy and possibly TVA were involved in this fraudulent act.
That is an allegation that can be investigated in the fullness of time by the authorities, but regardless it does not take from the fact that this is what happened.
But the bizarre proposition you are now putting forward is that initially Wilkins Kennedy actively condoned or engaged in the production of fraudulent forged QS documents for investors, now who would have benefitted from this to 2008? ,yes Harlequin of course, and who would have lost and indeed has lost? , yes the Investors of course.
Then between 2008 and 2010 Wilkins Kennedy supported the fraudulent activity of the builder, who would have benefitted from this? Yes of course the builder. Who would have lost as a result ? Oh of course Harlequin…
This is a truly bizarre proposition but one most worthy of Ames and Hefin Rees.
Harlequin in their claim against WK are alleging that WK were always (from 2006), the Project Managers and QS team, you are now suggesting that TVA engaged in this role upto 2008 and that WK took on the role after TVA.
This if your assertion is correct seriously damages Harlequin’s case as currently pleaded.
It must be pointed out that WK deny ever acting as PM or QS for Harlequin .
You state I have opened up a can of worms, I’m delighted if I have, I have highlighted a grave fraudulent act committed against investors, and this merits a full and proper investigation of the facts, and all those responsible should be brought to justice.
You seem to want to allude to the fact that Mr. Ames once again would have been unaware of the facts, (The Murdoch Defence) and that the fraudulent activity I have just highlighted was executed by no one else but Wilkins Kennedy.
Please…………….
And have you spoken to the senior partner in TVA? I have. Perhaps you should. Copied? Forged? signature. I am not suggesting anything. However if you accuse TVA then you are also accusing WK. DA may have benefited by collusion, but he may not have been aware of it. Who would have benefited, that would be WK who then introduced the builder. Lots of WK sticky fingers all over this. Nice of you to point this out to WK
Anon thank you for this. Anonymous why are you trying to suggest that Anon should not expose this new fraud??
He can expose what he wants. However he implies that by sending the information to WK he is doing them a favour. I would not be too sure on that.
There is one signature from a senior architect in TVA, this signature has been copied 100’s of times.
Someone copied the signature, a Sara Tricker sent out the template to be used. Does Sara Tricker work for TVA? Does she work for Wilkins Kennedy?
No she works for Dave Ames, And HMSSE.
Having spoken with the senior partner in TVA could you please confirm what his take on this is? Was he happy that his or his colleagues signature had been copied / forged over a period of two years, indeed do TVA have all, if any copies of the QS reports sent to investors, after all it is their signature on the these QS reports.
I was not accusing TVA, therefore cannot possibly be accusing Wilkins Kennedy, I was pointing out a FACT.
That being that a signature of an employee of TVA HAS been copied/forged on 100’s of QS reports produced by Harlequin over a period of two years, the template used which was provided by a Sara Tricker an employee of Harlequin, HMSSE the UK operation controlled by Carol and Dan Ames to be precise.
Wilkins Kennedy did not sign the QS reports, Wilkins Kennedy did not provide the template to be used, Wilkins Kennedy did not forward the QS reports to the investors, indeed Wilkins Kennedy do not appear on any of the correspondence connected with the QS reports during the period of the allegations.
Dan Ames appears to be copied in on the correspondence, Dave Ames at times, Sara Tricker was, David Man was.
Interestingly enough TVA were NOT copied in on correspondence.
So sorry cannot see any sticky fingers of Wilkins Kennedy on these particular documents.
I’d also like to possibly correct you if I may, you state that Dave Ames may have benefitted by collusion, if you are trying to exonerate Dave Ames you should have stated that ” Dave Ames could have inadvertently benefited through the collusion of others in this new aspect to the fraud.
However given the facts above, and let’s just say for arguments sake that Dave was not involved, the parties involved in this as identified in the various correspondence and who could have colluded include Dan Ames, Sara Tricker and David Man, all Harlequin employees and all very senior employees at that, and given that a TVA architects signature and logo appears on the 100’s of QS reports sent out that they too must be in some way suspects.
So I fail to see how you guys or Hefin Rees can link can link Wilkins Kennedy to this with the evidence currently available.
I’m just going by the documentory evidence I have before me.
@Anon – were these QS reports going out at the time that the
Irish Builder was (supposedly) building?
@ Anonymous, you appear hell bent on once again blaming everyone else except Dave Ames for this new allegation of fraud. However if Anon is correct, the finger of suspicion lies squarely with Harlequin.
But as I have seen with the Morrison case Dave Ames is clearly saying that if there is any wrong doing on the part of Harlequin he cannot be held to account because his company is so big and he is unaware of what goes on, on a day to day basis inside the Hallowed walls of the Harlequin organisation.
My question is when Ames does “discover” such massive wrong doing within his own company, which allowed him and his family gain huge financial benefit, will he sell all his personal assets acquired during the period Harlequin were in operation and give the money back to investors. The properties in Dubai, the Villas in Buccament Bay….
Is he prepared to give up his mansion in Bluebell Wood and return to the Terraced House at 19 Cleres Crescent where he lived up to 2008?
Let me make this perfectly clear, the fraudulent activity I am referring to took place between 2006 and early 2008.
The Irish builder was not employed by Harlequin during this phase of the construction.
You also appear to be missing the thrust of my argument, so I will try and make this very clear.
The templates were generated by Harlequin, they were sent to investors by Harlequin, no one else had access to the full Harlequin Investor data base, so your suggestion now that the building companies were also involved is getting more ridiculous by the minute.
Neither Ridgeview nor ICE Group the subsequent builder formulated the templates, copied or forged the signatures or sent the reports to investors.
Ames states in his claim against Wilkins Kennedy that at all times from the date of their appointment that they acted as Project PM and QS, yet the QS reports sent to investors for at least Two Years contain not only the signature of a TVA architect but also the TVA logo.
And if Dave Ames believed that it was Wilkins Kennedy who were the QS for the project, why did he not ever question why TVA’s logo and signature appeared on all the QS reports to investors ?
The question I have is who engaged TVA, surely it was Ames, or will anonymous suggest that it was Wilkins Kennedy who engaged TVA,
Anon excellent synopsis, Anon your arguments and avid defence of Dave Ames is not helping matters, you are making Dave look like the bumbling twat that he is.
Heh Anonymous bet Fatshit was involved in this latest fraud too, and the BBC yeah them too,
It’s all another conspiracy to bring Ames down
Grotty little house Ames lived in.
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property/19-st-cleres-crescent/wickford/ss11-8nn/22735697
I assume this latest ‘discovery’ have been sent to the people who may actually do something with it?
How come its only been discovered now?
Yep – their last house was certainly more befitting of the Ames family (uneducated losers).
Who says crime doesn’t pay? They did very well very quickly out of their investors.
How many investors have made money out of Harlequin? Wasn’t it precisely none?
Where does it specify that the schedule issued by TVS is a QS report? How do you know that Sara Tricker copied the signature?. I spoke with the signatory on the TVS document, he said if I was happy then he was happy. You are not pointing out FACTS you are posting guesses. What you have posted at 1.41 are not facts at all. If the signature is from a senior architect ( as in your post) then it cannot be a QS report. A QS and an architect are 2 different professions. Make your mind up. Perhaps the sticky fingures of MacDonald are on this, hence WK.
Did I mention THERE IS NO FINANCE?
So has anyone actually signed up to Ames’ trust yet? Is anyone going to?
I mean the one run by his henchmen where they will fill in the details on the investors’ behalf AFTER they have signed their contracts?
@Anonymous 5.08 pm …Bob, you wouldn’t be able to recognize a fact if it hit you in the face…..like the fact that you dont have title to your “cabana” at Buccament Bay. Like the fact that you are getting no returns from your investment in said cabana. Like the fact that there is no finance to continue any building.
Anonymouskins what are you ranting about? Who is this Bob?
@Anonymous
September 20, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Your post is most deserving of a detailed response and thank you for raising the points you have raised.
Firstly I would like to correct you on a small matter, the company embroiled in the latest fraud allegations is TVA and not TVS, however TVS was engaged by Harlequin in early 2009 to develop master plans for Buccament Bay and the Marquis Estate.
I stated that Sara Tricker provided the template, and the reason I know this is that I have a copy of the email from Ms. Tricker, I hope this clarifies this particular point in your post.
Now you have stated that you contacted the signatory of the TVS document, I am sure you meant TVA document and I will continue on that basis.
Now this raises an interesting point, moreover it may indeed have opened another can of worms. To begin with, I am not sure if you are familiar with the term (pp).. if not, the letters pp preceding a signature denote that someone other then the named signatory have signed a document in place of them, in the case of the TVA document this is not the case.
You might ask why is this relevant, so I will tell you.
The signatory block on the TVA document is thus.
TVA Cosultants (complete with logo)
Chartered Architects, Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers
Trevor S Thompson Director
………………………………………..
Signed as Complete.
But the person who’s signature appears in the signature block is not that of Mr. Thompson, so the first question is with whom did you speak?
Was it Mr. Thompson or the gentleman who’s signature appears in the signature block.
And why did the letters (pp) not precede the signature?
It is also worth noting that no dates are inserted.
The document is entitled “Buccament Bay Beach Resort” (complete with logo) “Stages of Completion”
The Stages are identified simply as “SLAB” “WALLS” & “ROOF”.with a signature block as detailed above under each of the stages.
You correctly state that a QS and Architect are two different professions but you failed to point out to readers on this forum that the document you must have, given that you contacted the signatory, states the following in the signatory block
“TVA Cosultants (complete with logo)
Chartered Architects, Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers
Trevor S Thompson Director”
So an inference can be made from the document that TVA provided a number of roles including that of Architect and Quantity Surveyor.
I know that the gentleman who’s signature was used, copied / forged is an architect, but the signature block on the document would not allow an investor to ascertain this fact. Indeed investors would have believed that each and every document produced for the purposes of obtaining a stage payment was signed by a Director of TVA Consultants, who provide a number of professional services including Architecture and Quantity Surveying.
You also make a bizarre comment with reference to the gentleman who you say you spoke to “he said if I was happy then he was happy”, but what if you were not happy, what would he have said then?
I put it to you that you did not speak to anyone in TVA and that your sole purpose is to disrupt this forum in any way you can.
Regards,
Anon.
Filling in the blanks after the fact is nothing new to Harlequin, the stage completions and now the trust documents,
Anon brilliant response, well thought out and factual,
@anon, yes the TVA /TVS confusion was a slip. It was of course TVA. I can say I have an e mail from someone. If you have post it on here. Or perhaps leave it on a train. Proof is needed. Are you saying that is not Mr Thompsons signature? Again other allegation with no proof. Where is your proof that this is not Mr Thompsons signature. I spoke to Mr Thompson and he did not deny that he had signed the documents. Perhaps you could clarify how many Mr Thompsons work at TVA? Of course I have no idea what Mr Thompson would have said if I had implied I was not happy. The reason being that I am happy. The reason I phoned TVA was to clarify the documentation related to the Cabanna number quoted on the documentation. You can put whatever spin you may have on this, you obviously do not like to have your theory challenged. Why is that? Something not quite true about your theories?
Anonymous you know I will put everything up on Anon files shortly, I suspect you will not want to download the links I will post for fear of getting a virus, but if you did you will notice that all the signatures are exactly the same with the exception probably of your one of course.
Now if you indeed have spoken to Mr. Thompson and he has stated that he signed off the completion documents then I think it would be advisable of you to down load some of the other documents I will upload.
These are the independent engineering reports which were commissioned by Mr. Ames in early 2008 and again in late 2008 by a number of different engineering firms who all stated that the quality of the work undertaken at Buccament Bay was substandard and not fit for purpose.
You might ask why Mr. Ames had these reports produced???
Mr. Ames had these reports produced as he was considering litigation against the builder, no not the Irish Builder the Barbados Builder, Ridgeview.
Why didn’t he you ask, he was advised by his lawyers not to given the adverse publicity that would be generated and the public attention it would bring on the activities of Harlequin and Mr. Ames.
So another can of worms is now being opened, apparently Mr. Thompson was signing off properties not fit for purpose, well according to a number of subsequent engineering reports this is indeed the situation.
Christ when will anonymous Bob ever learn to shut up, all he ever seems to do is open one can of worms after another,
He is doing Harlequin no favours, it is apparent to all that Anon is too well connected and has the documentation to back this up, as has been demonstrated on here time and time again,
What is most telling here is Ames in his US action has not made an attempt to expose any of the posters who uploaded documents via anon files, now why is that I wonder…….
It appears that a few English professionals keep very strange
week-end office hours.
You can show Bob emails, he will state they are not genuine, you can show Bob reports he will look for proof they are real, he will constantly disrupt the flow of the thread, eventually resorting to stating that it’s all the builders fault.
How sad all these posts are from the same person that odd.
Including your one
Aaaah…how to stand out, be different, and remain anonymous.
Its quite a trick. Truly an identity crisis.
@bafoonikins no one has posted any reports or e mails to substantiate these claims. Where are they?
That’s because Ralph, or should I say Henry is a gutless yellow back and really has nothing apart from posting on this blog. So sad.
The only coward on this blog is Richard Ingham, he like to bully women, and in return thinks Dave will look after him. Picked on the wrong one aye Dick?
No, Coward, what is “sad” is that Ames is still allowed to spend the money he fraudulently stole from investors on his lifestyle, his revolting family of illiterate oiks, and on extortionate legal fees in his desperate attempt to defer the inevitable justice which will get him in the end.
He is a conman, and the rats scurrying round to defend him at this stage wreak of stupidity. They are complicit, and their snouts buried so deep in the trough render them unable to see how their actions will come back to haunt them.
It is utterly disgraceful that no action has yet been taken by the authorities, and that Ames is free to continue to dwindle what’s left of the money he took off investors like it is his own. Thieving, evil little bastard.
@Ames the Crook
I hope his legal team go down with the sinking ship, having Harlequin on your CV would be like applying for a job at then bank when you have just done a 5 year stretch for robbing one!!
Or getting finance when you are a double bankrupt being investigated by the SFO 😉
And people still think he will pull it off – idiots.
Will project Orange be regurgitated again by Ralph yet again? Just one question, if the standard of work undertaken before Paddy took over, was substandard, why has BB been allowed to open and trade? Did not look su standard to me.
Just maybe the Irish builder did a good job and Ames lied, or Ridgeview did a good job and Ames lied, or both did a good job and Ames lied.
Lol so predictable, every time someone rattles Ames’ cage, Ralph, Henry and the Builder gets a mention.
Wonder why ?
The Irish builder stole from investors, yet works with Crazier any one see anything odd about that?
What’s odd is a company sending millions of ( investors) dollars to a builder in St Vincent without a written contract . It must be the first time in history that a project of this size and complexity was managed this way.
Yes but if you have someone from a top 25 accountancy company, who is a personnel friend, supposingly working on your behalf, you might think that your friends are working with you. Not ripping you off.
Ralph, Henry and the builder are as one, that’s why.
Has award winning journalist Jon Austin managed to track down DA yet to discuss the transcripts of the conference call yet? Looks like the Echo have backed off from this one. Now why would that be?
It’s the same old, same old, builder stole from investors, builder stole from investors.
If the builder wins the appeal then the builder did not steal the money. So what then?
But let’s take the 0.23 % of investors deposits that the judge awarded against the Builder out of the equation,
That leaves 99.77% of investors money which Ames needs to account for.
99.77% ninety nine point seven seven percent.
Or would investors be happy if the builder gave each investor back 0.23 % of their deposits.
The average deposit from each investor is £50,000.00
Would £125 per investor keep them happy?
This seems to be what Ames is saying, Ames and the pro Harlequin supporters are saying the builder took your money…
So an investor should go to the UK court and get the builder to pay back the £125 he is supposed to have stolen from you.
So again let’s not worry about the other £49,875.00 let’s carry on about the £125.00 shall we?????
Furthermore Ames spent an additional £700 per investor on pursuing the builder only to have the judgement subject to an appeal, and something Ames has not explained to investors.
Should the appeal be won by the builder the cost per investor could be in excess of £12,500 .
Yes the counter claim, Ames is counter claiming against investors who sue him, surely the builder is or has engaged in a similar tactic.
Just saying………………….
Dave Ames trusted the builder, he trusted Wilkins Kennedy, he trusted Ridgeview and they all conspired to rob him, why? Because they were jealous and took advantage of his generosity and easy going nature,
Dave Ames is in his sixties, all he ever wanted to do was give the average Joe on the street the chance at making some decent money, yet Dave Ames is attacked for this.
The SFO have done nothing, they will do nothing, any of you out there who have met Dave Ames will know he is a decent hardworking individual who’s only goal is to get people a little bit more, then they had.
It is disgusting that he and his family are being put through this.
Totally disgusting
On this latest discussion, Indigo dive were given the chance of a lifetime by Dave Ames, given full use of his facilities, allowed charge what they wanted, but Wilson wanted more, always pushing up the prices, always increasing her cut,
Dave Ames promoted Indigo dive worldwide at no cost to Wilson, Dave Ames personally paid for the dive accredations for Indigo Dive.
Another person Dave trusted and another greedy two faced bitch tried to rob him.
Dave might not be the most well spoken but he is generous and trusting, indeed that is his only fault he is too trusting.
Not one of his staff will have a bad word to say about Dave, he is generous to a fault to each and everyone of them.
Keep on going BS Bob we all lovin’ yer posts mon.
‘personnel friend, supposingly working on your behalf, …’?
Having an incy wincy titter…[actually pisssing ourselves with laughter Bob] ‘cos this afternoon we think you were the best entertainment on here.
Dave Ames is a failed bankrupt and is a lying, thieving conman who has spent millions and millions of other peoples’ money for his own gain.
NO investor has made money out of a Harlequin investment.
The only people to have made money are the Ames family (inlcuding Matt who is doing time for another fraudulent operation), the Ames employees, and the agents selling the investment.
I repeat. NO investors has made a profit on the investment. The majority have lost everything.
Ames is a hateful, deceitful crook and a loser. And he has lived the life of a millionaire using investor deposits. The only money he has made has been the deposits he took off investors.
Nobody in the Harlequin scam but Ames could make any decision whatsoever. He was the one in charge, and every single decision was made by him. He is totally responsible for the diabolical failure that is Harlequin.
He is an incompetent failure and a crook.
@Anonymous 12.42..sorry Bob, no one is that stupid…over and over again we hear what a smart man David Ames is….yet he(and you) would have us believe that he so trusted his friend, that he would send a builder 50 + million dollars without a written contract, because his friend said it was ok?
Try again Bob.
Paddy don’t play percentages you nicked well over a million, robbing twat.
If you keep pissing yourselves so much. Who is this Bob you keep referring to? Perhaps you really are that stupid.
I had been sceptical, to put it mildly, about Harlequin for years but after the latest comments I have realised that Mr Ames is in fact second only to St Francis of Assisi in his dealings with the poor.
It’s a Sunday, so I think it is appropriate that I spend the rest of the day drafting a request to the Pope that Mr Ames is immediately canonised as a Saint.
I just need to rationalise the main difference between St Francis and Mr Ames. St Francis gave money to the poor; Mr Ames took it from people and made them poor. I don’t suppose that should be a problem – after all his intentions were good.
Four Hundred and Forty Million Quid
Ames family steal £440,000,000.00
Yes Folks £440,000,000.00
And if you don’t believe me, just look at the latest Stunt the lying thieving little con man pulled off in St. Vincent.
The courts in St. Vincent have ruled that Dave Ames and his Caribbean companies are not responsible for the debt owed to investors.
The courts ruled that this lies squarely with Carol and Dan Ames and HMSSE…….
Looks like the TVA documents have caused a stir amongst the pro Harlequin mob, oooops looks like not only a gift to Wilkins Kennedy but my oh my, what about all those counter claims Dave eh???
The ones you claim are for the late payment by investors of their stage payments, those same stage payments requests that might now just be fraudulent……..
Add to this the reports you had commissioned showing the terrible workmanship up to late 2008,
So you were claiming stage payments from investors for completed work whilst at the same time knowing that the work was deficient and not fit for purpose, and you never told your investors, naughty boy ………..
Tut tut ……………
Lol this just gets better and better every day now, so who has Ames pissed off this time,
Love it watching Ames and his mob get all excited, as predicted they blame the builder lol, keep digging guys the fun seems just to be starting…..
And ah yes, someone brought up the fact that Ames is not pursuing the anonfiles posters on here,
WHY NOT DAVE???????????
@Anon 2.57. What pity that no one has
1)posted the alleged forged documents and e mails as promised
2)not clarified how many Mr Thompsons were employed by TVA.
And why do you keep posting that this is relevant to WK? It’s out of WK hands now, it’s with their insurers. Or in your excitement and wetting yourself do you not realise that?
The pro Harlequin responses on here typically contain words like twat, Paddy, builder nicked our money, Ralph, Henry, proof, Jon Austin, Crazier……..
And always denial of wrong doing by Ames,
But never once a reasoned explanation as to what they see as happened, not one attempt to justify the problems associated with Harlequin….
One has to assume that there is no excuse, none.
@ Anonymous 3.09 don’t worry the documents are very real indeed, and I’m sure The folks at Wilkins Kennedy will have handed this over to their insurers, but probably no need given that Kennedy’s have received all the documents along with an affidavit and certificate of truth from a Good Samaritan, someone Ames has not sued in the past……..
You too will get to see them in good time my fraudulent friend. 😉 😉
Give your mate a little message from me, “YOU STOP LYING ABOUT ME, AND I MIGHT STOP TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HIM”
Dave you know who I am so on second thoughts GO FUCK YOURSELF, looking forward to my day in court with you as you and Carol sit in the dock,
You probably should have sued me to try discredit me, but heh you didn’t
You reap what you sow my old dear friend, and by God it’s time to see you and Carol reap…….
Believe me there is nothing fraudulent about my activities.
And Anon 3.10, the biggest user of the word Twat was Anon RU. Remember him, the keyboard warrior who as soon as he thought he might be exposed ran away with his tail between his legs. Now calling him a pro Harlequin supporter does make you a twat.
And have you worked out how many Mr Thompsons were employed by TVA yet?
How much has Paddy paid crazier? The contempt application benefits the fat Irish builder, not helpful in getting the freezing order is it?
Just saying
The builder was found guilty of fraud stolen over a million quid, that’s an awful lot of money. What did he do with it, flash it around, a private plane for F***ks sake……. James Bond he is not lol
better stick to tarmac
You can’t have evolution without devolution. Bob Storey is living
proof !
No idea how many Mr. Thompsons work for TVA. But what I do know is the signature block states Mr. Thompson “DIRECTOR” and in TVA there is only one Mr. Thompson who is a director………
As for who paid for what, is it illegal for the builder to contribute towards a case???
I doubt it. So what if he is assisting investors? Good for them if he is I say.
The freezing order is in place, the CONTEMPT hearing is not to obtain a freezing order, it is to expose Ames for lying to the court, of course since the CONTEMPT hearing has not been heard yet, Ames may prove he did not lie, who knows.
But with a raft of witnesses including Mr. Walton, Mr. Jones, Mr. Newman, Mr. Smith amongst others Ames will have a serious battle on his hands.
Bob, no one aside from Matt Ames was found guilty of anything, the judge in the Irish case said that the builder had engaged in Fraudulent Misrepresentation exactly the same as the judge in St. Vincent said about Dave Ames in the 12 Caldwell & Anon judgements and the Anna Canga case.
Yes one million quid is an awful lot of money, four hundred and forty million quid is an awful lot more money…..
So by you powers of deduction if the judge in Ireland found the builder guilty of fraud, then the judge in St, Vincent must have found David Edward Ames GUILTY of FRAUD.
Funny Ames was telling us all a few months ago that the Builder was Toast, yet all of a sudden he is funding every piece of litigation against Ames…..
But if he is, I take my hat off to him, it’s nice to see Ames cage being rattled…..
Bob why will you not comment on the fraudulent misrepresentation judgements against Ames in St. Vincent or are you just fixated by a builder you know nothing about nor ever have met….,
The builder must have something huge on Ames, you have Fatchett now running around those involved in litigation against Ames, warning them that any connection with the builder could cause issues for their cases, ie Mulberry Law, what business is it of Fatchett anyway, unless he is acting at the behest of Ames…
Fatchett would have been better getting a solution for his clients, then now running around trying to interfere in litigation matters by others.
Go enforce your stat demands Gareth and stop making an ass of yourself….
If the builder had anything on Ames he would have done something by now.
All hot air that man is, go on Paddy do your worse twat
@Anon 5.07, with ref to your post of the 20th 5.08, are you implying that the signature on the stage payment request document is not that of mr Thompson Director? I think you need to support that then as Mr Thompson Director is quite able to support or discount that accusation.
A few days after Jones starts working for the Builder he submits a witness statement against Ames…
The builder meets Walton in Spain recently and a few days later Walton does a witness statement against Ames…..
The builder starts utilising Procure It Direct recently and all of a sudden Smith rocks up with a witness statement…..
Is this just a coincidence???? Somehow I don’t think so…..
All these witness statements are being paid for so should and will be struck out I hope…..
Be warned CLC, your case is based on bribes corruption and collusion and your witnesses above should be charged with perverting the course of justice….
@ Anonymous 5.26 pm, excellent stuff then, so Ames’ argument that Wilkins Kennedy reported on project progress is just a whole load of rubbish.
Am also delighted to see that Mr. Thompson’s signature is absolutely flawless in every respect and despite the passage of two years from signing the first document to the last, there is not even a wobble in his signature, even down to the exact slope of the signature which does not deviate one micro milimeter from the first to the last.
Also amazed that Mr. Thompson is prepared to field such questions on the analysis of his signature over a weekend.
I take it that an email sent by Mr. Thompson to Mr. Ames in 2007 stating that he was not prepared to sign off stage completion documents must be a forgery,
Ok you have me mate……
If Mr. Thompson did sign off every document, I make that one nil to Wilkins Kennedy’s insurers so.
Now if I was a betting man and given that Ames is seeking to sue Wilkins Kennedy’s insurers as was pointed out earlier to me, “It’s out of Wilkins Kenbedy’s hands now” then I doubt that the insurers will have any compulsion about reporting a suspected fraudulent use of a signature to the Police in the UK, perhaps along the grounds that Ames is making a deceptive claim against WK’s insurers albeit by using a court action.
It will be most interesting to see how this pans out…….
Although to put the matter beyond all doubt you could of course ask Mr. Thompson to reduce his answer to you in writing for all to see……
Robert, Ames was dealt a fatal blow sometime back, it will soon become clear how fatal, so sit back and enjoy the ride…….
It’s obvious that the Anti Ames side is continuing to play the Pro Ames side all along here on BFP and the Pro Ames side continues to dig a bigger home for themselves.
I doubt very much that BFP is the first port of call for the Anti Ames brigade.
In fact I would go so far as to suggest the timing is most deliberate.
So I think it’s pointless that the Pro Harlequin brigade continue in their quest to seek proof of what’s being said by the Anti Harlequin brigade.
It seems that the Anti Harlequin Brigade are hell bent in seeking that justice is served in respect of the Ames family and Harlequin…
And any information they have is already with the people that matter I suspect.
But heh that’s my own view…….
Mrs Broughton and the security chap were witnesses last week make your bloody mind up Ralph
And of course you could provide the e mail that you claim was sent from Mr Thompson to DA. Who implied that Mr Thompson was prepared to answer questions over the weekend. You make too many assumptions. My discussion with Mr Thompson was over two years ago and it was not over his signature. Very dangerous to make those assumptions.
Robert, Jones is the security guy.
Even odder, you are correct when you state that it’s dangerous to make assumptions, so please do not assume that I cannot back up everything I have stated with the full facts, documentary evidence, witness statements, handwriting expert reports etc etc etc, I am glad that you spoke with Mr. Thompson two years ago,
Since you do not want to elaborate on the nature or the context of your conversation with Mr. Thompson than this is becoming a pointless conversation.
The signature used on the TVA documents was copied / forged, and that is a fact.
Mr. Thompsons role in this if you are to be believed conflicts with Mr. Ames version of events in his claim against Wilkins Kennedy.
TVA were also removed from the project by Mr. Ames in early 2008, their contract was terminated.
Subsequent to this Mr. Ames had cause to have a number of independent expert reports undertaken on the quality of the work carried out, and each of those reports was highly critical of the build of the resort as it stood in mid 2008.
There can be argument and counter argument on this particular subject for the next 10000 years, but it will not take from the fact that these reports exist and therefore put into question the TVA documents as signed by whoever, it must be remembered that when the TVA document was signed it was signed as stating that a stage was complete, and completed properly, ready for handover to a client for the purposes of a stage payment to be made by the client.
If Ames had not engaged in litigation, and sadly lied, all over the place, the existence of these independent reports may never have come to light, but they have, and they by their critical findings attack the veracity of the TVA documents sent by Harlequin to investors for the purposes of stage payments.
Of that there can be absolutely no doubt. Someone in this chain will find that they are now sitting in a big pile of Brown Stuff, Ames once again has dropped another firm in it, but that is part of the course with Ames.
A toxic individual and a toxic brand.
@ Even Odder, I have passed a copy of the email onto Kennedy’s the insurers for Wilkins Kennedy along with the other supporting documentation I mentioned, a copy has also been sent to The Authorities,
I will send a copy of the above to Jon Austin so please feel free to contact any of the above for copies.
Cheers….
@Anon, I am not assuming you cannot back up you allegations. The fact you have not means your allegations are purely just that, allegations. By putting FACT after a statement does not make it fact.. Send a copy to Jon Austin. Well that should be interesting. Mr Austin seems to be very reluctant to publish anything contentious regarding HP these days. Where is the telephone transcript details? For your information when I received requests for stage payments I compared the state of build with the latest aerial pictures of BB, which showed the progress was as I was advised. Of course I am quite happy to supply the documentation which supports the request for stage payment. Perhaps Mr Austin would like a copy of that?
According to Anon 3.10 you must be a pro HP supporter. How do feel about that? Believe me there is absolutely nothing that you could do to scare me. However when your true identity is revealed, you were on the DA hit list, then perhaps we will meet up. Lol
@ Anonymous, you appear very happy with your investment, therefore best of luck with it, you fail to grasp the fundamentals of what I’m saying.
Again if the TVA documents are to be relied on, and the signatures are accepted then it contradicts Mr. Ames’ claims in the Wilkins Kennedy case.
If the TVA documents are to be relied upon, then the subsequent engineering reports are fundamentally flawed.
If the engineering reports are correct then the TVA documentation is fundamentally flawed from a legal perspective.
No chartered Architect or Quantity Surveyor would allow a copy or forged signature to be used on documents, therefore there are very serious questions to be asked of TVA if as you claim they are standing by the documentation, again I must point out that the veracity of the documentation has been seriously questioned by virtue of the existence of the highly critical building condition reports.
But at the end of the day it is your cash and if you are happy that your unit is/was technically sound by sight of an ariel photograph then who are we to argue,
I suppose your unit is located on the 19.5 acres of registered land?
Or is it one of the units located on the Queens Chain….
No matter, you seem very pleased with your investment, so far from me to argue that point with you, your money your business.
Others might not be so trusting of a now questionable document and an ariel photograph.
When sending Jon Austin the TVA document, could you be kind enough as to forward on the original email thread from Harlequin with the document attached, it helps keep the integrity of the attached document safe, otherwise the document and signature could be tampered with ( not suggesting for one moment that you would do this) but by forwarding the original email you maintain the evidentory chain.
Jon can then compare this with the dozens of emails we have passed onto him, who knows yours might be one of them.
Cheers,
Anon.
Again you make assumptions.
1)are you suggesting the aerial photograph is questionable?
2)the TVA document was sent by e mail? Oh no.
So Jon won’t be able to make any comparisons will he.
I don’t think I will be sending any information to mr Austin. Only perhaps if he publishes a item which can be proved to be factually incorrect.
@ Anonymous 7.47, the questioned has been asked here several times, why has Ames chosen not to pursue those including myself who posted all those anon files on here?
So with respect to those on the Ames hit list, I along with others will provide anyone identified by Mr. Ames full documentary evidence to prove that Mr. Ames by his own words committed fraud, and that he lied……,
I and others will support them through sworn affidavits, witness statements and thousands of documents…
Ames knows who I am so Dave bring it on, please bring it on, you are fully aware that I’m one of the witnesses in the criminal case, so you know what I’ve said.
So please Dave bring it on…..
Much appreciated Anon @ 8:10pm. I have a box full of stuff here anyway, but the more info I can present in court the better. As you say: “bring it on Ames. I am well and truly ready for you, little man, and I have recently received a barrage of messages of support and copies of further priceless information”.
And Anonymous 7:47pm – I presume you also post by the name of “Twat”? Two questions, Twat:
1. Why am I on Ames’ hit list – perhaps you would like to remind me as all I can recall saying about him is that he is a liar and we all know that’s 100% true.
2. Why on earth do you think that we would meet up under any circumstances you low life arse wipe?
Because we will see how brave you really are. Not very I would think.
@ Anonymous 8.08, it is impossible to discern the building integrity from an arial photograph, and once again you appear to completely miss my points.
At 07.31 you were quite happy to show Mr. Austin a copy of the documentation which supports the request for stage payments, however 37 minutes later you appear to have resiled yourself from that statement.
It appears that you were sent by post/courier/carrier pigeon or given a copy of your stage payment request by someone, so the integrity and authenticity of the document and associated signature will not be easily verified as a matter of law,
which is a pity,
but then again you could be one if not the only lucky person who’s unit was inspected by Mr. Thompson and is located on registered land and happens to be the only unit not included in the subsequent and highly critical engineering reports.
I would like to suggest however that you reconsider one more time your now apparent reluctance to give Jon Austin your documentation, I ask this because Jon could approach TVA and Mr. Thompson and ascertain whether your documentation is legitimate when compared with the other documents Jon has.
It could very well be that your documentation is genuine.
I would also like to add, that your unit could be the only unit that was not inundated by water as a result of the hurricane which hit Buccament Bay in October 2008 and which was NOT covered by any insurance policy on that date.
All of the above is however highly unlikely…..
But I assume when you were making the stage payments that you were fully aware that your unit along with all the others was not, I repeat NOT covered by insurance at this date.
Regards Anon.
And Anonymous it is a bit hypocritical to say someone is not brave when you yourself hide behind the title Anonymous. Yet claim that you are happy with everything.. If you are what have you got to hide?
Don’t bother answering that question..
@Anon you are incorrect. It is quite possible to ascertain the progress of the building work from the air.
You have misunderstood my reference to Jon Austin, I did not say I was happy to show him the documentation, it was a rhetorical question, hence the ? Mark.
Why you insinuate that my document could not be authentic because it has not been sent to me by e mail is baffling to say the least.
Now you are talking about insurance. Again allegations you cannot substantiate.
You sound more like Ralph the longer this goes on. I suppose the next line will be, “do I know that my unit was resold under project orange”
That would be Hurricane Omar that you are referring to which resulted in. “Slight damage to the Buccament Bay resort” Think we are exaggerating somewhat on the damage eh.
@ Anonymous, I was referring to ascertaining the building integrity from an arial photo, as I specifically stated.
With reference to your document, again you appear to have misread my post, the chain of custody can be derived from an email chain, it’s a lot more difficult if a document is posted couriered etc.
However as I clearly pointed out in my post by sending the document to Jon Austin he could contact Mr. Thompson and authenticate the document and signature that way, indeed if you read my post I did concede that your document might be the only genuine document.
I mean if your document is genuine why not send it to Jon, God knows Ames could do with some independent third party verification of something.
Well if I was Ralph and Ralph is the Irish builder as has been claimed by some on here, then I would be in a position to speak with authority on the matter of insurance,
In any event failing taking my word for it, you could speak with Paul Gallagher of CGM insurers in St. Vincent and explain to him that you are an investor / owner of one of the units and ask him for the insurance history of the resort, or you could speak to Kennedys or Jon Austin who have been provided with all the correspondence with relevance to the insurance.
And Ames still has to explain how he managed to sell 9000 units.
So the resort has an insurance history? Why would an insurance company supply company sensitive information to Kennedys or Jon Austin? That is not very professional is it?
Do you think Ames is actually a Freemason and that’s why he gets away with anything? Serious question.
@ Anonymous I never stated that CGM would give Jon Austin the details, Kennedys could apply for the insurance history by way of a court order, but Wilkins Kennedy probably have all the details anyway, as emails I have seen on the matter have Wilkins Kwnnedy copied in on them.
But you as an investor and owner of a unit or individual paying stage payments on a unit have full legal rights to obtain information with regards to the insurance of the unit you are purchasing.
By the way confirming that the resort was fully insured and providing a copy of the insurance certificates is common for companies, just not for Ames, there is nothing commercially sensitive by doing this.
Looks like another company TVA being dropped in the smelly brown stuff by that cockroach Ames.
@kaywilsondiverobber
Karma – the joy of watching someone get what they deserve.
Professionalism – the ability to sit back and watch the show whilst keeping ones mouth shut.
…and that’s all I have to say about that Dave.
Buccament Bay is NOT INSURED.
If it is not insured then how can CGM have an insurance schedule. Bit conflicting this information isn’t it.
Could you see the unconnected drains in the aerial shots?
Tons of stuff getting released over the next 4 weeks on Mr. & Mrs. All in time for Shipleys to digest. Bet Mrs. is choking on her duck egg this morning.
Initially there was some level of insurance, however as the resort grew the cover was reduced, to a very basic policy not covering the units…
So now we have gone from no insurance to basic insurance. Let’s face it no one knows do they.
Non payment to Indigo..Indigo Gone.
Non payment of Insurance policies…Insurance gone.
Fatchett is in the Cayman Islands – not another holiday, surly?
Anyone who owns a villa or has made stage payments towards a villa is entitled to see the Insurance Documents pertaining to their Villa
So has anyone done this? Anonymous? Bob? Anyone ?
Andy Smith has been pouring his heart out to Gareth Fatchett about Harlequin Ames Bank Accounts in New York and suitcases full of cash being brought to St. Vincent.
Andy Smith is also behind the newest lawsuit against Ames in St. Vincent, the Lawsuit between (Dinky) Cameroon Balcombe a Contractor and personal friend of Smith and Ames Harlequin.
The case is scheduled for this week, along with in excess of 10 more against Ames.
Smith also claims that he was aware that Senator Julian Francis was receiving large cash payments from Harlequin but appeared not to be providing any type of service.
Smith is making some very serious allegations against the Comrades cousin…. Let’s hope for Smiths sake that he can back these allegations up.
It is interesting to note that Dinky Balcombe Smiths close friend is an adversory of the Comrade and his cousin.
Could Smith be attempting to besmirch the good name of the Comrade in this the election year. ????
Possible
For nearly 2 years GF of RL told us all he was the only game in town.
Now today RL say this,
“Harlequin
We are leaving Harlequin to their own devices to deliver on their promises. Finance needs to turn up very soon.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors”
Go figure………………
Great Gareth, so you will stop the incessant calls to us and others warning us that “OUR” tactics may not work.
Your leaving Harlequin to their own devices. So please leave all of us to ours.
Yours has not really worked.
B.
So Gareth what do you mean you will leave Harlequin to their own devices?
Does this mean you will not be challenging any CVA? Or possible extension to the Administration? Lol….
Why waste the last two years? Lol…..
Was it because Mr. Ames did nothing wrong that you could prove?
Looks like Mr. Ames has you over a barrel matey.
Oh yes, of course you promised Mr. Ames that your clients were going to bring finance to the table, but you wanted too much personally from the deal.
And you promised that you would convince all the investors to sign up to the trust……..
Mr. Ames tried to work with you, but you were playing a stupid game, why do you think that Mr. Ames reported you to the SRA, why? Because your actions included scaremongering and panicking investors when Mr. Ames would not agree to your personal requests in return for finance from your clients.
You broke agreement after agreement with Mr. Ames. You took money from investors to set up a trust and now you are leaving us to our own devices.
You promised Mr. Ames that you would bring the CLC clients on board, you told Mr. Ames that you would deal with any other litigation, all false promises.
You never issued any stat demands in the Caribbean, you did promise to work with Mr. Ames in an open and transparent manner, you used due diligence which you knew was false.
You broke NDA after NDA with Mr. Ames.
So now you admit all this by leaving Mr. Ames alone, you are aware that Mr. Ames by his pre action protocol intends on suing you for the huge amount of defamatory remarks made against him and his companies on your forum, you have not got the decency to admit that you had to shut down your forum after Mr. Ames had to force your hand.
Good riddance Gareth, now Mr. Ames can get on with the business of running his company.., with out the hysteria you have generated over the last two years.
The last Rant About “Mr Ames” “Mr Ames” “Mr Ames” sounds like it came straight out of the Harlequin HQ dump.
You are so far up “Mr Ames” arse it could even be Porky pig Dalligan himself.
Anyone reading between the lines can clearly understand that RL are simply saying that dealing with Ames is like flogging a dead hoarse.
I wrote my investment off years ago because I couldn’t even stand the sight of that grubbily little twice bankrupt double glazing salesmen “Mr Ames”
So its no surprise that RL have wiped there hands with them.
Meanwhile Dave Ames has no diving or water sports on his chav resort.
because he didn’t pay them
It may be that the Bolivarian (wannabe) Gonsalves may check into
medical treatment in Cuba. The last Chavista (pun unintended) to do
that returned in a box.
God Paddy give it a break.
Buccament Bay resort`s website displays the logo of ABTA, as some sort of stamp of approval , I suppose. Yet Buccament Bay is not a member of ABTA, which is reserved for Travel Agents etc. It is not open to Hotels.
The membership number L8770 belongs to Harlequin Travel Ltd..
Stretching the truth a little on this one Harlequin?
What is also interesting is Harlequin Travel Ltd is shown as “Dissolved” in UK Company Webcheck.
@Anon 8.07 you obviously do not understand what ABTA stands for. Buccament Bay is promoted by Harlequin Travel Ltd which shows it has travel agency protection under the protection scheme. And I believe that Harlequin Travel Ltd is still trading solvently and has not been desolved.
@Anon 8.13, and Harlequin Plc. is shown as “Collapsing” !
Never seen the ABTA logo used on a Hotel`s website.Then again, Harlequin does things differently, lets say.
There are quite a few Harlequin Travel Ltd or Harlequin Travel Limited companies. Some are dissolved. but one is still in operation. It shows the following.
HARLEQUIN TRAVEL LIMITED
Active – 01921618
UNIT 10 HONYWOOD BUSINESS PARK, HONYWOOD ROAD, BASILDON, ESSEX, SS14 3HW
Cash: £78,772 Net Worth: £67,858 Assets: £245,885 Liabilities: £193,083
The Travel Protection scheme only protects consumers who book through Harlequin Travel Ltd., or another ABTA member. The property itself can not be a member for obvious reasons.
Yes, Carol and Dan Ames are Directors…looks like their fortunes have fallen sharply since 2011.Assets dropped by about 1.5 million pounds from then to 2013.
Perhaps the two planes were on the Harlequin Travel books?
The whole thread started by BeguiaP on TA has now been lifted. Despite his continuous efforts to keep it at the top of the board TA have now had enough. His agenda was so glaringly obvious. Good riddance.
“WOW”
18 Sep 2014
We have just arrived at buccament bay from Manchester a long flight but worth the hours travelling. This has to be my best ever holiday we are blown away by service, location and the food is Michelin star can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings absolutely out of this world. Will updat after a few day s into holiday
When Guests are asked to write reviews by the check in staff, I’m sure they mean write the review after your holiday and not on check in……. Lol
One wonders how Michelin star [sic] food like frozen steak and lobster (flown in from Miami) tastes and where the reviewer has eaten before. I doubt they could tell a winkle from a whelk or a cockle from a capon!
And why arrive at BBay and the first thing you do (after you’ve had your tea) is post an OTT review on TA and promise to update.
It’s laughable!
Good news that the thread about the disparate reviews on Buccament bay have been taken down , especially the stupid comments by Sportingman. Aka Bob Storey.
Went to see Mr. Ames last week at his HQ in Honywood Business Park Basildon Essex. All I can say is Wow.
The offices are located in a very quiet district area of Basildon, all I can say is that the views from Dave’s office are to die for.
Having been given a Cup of homemade roasted Coffee, with Organic Milk from an Organic Farm in Basildon, ( The Coffee was the best, no greatest tasting, coffee I have ever had. the Milk, pure and creamy, the sugar I was told was hand made from a Sugar Plantation at the Marquis Estate.)
The Staff at the office were just so amazing, Daniel Dalligan was so impressive, showing us in great detail how the problems with Harlequin were all to do with jealous third parties.
Daniel demonstrated how great the business model was, by showing us all the Mercedes and BMW cars in the car park owned by the staff.
He also showed us the fiesta owned by Dave and Carol, parked beside Dan Ames’ top of the range BMW demonstrating to me that Dave and Carol take no money from the operations.
We were hungry and Dan pointed us in the direction of a restaraunt off property, my fish was delicious, the batter on the fish was thick and tasty, my chips were individually fried in an organic vegetable oil and hand dried, my peas also organic, were hand mashed by the same process as used to hand mash the grapes for the fantastic wines sourced in Wandering Australia. My diet coke was poured over hand cut cubes of ICE frozen from Spring Water sourced in the remotest part of Montserrat, the water is then flown by Harlequin Air to the Arctic where the water is naturally frozen into blocks before being hand cut into cubes by local Eskimo artisans, and the diet coke tasted like nothing, I mean like no Diet Coke I’ve ever tasted in my life.
Back at the solubrious Harlequin Head office the Trip Advisor review forms were elegantly laid out amongst rose petals on the reception desk, and all the staff were on hand to assist in the filling out of the Buccament Bay Trip Advisor reviews, Dave Ames has made this process so easy, the forms can now be filled out before you take your holiday, and with all the formalities dealt with this allows the guest to enjoy all the resort has to offer when they arrive at Buccament Bay.
I need someone quickly to aid me in a bulkshit operation quickly. Would you be available to assist in writing propaganda to deter the imigrents coming to my country. You do seem full of bullshit. Non?
http://www.buccamentbay.com/amenities/diving/
Is Indigo gone or not, their info is still on the Bucc Bay website!
i-Wintess-News is running a photo of a gentleman holding a
publication put out by the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture
Trinidad B.W.I. , titled:
— Regional Research Centre of the British Caribbean Soil and
Land-Use Surveys No. 3 St Vincent —
I wonder what it has to say about Buccament Valley, in particular
land on either side of the Buccament river mouth.
@Anon, why don’t you read it and let us know rather than posting crap.
@anon – I would if I knew how to access it.
No 3 is dated 1958. I’m sure you could get a real Insite by reading that.
If as I suspect the soil is alluvial to a depth of several yards it would
give a geological history of the amount of flooding over a period of
time. This information would be extremely germane to the issuance
of insurance and the potential of any new outside investment. The
year 1958 is a marker in time.
Well the resort has been insured, so it would appear not to have had a detrimental effect.
link here
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/23/lands-where-house-collapsed-not-suited-for-construction-expert/
And just in case you missed it, you can also read on I-WN about some local people in Buccama who got flooded out again
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/09/15/villagers-mp-disagree-about-resorts-role-in-buccament-floods/
not that you HP trolls would give a FF
Quick Dave get them closed down too for daring to publish the truth
And just in case you missed it, you can also read on I-WN about some local people in Buccama who got flooded out again
not that you HP trolls would give a FF
Quick Dave and your bully boy teefs, get them closed down too for daring to publish the truth
Hope all of BB gets washed away and bring this whole sorry mess to an end 🙂
Nope read about Buccament being flooded. Unfortunately it was reported that the hotel had serious flooding, which was bullshit. So you see the sooner that the anti HP trolls start reporting the truth rather than scoring points then the real problems regarding the locals will be reported accurately and will get the attention they deserve.
Why can’t any of the Harlequin people on here answer one simple question?
Why can’t Dave Ames build what he promised to build?
He got close to $750 Million Dollars. Take away the $ 2 million dollars the builder took, so why could Dave Ames not complete anything with the remaining $748 Million????
That’s 3/4 of a Billion Dollars. It’s a hell of a lot of money….
Are the news video and the photos of that family’s flooded house a figment of our imagination then?
Google I-witness news
I am referring to the flooding of September 2014 not the flooding of Xmas 2013
Anon at 5.10..Indigo are gone..Harlequin are just unable to respond to changes too quickly these days, what with all the legal issues etc..updating the website takes time and they have to pay someone to do it..Their Blog has not been updated since July….
Newsletters? They are a thing of the past, with all the promised completion dates and nice color photos of the various projects..
And so was I. Read this thread for the ” the hotel is flooded again” comments. When it wasn’t.
I dont know why Kay Wilson is allowing Buccament Bay to show Indigo Dive as their diving partner…including photos of her and her crew…Totally misleading for potential Visitors when they look up Buccament Bay to book their vacation.
anon 5:10 did you miss this?
14th Sept 2014
https://www.facebook.com/indigodive
It is with deep regret that Indigo Watersports Ltd ends its 4 year business relationship with Harlequin Hotel and Resorts flagship property Buccament Bay Resort. Indigo Watersports Ltd has removed all staff and equipment from resort property, and is in the process of relocating the dive operation to new premises.
The primary cause for withdrawing from Buccament Bay Resort is the inability of the resort to meet its financial obligations. Despite numerous assurances from the company Chairman Mr. David Ames, and his various local representatives, monies due to Indigo Watersports have not been forthcoming.
This situation has reached a point where it has become impossible to continue providing water sports services to Buccament Bay Resort due to the financial constraints imposed by lack of payment.
The owners of Indigo Watersports Ltd would like to extend heartfelt thanks to staff members both current and past for their incredible support over the past 4 years, whose contributions enabled the company to attain its Professional Association of Dive Instructors 5 Star Resort status, win PADI Education Center of the Month in March 2013, provide Emergency First Response Training for over 100 of the resorts local staff, certify 12 Vincentian dive professionals including 8 PADI Dive Masters and 4 PADI Dive Instructors, as well as hosting Kids Sea Camp over two consecutive years, which to date is still the largest dive group to ever visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines with over 60 participants.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Kay Wilson at +784 493 9494 or email at info@indigodive.com.
Wow @ 3.12 pm – very funny; you had me in stitches. Did you used to work for the Harlequin PR department?
And for anyone who wants to buy the book on soil in St Vincent – look here:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=%93Soil+and+land-use+surveys.+No.+3%2C+St.+Vincent%94%2C
Soil in St Vincent is perfect for growing Pot. Harlequin should start planting up the place, after all with the influence DA has on Dr Gonsalves, this should not be a problem..Guests could attend classes and harvest leaves at the Harlequin Marijuana Academy. After a big smoke up, those steaks at Jacks will be even tastier, the rooms and plunge pools more delightful, and those animals made from towels might even come to life.
Fabulous —–where do I make reservations?
Finally, someone with a business plan for BB that could actually make money. It’s certainly more realistic than Ames plan to make money out of holiday makers!
you made us chuckle Sid
With David Ames protector conveniently in Cuba for the next two
weeks isn’t it about time for the Harlequin house of cards to come
crashing down. Gonsalves must know something we don’t.
Having nothing better to do on a lazy Wednesday afternoon I have
done a quick analysis of writing styles on Trip Advisor. It is amazing
that nearly every review of Buccament Bay uses the term five star
(5-Star) somewhere in their critique. I have scanned Trip Advisor
reviews for two resorts that I know are without question 5-Star –
Sandy Lane, Barbados and Jumby Bay, St Johns. Nowhere did
I see the term 5-Star used. However I did see luxurious used quite
a bit. Only the nouveaux-riche proclaim that they are “riche”.
Very sad, really !
Mr Ames the choice is pay up or liquidation will take place.
Wow at 3:12pm, beautifully written review; no wonder the Harlequin at the Honywood Industrial Site has won so many awards. Redefining luxurious failure in Basildon.
Been away for some weeks – what’s going on with this now?
Has Ames been arrested yet?
Since the Anti HP trolls have posted. Is this a record?
I don’t think anyone has anything to say that hasn’t already been said a thousand times.
Latest from RL,
Limitation issues,
It is important that investors seek the protection of the insurance policy held by agents as soon as possible. The second concern is to ensure claims are not time barred. Your position is preserved by issuing letters of claim / issuing protective proceedings.
We are now certainly close to primary limitation with late 2008 investors.
So what is the position regarding investors from 2006-late 2008?
Are they now time bared from making a claim?
If so were they aware of this before the coughed £240?
We are just waiting for the implosion .
Waiting patiently for the show that we all know is coming.
@BB you have had a hell of a wait and it not totally in view yet
We are all bored, all the waffle W”e have something that will bring Harlequin down” is utter tosh. Ames ultimately will kill Harlequin, simply because he is a liar a crook and a con man.
No finance, Shiplys will make the call – simple as that.
Your’re right Sid, nothing more to say on the matter, a slow lingering death awaits Harlequin.
@ Thin Edge. The wait has been long , but it is more obvious than ever that things are just getting worse every day . The “flagship” resort is struggling to stay afloat with good staff leaving , maintenance issues in every department, providers/partners such as Indigo Dive pulling out , room rates at 50% of what they were 2 years ago. Furthermore, nothing is going on at all at any of the other projects….nothing! Those are projects that were supposed to have been finished years ago. It is clear that they will never be restarted, and that Buccament Bay has lost its shine and good management (and funding) that it once had.
Is god or Gareth to blame for the downfall 🙂
What…you mean they’re 2 different people?
Well you can’t have a criminal record ….
I’m just saying
No Gareth is Waltons glove puppet.
Would crozier pass a CRB check !
Buccament Bay sure is in no hurry to update their website…
http://www.buccamentbay.com/amenities/diving/diveteam/
http://www.buccamentbay.com/amenities/diving/indigodive/
Puuuuuuuur !
Shouldn’t that be —-Purrrrrrrrrrr !
Crazier can’t be a solicitor,not if she has a criminal record.
No amount of name changes will fix that, Instead she acts a Corney’s lackey and play thing.
I think most people know who she really is…. more on that later.
Time for some truth.
Dear All,
For the most part, it has not been appropriate for Harlequin to comment on the HMSSE (“Harlequin Property”’) administration procedure or what has been, in some cases, irresponsible scaremongering surrounding it. The constraints of professional responsibility clearly have not inhibited other parties from attempting to prejudice the outcome; however, now that we have reached an important juncture, we want to clarify the situation.
Harlequin Property does not have your investment monies
Harlequin Property only sold overseas Harlequin investments as an intermediary and then sent monies received to the overseas development companies, minus commission. Some would like you to be fearful that your investment is tied to the fate of Harlequin Property, but this is not the case. The overseas companies have not entered into any insolvency procedure and Harlequin Property is not an important component of Harlequin’s delivery of investments as a developer and hotel operator going forward.
Even Gareth Fatchett has acknowledged that investors’ eligibility for claims against Harlequin Property is tenuous at best. Contrary to Mr Fatchett’s tactics of regurgitating meaningless information, Harlequin wants investors to be accurately informed and we will explain matters once the decision of Shipleys is confirmed.
Going forwards
The administration procedure has allowed Harlequin time to deal with its challenges and implement plans for restructuring the business. The underlying business model of the Harlequin group is strong and the senior team are confident that, with the external finance and property completions anticipated, investors will see significant developments in the near future. There are currently two parties in a position to provide Letters of Interest for the provision of funds to Harlequin for development. We will share more details at the earliest opportunity.
In summary
It is very important for investors to remember three things: 1) whatever the outcome, we are advised and firmly believe that Harlequin Property’s fate will not threaten hotel and overseas operations; 2) third parties that comment on the situation are not involved in the process and therefore have nothing of value to contribute at this stage; 3) in July 2013, Mr Fatchett stated that, “We have very little time now. Any CVA proposal will need to be done and dusted by end of summer,” which highlights the pressurising tactics and unreliable, unhelpful marketing messages peddled by his company.
Harlequin is calm and confident about the HMSSE administration and the business’ future – investors should be, too.
Regards,
Harlequin
What a load of crap… Whatever the chain, the situation is that Ames and his line of companies have had over £400million and delivered very very little of what the money was paid for. It don’t matter how the chain is linked, the bottom line is Ames has stolen a lot of money and the whole thing is a scam… FACT
Deceipt runs through the family laike a stick of blackpool rock
CRB check is quite right. Why RL keep sending these e mails with some sort of “countdown to doomsday” time table is just a piece of useless propaganda. Do HP look as if they are bothered? July statement, “we have little time” August statement “we have little time” etc etc. it is RL that have little time.
I don’t feel confident at all after that lovely update harlequin. I bought an apartment on the St Lucia project 2009. This site only seems to talk about Buccament Bay. How about a few upto date pictures on here harlequin of St Lucia Site or any others ? Why would someone sign trust documents and give you another 5 years when they haven’t got a clue what’s going on at the Site they bought their apartment at?
Odd why people would trust a con woman who works with someone who stole money from investors. fortunately one of those investors has been turned.
Very interesting indeed
For a long time many observers wondered if this whole mess was merely the result of incompetent management and a flawed business plan, or if there was fraudulent intent from the very beginning. Latest statement from Harlequin leaves no doubt in my mind and probably explains the length of time that the SFO requires to investigate and attempt to unravel the connections between the various companies.
At least a mature email from Harlequin.
Does not disguise the fact that HMSSE, to all intents and purposes, should have been the company to manage the money in the Caribbean. This is what the SIPPs believed, and is what most investors believed (as is why RL kept going on about it). Now, the investors have absolutely no security in the UK – only assets are in the Caribbean. Who’s going to go over there to litigate?
1. Where is the financing Dave?
2. What about the broken contracts?
3. Where has all the money gone Dave?
The list of enemies continues to grow. Soon HMRC will certainly be added. When this happens, I sincerely hope Ames takes the sensible way out. Use a belt Dave.
Hyperbole or not, I still trust RL
Disharmany in the clc camp, all can’t agree, some swayed by the Irish builder, some out of cash – all very helpful intel.
Would love to take a peek at Dave and co’s personal tax forms since 2008. How much of our cash has been paid in tax to the inland revenue ? Does Dave live fulltime in UK or abroad most of year?
@CRB check 27/9 4.54 am
Do you have the date for DAs contempt of court hearing.
@ CRB Check.
It would look like this communication is preempting the winding up of HMSSE and it is designed to put people at ease that this has no onward consequence on the RDCs and Resort companies.
I assume that the related company loans that showed over £10m owing from the RDCs to HMSSE have either been paid back or they have the funds to pay up when Shipley’s come calling for it. This assumes that the documentation showing the sum owed is accurate. It would hardly be a surprise that a significant sum was owed by Buccament Bay given that the resort manager told the world that it was being heavily subsidised.
I hear the 20+ are unhappy with costs DA has a fighting fund – do you Audrey?
So the latest ramblings from RL “All investors paid their monies to HMSSE ” Are you sure about that RL? Thats not where my money was sent to. RL do seem to be very worried that they might be outflanked by DA. Is it because they think they will loose clients promised redress options? Not another SRA complaint coming up?
Anonymous 12:46, all the money first went to HMSSE. The money was then sent to all the Caribbean companies. That is the basis of this whole “CVA” issue – all the RDC’s owe money to HMSSE, because that is where the monies were sent after the paperwork was completed by SIPPs etc.
You can quite clearly see from all correspondences on the issue that the money originally went to HMSSE.
Not sure how Dave has outflanked RL? I’m sure Mr Fatchett receives a nice fat paycheck but will no doubt be working late into the night to earn it. What has Dave done to earn his except sit on his arse and spend our cash? If it was an intelligent, diligent person’s company he would know where every penny of our money had gone, and it wouldn’t be on super salaries for themselves when our apartments haven’t been built.
“There are currently two parties in a position to provide Letters of Interest”
In a position to provide letters of interest? Really? Where did the financier with the letter of intent go? The one everyone must all sign up to the trust for.
Wouldn’t every bank on the planet be “in a position to provide letters of interest?”
Its all getting somewhat vague on the finance side now isn’t it? Perhaps someone has realised that everything said and typed from now on may come back to haunt them. Is somebody being careful not to tell a lie that can be exposed at a later date?
@Anon 1.02 no I didn’t. I know who my cheques were made out to and it wasn’t HMSSE. Think you are ignoring anybody but SIPPS investors there. Try looking outside of the box.
@dizzy (because I was pissed last night?) woman. I said “might be outflanked by DA” until we get to the CVA deadline no one will know will they?
Dizzy for buying this pile of crap . Too busy to get pissed. Dave will be even more hated than he is now if he gets a CVA.
Audrey will continue taking money from you poor fools….. she needs it.
I expect another SRA complaint very soon – hard to support the contempt fees – just how does that help get your money back – it’s more for the Irish builder than investors, that’s what ‘our’ defector feels.
Don’t let Audrey bully you all.
I’m really upset!!
Even after a name change and a criminal record I want to be come a real solicitor – but they say its not allowed.
How much did the contempt application cost Audrey?
How does that help your clients 😉
Found the leak yet?
Still shouting at clients – tut tut.
Now, let’s think how a contempt application may help a certain Irishman
Not sure what your harping on about. All of the important information has been accidentally deleted off your servers Dave, well that’s what your telling all the opposing legal teams.
And poor old Carol well she is getting physciatric treatment so will not be able to attend any case.
Just on the contempt case, if Ames wins it, then why not go ahead Dave and win it, rather then coming on here spouting off a load of rubbish ahead of the case. Audrey this, Clients that, over charging / undercharging etc etc etc, would it not be better Dave that you rebut the allegations in a court of law.
Back to the servers, it’s virtually impossible to delete stuff off your servers by accident, so why claim this is what has happened, what are you trying to hide?
Ames has deleted information before , lying in court comes easy to him and the pet QC …………
The Hmsse thing worries me .
The redress has failed , fact I got my letter from RL on Friday I am now a direct investor so it costs me 2k to find out if I’m a creditor of HMSSE and get my 10p in the pound
Lot of scared people on here …….. Something bad bad bad is happening.
Yes RL doing a good job of putting the shits up people. How many £2k did they extract this time I wonder?
One pissed off bloke – what letter did you get? How were you scammed into “investing”? Loan / Remortgage?
Audrey, have you found the leak yet?
It’s worth paying for quality information and we have that now.
It’s no use shouting at clients lol
It’s not the bloody 2k that is the problem . I gave them my claim one year ago and now they tell me I’m a direct investor. Looks like fatchett didn’t do sweet fanny Adams for over 11 months .
Now I’m a bloody creditor …. Big sodding deal not a happy client .
@5.14 loan with an IFA who is now bankrupt . Apparently he cancelled his registration and said nothing.
Looks like I’m beggared and just a bloody creditor of hmsse
I managed to get up to Merricks yesterday to have a look at the condition of the development. It’s basically been trashed. If you look closely you can see that the windows and doors have been taken out; the copper valley gutters have been stripped out; the ceilings have been removed, presumably to get to the metal ductwork, which has pretty much all gone; the electrical cabling has been taken out; the black plastic water storage tanks have gone; even the grasscrete paving blocks have been taken up in some places. You can see the photos here:
https://anonfiles.com/file/79563ac278fe8f113cd324abbf5c428f
https://anonfiles.com/file/ea0a3146d416a5288e6d9cd63cd74597
https://anonfiles.com/file/a19f3b52ef38881a07419234800728fa
For reference, this is what it looked like 18 months ago:
https://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/harlequins-merricks-resort-easter-sunday-march-31-2013/
I will post a few more photos when I can see that the links are working.
More photos of Merricks – Harlequin, redefining larceny in the Caribbean:
https://anonfiles.com/file/777746a01e36c740cb7184f8cdd02da2
https://anonfiles.com/file/d15b5c5172da0c3ee25341ec5137d82a
https://anonfiles.com/file/d07c23a03f790f40685dfb2fbf049a0a
https://anonfiles.com/file/28a8a7862c8effa254a5d8d227fd466f
https://anonfiles.com/file/802f61090b0c82a9cff96eff0f0b6e0e
https://anonfiles.com/file/c4df5a2516fdb1eefdec1e76dd8543e0
https://anonfiles.com/file/e2dcf164e3a81d83500f5e341c4dd813
https://anonfiles.com/file/915b0dd41ccd9f9add95320118474e0c
https://anonfiles.com/file/942df23eb30133f182ca4c5356ba16a6
Next step – the H hotel.
What a total tragedy. Please be careful SGD or Ames will sue you for
trespassing. I can hardly wait for the Hotel-H photos.
Damn good job !!!
savages looting the place, they don’t deserve a 5 star brand, little less than animals. No wonder Mr Ames pulled out.
Mr and Mrs Ames will declare themselves bankrupt rarther than pay the freezing order. They have family members who will support them through these difficult times,
So the investors at Merricks are screwed , the Dom rep investors are screwed (that’s me by the way ) the redress claims ( well mine isn’t happening I’ve got the damn letter saying so ) Hmsse looks screwed ( don’t much understand how with all that money) the freezing order didn’t work according to the guy above.The sfo didn’t act .Fatchett says there’s no finance .So WTF is happening ? When will the normal investor find out just what’s really going on here ? Why are agents filing bankrupt when they earned fortunes ? Where did the bloody money go ?
I’ve been paid out, but if your not a sipp claim sadly your’re absolutely fucked.
Fatchett said he won 2 Harlequin redress cases with the FOS but there’s still nothing new showing on the FOS decisions web page. Has Fatchett told porkies?
Do you really think RL would spend so much time and effort if it was not certainty – don’t be silly. Cash investors have problems unless the agent has a few bob- that’s the way of the world. £2k is worth it if you invested £50k
The CLC bunch I feel have been a little bit misled
@Jtai, I agree. I do feel like I have dodged a bullet by not joining the CLC group, not because they have taken the wrong approach as they are right to take the action they have, but I always thought that Ames would be slippery enough to get out of it.
Correct Sid , not sure how the contemp of court will help get their money back though? If they loose the toxic turd can claim his legal fees of them. I fear he is just running them out of money. The little runt must have a secret fighting fund – how the #uck can he get away with paying his legal fees when his is skint. Taking the piss of the freezing order- little shit
If Ames has not paid Land Taxes on Merricks and H hotel, the Bdos Government should acquire the properties and put them up for auction. Both projects are never going to be completed, anyone can see that.
@ Robert Storey
“Savages looting the place…”
I don’t condone it but perhaps it wasn’t savages – perhaps it was the builders who had not been paid. There was one sub-contractor on the H hotel who was left owed US500,000, by all accounts.
According to the DD report (which Harlequin says was strewn with errors, but never corrected them) the Merricks development received £40 million more from investors than was spent for land and the two “show villas”…they were selling Merricks 8 years ago …. Does any investor really think that it will ever be restarted ?
I have a sneaky suspicion that a lot of the purloined building supplies
ended up installed in some fancy villas. Perhaps David Campion
could shed some light.
RL have failed their clients, HMSSE is not the party with whom clients had contracts, yes the clients made cheques payable to HMSSE, but RL’s suggestion that clients will have claims against HMSSE is frankly bizarre. Liquidators will in all probability accept investors as having a valid claim, this will have no impact on the liquidators fees and charges, it will dilute the amount remaining and available for non secured third party creditors,
If every investor was to lodge a claim against the liquidators of HMSSE well where does that leave Dave, home and dry by the looks of things.
And investors might get less then a penny in the pound.
RL’s “clients” are leaving RL in droves…. That sadly is a fact.
There has been much mention of the contempt hearing and CLC recently, again the comments have been rather bizarre, a number of clients have and continue to engage the services of a London Law Firm to pursue Ames personally for monies they claim are owed them, a number of judges have to date appeared to support investors claims in this case, by one putting a freezing order in place over Ames’s assets and two by upholding the order on a number of occasions.
The freezing order covers not only some cash assets but more importantly the property assets of Dave and Carol Ames, if the CLC clients win their case, Ames will loose his UK properties, which will be sold off to service the judgement.
We have had some on here recently claiming that one of the CLC clients is providing information to Ames, and this suggests that this is some sort of battle between CLC and Mr. and Mrs. Ames, well it’s not, the client who is supposedly providing information to Ames, is also suing Ames, he / she is instructing CLC, providing them with the information and paying them, so if he / she now wants to run back to Dave Ames, frankly so what. CLC will not care. All the information they are presenting to the courts is information provided either by Harlequin investors (now CLC clients) or the Ames family or Harlequin. See unlike RL, apparently CLC are acting on instructions, it looks very much like RL were instructing. Big difference.
Ames will be hounded for the rest of his life.
His little Caribbean adventure is a very attractive proposition to people who’d fancy buying it cheap.
Looks like Crazier has some time on her hands judging by the post above. CLC and RL at each other’s throats. Loving it.
It may be worth mentioning that the UK law is changing and it will allow Courts to seize the whole value of a bankrupt individual’s pension savings and distribute the value to the creditors.
But you need to win first! How much will that cost? Ames will go bust out of spite.
@ Anon Sept 29th 5.46pm
If you get your facts right, i might take more notice of you!
The creditors of a bankrupt don’t need to win anything. The individual goes bankrupt and their total pension pot is then automatically seized to the benefit of the creditors.
@ Anon 5.46 aka Crazier. “Big difference” actually no difference. Neither of you have actually achieved anything for your lemmings.
So I’m .ucked ……. Ok ,so why did Fatchett need a year to find out I had no claim ? Wtf has he been doing for a bloody year ? Either my guy was registered or he wasn’t , it’s still on his sodding website that damn registration number so why am I blown out ?
@One pissed off bloke, I think you should change your name to ‘one of many pissed off blokes’.
The latest update from Harlequin is crazy, when HMSSE goes bust it will bring down Harlequin.
If the Freezing order works, and it’s a big if ; I wonder how many years it would take to get the assets off Ames ?
He is such a twat he would go bust out of spite. Same goes for the trustee in banruptcy he won’t get the assets without a fight.
I spoken with Shipleys they will liquidate as no extension has been requested.
Does anyone know what Ames is up to these days? Is he actively trying to re-structure the business and attract finance or has he given up the ghost?
Looks like given up Sid, really who would be so daft?
@ Sid
From an uneducated outsider’s perspective (which may be wrong) it really doesn’t appear that he ever actually did spend time structuring the business. It appears that 99% of the effort was spent on making it appear there was something worth investing in and the remaining 1% was required to build a minimal amount. Can anyone tell me if I am wide of the mark?
Yes. 50% of the time was spent trying to keep up with the thieving Irish builder and his cohorts. One who is enjoying a nice trip around the Canadian Rockies at the moment.
And don’t forget some time was also spent tin court trying to get son Matt from not getting jail time for fraud.It seems his son was selling investments in something that did not actually exist. Imagine doing that to soil the good name of his family!
@ Anonymous, again I must point out that the infatuation with the builder is weird. Ames was awarded about 0.25 % of what Ames took in deposits, yet spent 50% of his time chasing a million quid.?????? Not very bright is our Mr. Ames now is he???
Hang on hold that last thought, oh yes he was bright enough to get some 440 million sterling in cash from some 9000 “investors” and it’s all the builders fault STILL. Funny very little about Wilkins Kennedy though, I wonder why?
Strange too that all the information on the Harlequin servers has been accidentally erased….. If you don’t believe me as Richard Spectre of ELS, apparently that is what he is telling people.
And no mention of the fact that Carol Ames attended a central London Police Station by APPOINTMENT the other day.
No sorry lets just blame the builder and hope he is enjoying his vacation in Canada. Let’s forget the Appeal and all the crap about the contempt hearing helping the builder “yawn”, it’s all the builders fault, totally…..
Well Anon as clever as you might want to be, no one said the Irish builder was in Canada. Strange how you can quote information missing on servers with no evidence. Strange how you can talk about CA attending a London police station without any evidence. Strange how you took my figure of 50% of time spent as a fact. It was a tongue in cheek comment. Weird that.
Anonymous I can only reiterate what I was told by Mr. Richard Spectre of ELS the solicitor representing Harlequin, I was shocked to hear that all the information had been accidentally deleted from the Harlequin servers, if you feel that this is incorrect please tell me, I mean I will be so relieved.
I can state that the builder and Mr. Newman are in Canada, I can state this because I know Mr. Newman but you would have only seen that it was Mr. Newman and his wife who were in Canada not the builder, and how did you see this, because anyone can view Mrs. Newmans Twitter account where she is quite open about her trip to Canada with her husband.
But heh if you want to stalk Mrs. Newman that’s your business.
As for Carol Ames’s arrest earlier, oops sorry did I say arrest, yes of course I am not going to provide evidence, I’m going to wait for all this to come out via the correct channels, and I’m going to sit back, pour out a glass of Chardonay and toast the fact that justice is finally being done and that it’s being done for the world to see.
You were a bit off the mark when you said that Ames spent 50% of the time on the builder, indeed Ames spends most of his time on the builder and his cohorts as you call them. Why because they all have been working with the Police to put Ames and his wife and some others behind bars for a very long time. If I was Ames Id be totally consumed by this too. But I’m not, I’m here watching the wedding on East Enders…. Good int it.
@ anonymous 3.40pm
It is precisely because Ames did not spend an time monitoring the builder that Harlequin handed over money that should never have been given. People on here keep bleating about the builder stealing investor money when the fact is that Harlequin gave him money for work that had not been done. That they hadn’t put appropriate checks and balances in place (like a written contract! Duh) is entirely due to a cavalier attitude with investor monies. It wasn’t theft it was incompetence that allowed the builder to walk away with other peoples money.
Ho ho. I think you are the one stalking mrs Newmans twitter account. How do you know mrs Newman has said she is in Canada? In fact I have just looked at mrs Newmans twitter account and it is blocked, only available to followers. However MrNewmans is available to anyone. Why the Newmans would want to take an Irish builder on their trip to the Rockies for their 25th wedding anniversary is somewhat of a mystery. That’s the same mystery why a solicitor would tell you about their clients IT status. Just a tad unbelievable that would you not agree.
@ Ho Ho lol, I did not even look at Mrs. Newmans Twitter account lol, I’m delighted that you are following the Newmans every move lol, I am a good friend of the Newmans, but ho ho, ho cares lol, and ho ho, Yes you don’t have to believe me about the servers, indeed ho ho, I do not believe that the information on the servers has been inadvertently deleted, because as we all know it’s virtually impossible to delete information off servers, so ho ho, could Richard Specter be telling porkies, ho ho or was it Ames who is telling the porkies to Richard Specter, ho ho Mr. Ames, ho ho😉😉😉😉😉😉
Ho ho, HMSSE about to be liquidated, ho ho will the liquidator go after Harlequin Property SVG?????
Ho ho ho ho.
@Anon ……Bah! Humbug!
@Anon Your last post had more ho’s than a DefJam rap.
@Anon, HO HO, Anonymous looks like our good old mate HO HO the burger flipping “Storey” teller….. Lol
And because you are a good friend of the Newmans hohohoho then I would not believe a word you say. Not good enough friends to know mrs Newmans account is by invite only though lol lol lol ho ho ho. Why would Mr Spector be telling you what is or is not on a server? Because you a good friend of the Newmans? Yes right. There are some rocks on here, in your imagination. Lol lol ho ho
Anon always raises some interesting points on here, Anonymous asks for proof of everything, I somehow suspect that Anon is directing his information at the Ames family who do take an interest on BFP and not to those who contribute…..
I suspect that the dye has already been cast with respect to Ames…. and Anon is hammering this home to the Ames family…
How would you know all this insider information about ELS unless of course YOU were the Irish builder working with CLC?
The builder was found guilty by a judge that’s fact. I don’t believe What you say anon, silly builder.
@ Anon Identified
The case was a civil matter and the builder was not ‘found guilty by a judge’. I don’t know why you HP trolls persist in rolling out this blatant untruth.
Risk Warning @Risk_Warning · 21h 21 hours ago
Harlequin playing down role of their UK company. Looks like liquidation to us. Softening up investors for the bad news. #harlequin
@Lala (land) was he discharged? Was the case against him proved or not? Then that is guilty which ever way you want to try and dress it up.
@ lala
Of course he was found guilty – stupid man.
The builder nicked the money because he seen how successful Dave Ames is and wanted to be just like him.
Now all he does, is work as a navvy in some God forsaken part of the world.
He was shown for the conman he is…… by a Judge.
Let’s wait for the percentage game… it was only x percent.LOL
It was over a million quid he nicked and yet some of Crazier muppets think he is just great.
So good in fact, they decided to pay for a contempt application that only helps the Irish builder.
Crazier really must stop screaming and swearing at her clients. Otherwise she will have more than one defector.
Found out who it is yet 😉
Muppets all of you
The Irish builder is a bed fellow of Crazier – that is odd especially when you look into Craziers past.
She never wanted to be under the spot light, no amount of name changes and plastic surgery can disguise who she really is.
Can it Audrey??
The Crazier Muppets all want to ask for proof of the allegations but she shouts them down, why don’t you ask for proof – you are entitled to know.
You pay her not the other way round.
Take about dumb.
Sound like anyone you know?
http://www.granalacantplaza.eu/forum/showthread.php?853-AUDREY-DIXON-OASIS/page2
Or this
http://www.granalacantplaza.eu/forum/archive/index.php/t-853.html
Why didn’t Ames go to the police if he was so confident that it was fraud?
Why didn’t Ames get a written contract?
Too much to hide methinks.
No smoke without fire – why don’t the clients formally ask? Why won’t Crozier make a statement to shut them all up?
I would do that.
Maybe because it’s true?
Go on Mrs Crozier proof please 😉
Someone has a lot to hide….. don’t forget, some people are just out to damage your investment for their own reasons look no further than fatchett and the irish builder, if he is financing Crozier they all need Harlequin to fall.
Who is the muppet is the question?
looks like liquidation then
It is liquadation, AMES THE RUNT IS SILENT
The vultures are looking for some bones to pick over
carcass bob carcass
Why would a contempt application help the Builder, if Mr. and Mrs. Ames or either of them have lied in court, then this is contempt. So why would they, through lying in a UK court help the Irish builder?
I suppose you could say that if the Ames’s were proven to have lied in a UK court then this would suggest that they lied in an Irish Court too, but that would have to be a completely different contempt application.
I just don’t get this absolute fascination with the Builder, in excess of £440 Million taken by Harlequin, the Harlequin companies now facing an uncertain future and possible liquidation of the group as a whole, yet one Judge asks a builder to pay back about £ 1 million, and we are being lead to believe that it was this builder alone who took down the business.
Sorry I don’t buy it, but what I can see is this being put before the jury in any future criminal trial, “sorry but the builder destroyed my business”,
The builder was done for 1 million quid , he appealed it .that leaves one hell of a lot of dosh up shit creek including mine !
I am a direct investor ( thanks Fatchett one year on ) so here is a direct question that no one will answer WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY MONEY DIRTY OLD MAN?
I don’t think anyone really knows what he did with, but we all know what he didn’t.
Sue your agent and stop whining, get a grip man!
@ moan moan , My agent is Dave or CArole Ames . I am a direct investor remember .
Maybe a pop to bluebell wood for an “agency” claim ?.. Thanks for the tip
How much truth is there in the rumour that the police have started to move? Does anyone know anything factual?
http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/2373233/wilkins-kennedy-defence-misplaced-claims-harlequin-in-usd68m-dispute
No.
More to the point we have the weekly/daily/almost hourly rantings from RL entitled “what happens if HMSSE goes into liquidation” notice not when but if.
Then we have Senario 1.
Er any other scenarios RL that you are not telling us about. Or is this like a Janet and John book, wait for the next rant, sorry e mail?
one pis….bloke
I’ll tell you now that if you make a visit to Chav Bluebell Wood you will never even get through the front gate because of the security. Apparently some nasty naughty people threatened D&C and they had to spend loads of money to protect themselves. I can’t think why, can you? After all Dave and Carol have always been so approachable and amenable. Poor loves they even had to change the name of their own home .
Any updates on the trust? It’s all gone very quiet.
Trust me, there is no Trust.
I gathered that. I suppose my question is really; has the trust been officially terminated or is it just being allowed to fizzle out?
Tailormade are holding yet more Holkham seminars in October. Knowing those vultures they are still trying to sell the trust
more good news for BB and the local population.
“For the first time since the Buccament Bay Resort opened in 2010, Harlequin Hotels and Resorts has appointed a Vincentian as the luxury resort’s general manager.
Gailene Collins-Crick, who has been on staff since the resort opened, was promoted to the post in August, See more at: http://searchlight.vc/index1.htm#sthash.W2kA6jRm.dpuf
Good luck to her. Let’s hope she is being paid the same wage as the previous male expatriates.
Also in what currency !
“After impressing with her consistently excellent management and organisational skills, hotel owners Harlequin promoted Mrs. Collins-Crick to GM in August, in time for Buccament Bay Resort’s fourth birthday celebrations,” the resort said in a press release Wednesday.
The release quoted an unidentified Buccament Bay Resort spokesman as saying, “Gailene has been an essential and valued member of the management team for years and she knows the Resort and its team inside and out. When the opportunity arose, she was the obvious first choice to assume the role.
Which begs the very obvious question – why did the opportunity arise? And given the past and recent history of BB’s relationship with senior staff and suppliers one would suspect that it was something to do with non payment of their wages by HP. No coincidence that a review posted on TA two days ago is headlined as “Great resort & staff – bad manager” – posted just two days ago by a guest who stayed there six months ago – Ah huh. That and a post on the BB thread on TA by Shill in Chief Robert Storey, (which was quickly slapped down by the TA mods) makes it look very much as if the media manipulations that HP are notorious for continues unabated.
Oh dear BBaywatch. How childish to try and change the subject from some excellent news regarding local employment (something one would have thought you might have supported) with a very silly comment regarding TA. Yes TA dont like comments on fact do they. A bit like you really, at least your quotation above is the full article and not your usual selective comments. So would you not agree that the US DOJ is somewhat more important than the Essex police? Perhaps a bit over your head that one? Of course no doubt you would think that a post regarding BB on TA deserves a link to the SFO web site? Looking forward to your reasoning on that one twat.
In Matt Ames`s trial it was stated that if he were to be acquitted, he could make !0,000 GBP per month at BB.Thats at least 6 Vncentian Gm salaries, so BB is better off with Matty inj jail. Just a thought.
Last TA review said that the diving centre was still not operational..which is not what Harlequin said in their press release.
-Robert Storey……..my God man why would the US DOJ be more
important the the Essex police. Was not Essex the site of the PONZI ??
David C 2 days ago..on Trip Advisor BB resort.. “Negatives:
The manager really doesn’t know how to run a resort and this caused so many problems for the staff.
Missed food orders meant that sometimes the restaurants would run out of food – this happened quite frequently at Jacks.
The manager tried to talk one lady out of her complaint by telling her how pretty she was…
The staff have no respect for the manager and it’s a shame as if they were given better structure and processes this could go from being very good to fantastic.”
Sounds like a great choice for GM.Harlequin…or is it in desperation, what they can afford?
Harlequin..a perfect name for the people who are defining luxury in the Caribbean…
Etymology of ‘Harlequin’
The term “harlequin” comes from the 16th-century Middle French word “hellequin.” Its translation is “demon” or “hellion” and aptly applies to someone whose purpose is to do tricks, break laws and keep everyone he meets off-balance and confused. The Italians also take credit for the harlequin label with their own word “arlecchino,” which means “buffoon.”
Really don’t the UK police have any cajoles …
Did you mean Cajones?
@Anon, 10.47. You see here is a perfect example of BBaywatch, a so called expert on all things in the tourism business, posting a comment out of context from the thread it was taken from, and when corrected you seize on that one comment. I suggest you read the whole thread to try and understand the context of that comment. Of course that is now very difficult as the TA censors have deleted some of the replies and comments. So in future it might be best not to comment on something you have no knowledge of IMO.
BBaywatch ain’t the sharpest tool is he?
For the sake of argument let’s treat that one single review like it’s the gospel truth and final judgement on all things Buccament.
It says the manager was bad.
BBaywatch thinks it begs the question why the manager was replaced.
Is it really that difficult to guess?
Congratulations to the lady!
Detective BBaywatch arrives at a murder scene. A man has an axe buried in his skull. There are no other signs of trauma.
“This begs the questions,” muses BBaywatch, “How did this man die?”
I see BS Bob has thrown his toys out the pram and he’s brought his dad along as well
Risk Warning @Risk_Warning
We are now expecting Harlequin Management Services (South East) Limited to go into liquidation during October 2014.
Ah lolikins you are such a hoot. Your post just proves you understand absolutely nothing. Bless.
So RL have finally got to where they wanted to be. After taking £1m from muppets/lemmings/investors, you choose, they finally admit its the redress they are after.
“With HMSSE close to going into liquidation, we feel that the focus of this matter will swing to redress.”
HMSSE should have been put into liquidation straight away. It was Ames who wanted to prolong the agony and try and rescue it. Now the world and his wife has got a finger in the pie.
There is no sight more venal than that of someone making money out of other people’s misery.
not long now
Things at Buccament Bay resort seem to be getting worse…this review on TA from Swwaleston…
““Not a 5* Holiday”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed yesterday NEW
We reviewed and researched this hotel fully before making a decision about whether or not to book this hotel, and took a chance even though there were some negative reviews before our holiday.
We paid a premium price for the holiday as we went in August during the summer holidays, on arrival at Barbados airport, we found that we were not booked onto a Liat flight, and after much complaining and waiting around were transferred to a hotel in Barbados. After an hour we were called by the holiday rep, who advised us we could get on a flight to St Vincent, but had to leave straight away, otherwise we couldn’t travel to St Vincent for 10 days!
We left straight away, and arrived at Buccament bay after 23 hours of travelling. The room was lovely, but we noticed that the plunge pool wasn’t working, there were no ipod docking stations, and the fridge was empty.
The next day, again after much complaining, we were moved to two adjoining villas, with 2 working plunge pools – brilliant! However, from then on we had a daily barrage of problems – no towels at the pool, no towels in the room, no water in the minibar, no soap in the shower, no ice cream in the ice cream shop, no spoons or cup lids in the ice cream shop, no Sprite, no Chardonnay, no sunbeds available after 7.30am, flies everywhere, (and we mean everywhere!), mouldy sun beds, no bikes anywhere for children to ride, (the policy that everyone shares clearly doesn’t work as people must have been keeping them in their rooms), and the list goes on and on!
We then found out after asking several times and getting no answer that our Liat flight back to the UK was at 6am, and our connecting flight to Gatwick didn’t leave until 6pm, so we had an 11 hour wait at the airport – the hotel were less than helpful, and suggested we chartered our own plane for $10,000 instead!
The most disappointing thing is that the resort itself is picturesque, and has great potential to be amazing, but the daily barrage of problems, and disappointing Liat schedule completely let our holiday down.
Pay your money, and take a chance, but we won’t make the same mistake twice!
Stayed August 2014, traveled with family
Not long to wait for the eventual demise of HMSSE and all the Harlequin scum loosing their jobs – I wonder who will pay his in house solicitor(s) now?
They both have been trying to find new positions, but they have been tainted by Ames.
His deluded loyal staff do like to ‘sing’