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                                                               APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE OF A M KENZIE FRIEND
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                                                                     PART  5:CHRONOLOGY OF INSURANCE CLAIMS
                         was a loan and document it accordingly.  The Claimant was not interested and became
                         angry when  LPJS pursued the point; again. without saying why.

                      86. It is important to emphasise that at that time  LPJS believed she and the Claimant would
                         spend the rest of their lives together 70 •  He repeatedly refused to say whether the
                         £500,000 was a loan or a gift but LPJS's immediate concern was to prevent APMS
                         grabbing it for himself7 •  The Claimant continued to disassociate himself from the
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                         £500,000 and to refuse to state whether it was a loan or a gift.
                      87. However. in early July 2018, once he had decided to abandon LPJS and his adopted
                         children, the Claimant's attitude changed dramatically. and nothing could stop him
                         insisting that the £500,000 was a loan or a  "contribution towards property".  It seems the
                         Diamond  Insurance payment, combined with the conclusion of the Final Hearing were
                         "game changers" for the Claimant and that for the first time he was desperate to
                         reconnect himself with the £500,000.

                     S.18  LOSS QUANTIFICATION: JUNE 2017
                      88. In late June 2017 the Claimant again asked for MJC's help72;  this time to review Kingsley
                         Napley's Ogden Tables calculations. The Claimant said he believed Counsel was  "out of
                         his depth··.  "could never be contacted··. was  "not interested" and that he  "had lost
                         confidence in him and Kingsley Napley". Although MJC had prepared loss schedules in
                         hundreds of fraud cases 73 ,  he made it clear that personal accident claims were outside his
                         area of expertise. but that he would do his best.

                      89. Kingsley Napley did not appear to have dealt accurately with the Claimant's benefits and
                         distinguish between gross and taxable income. Thus. MJC went through Kingsley Napley's
                         schedules and the Claimant's payslips line by line to identify all sources of income and
                         their tax status. The Claimant confirmed that everything had been covered 74 .  He never
                         mentioned a word about the AIG  Personal Accident Claim.

                      90. MJC supported  Kingsley Napley's opinion  (and LPJSs) that the Claimant had an
                         obligation to mitigate Cirencester  Friendly's liability by finding alternative employment
                         and to offset any "residual earnings". The Claimant was unwilling to comply, saying that if
                         he were to accept even the lowest paying job, or generate any income.  he would lose  all
                         benefits under the Cirencester Friendly policy.


                      91. Kingsley Napley advised that this  "insurance trap "would not be accepted as an excuse
                         and that the Claimant would damage his case by failing to find employment and mitigate
                         losses.  He refused to accept similar advice from LPJS and MJC. The Claimant told  LPJS
                         that he was not worried as if  "worst  came to worst he would reclaim in pilots licence and
                         would have no problem passing the medical".






                     70  That is what they had discussed many times
                     71   As he had done on previous occasions
                     72  It is essential to emphasise that MJC had nothing to do with and no knowledge of the Claimant's compensation
                     payments on his contact with insurers
                     73  And had co-authored a Mc Graw Hill text book on Fidelity and D&O loss quantification
                     74  His objective - quite naturally and fairly - should have been to maximise the NPV of his earnings
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