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I always told you that ultimately I thought the case would depend on evidence from the witness box and
that remains the case. APMS is an accomplished and skilful liar and would be acting against incompetent
counsel.

Another factor was that I was not allowed in the court. Even if I had been, I cannot hear what you say to
me during the course of the evidence and could not have advised you. In fact Richard made no attempt to
get me admitted to court and this is common practice to make sure that family witnesses don't criticise
incompetent counsel. I'm sure he could have tried and I think Judge Todd may have gone along with it.

But Richard wanted my attendance like a hole in the head. I spent most of Saturday and Sunday this week
preparing a statement that he could simply produce to the court on APMS's skulduggery. I could not see
that statement among his papers. I don't think he even bothered to bring it.

I think it highly unlikely that Richard ever had any intention to take this case to trial. That explains his
failure to look at the documentation absence of notes et cetera et cetera. I'm sure his procedure is to charge
fairly modest fees (in this case £7200!) Knowing that he could steer his clients into a settlement. To do this
he may systematically advise his clients that they have weak cases when they don't and therefore make
concessions to the other side that he knows they will accept.

This would almost be a scam and we could go back to the Bar Council and make a big song and dance
about it. But is it really worth it? You may want to speak to Roger and ask him what he thinks about the
settlement and whether he agrees the courts now do not support lifetime maintenance and the other claims
that Richard made. That might reassure you that things are not quite as bleak as you now believe.

You can take a view of this that Anthony is the winner and that is absolutely true because he was. It is a
very difficult pill to swallow for both you and me and everyone else involved in this case. You have never
stood alone and we are all feeling exactly the same way. But it is much easier to contrive a case and tell lies
than to find the truth and destroy them. The initiative was entirely with him and we were always playing
catch up. He was prepared to blackmail his children and you weren't. That, ultimately is why he won and
shame on him.

I don't think anyone could have tried harder to get to the truth that I did. I spent probably what six months
full-time almost trying to get the evidence out. I made a mistake in not pursuing the production order. On
the other hand if we had made an application and APMS was in connivance with Willis we would be
fighting a massive case against Willis involving possibly tens or hundreds of thousands of legal fees. It is a
risk we could not take. If you want to blame someone, blame me for not being able to expose APMS' story
for the way it was and are recommending Richard. The thought of my failure makes me feel like absolute
shit.

That's the way I see it Lou and why I said it was the best you could do.

Let's just try to make the best of it. If you want help trying to see if we can negotiate bursaries with the
schools or deferred payments or whatever you think will help Mum and I will be at your side. LET'S ALL
MOVE ON.

Love Dad

From: Louise Siggers <lsiggers@gmail.com>
Sent: 22 May 2018 06:26
To: cobasco@btinternet.com
Subject: Re: Siggers

Too late

No don't have go

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