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I would simply add that had you not wished me to make comment, explanation, apology, agree- ment or denial, then surely you should not have raised the queries, accusations and innuendos in the first place, including the “peripheral”?
And surely: ...such as whether or not a minor creditor has been paid in full, is of the utmost relevance and hardly a “peripheral detail” as explained in my letter of 1st November 2016, namely: The relevant significance of this particular erroneous accusation is that, if true, then any accounting of the costs of £31,756.21 made from savings from the agreed budget of £105,019 to include vat and fees for the additional works not in the Schedule of Works would be £1200 short? This would therefore have resulted in further accusations of MHML (me) falsifying actual costs incurred. Yes or No?
Hence the importance of confirming if BES/Nigel Brooks was paid £1200 on 11th August 2014 and £1200 on 4th September 2014 - or not? (Folder_00 Item_27)
3_initial (10 June 2016) Witness Statement of mr Tony White: in a letter dated 10 June 2016, “mH’s” Solicitor writes to only my two fellow directors, messrs Karupiah & raja as well as our auditors, (but not “PBC”) with reference to an included and attached signed, but not dated, Witness Statement from mr Tony White, he writes: Our suspicion has been further com- pounded by information recently received from Tony White, the owner of the AR Lawrence building and decorating business, which was appointed to carry out the refurbishment work. I am attaching to this letter a Witness Statement received from Mr White together with a receipted “final invoice” from his firm of £53,000 plus vat. (Folder_00 Item_28)
(a)_In Mr White’s (initial signed 10 June 2016 Witness Statement) it states on p2, final paragraph: I am aware that the same scenario happened with an electrician, Nigel Brooks, who carried out some electrical works at Mitre House in July 2014. He submitted an invoice for £2095, but only got paid £1200, and remains unpaid. (Folder_00 Item_29)
(b)_in an email from “PBC” to Tony White on 14 June @ 18:03 he wrote:
Afternoon Tony - Have just seen your correspondence (Witness Statement) with my favourite lady’s Solicitor.....I can’t believe you could have done that without referral to me.
It’s written as though we were enemies as opposed to, what I considered, pretty good pals. I did after all, not only give you a pretty good ride here during the works, but then got you further work at Egerton....! I didn’t ask for anything, or receive anything, including a thank you....!
To be fair everything (well almost) you’ve said in your witness statement is true and nothing you’ve said hadn't already been well explained to lessees well prior to the commencement of works and more recently to Solicitor Begg (innumerable times in our lengthy correspondence since they started on me in March this year...).
No doubt you will recall my advice to steer clear of the usual suspects at Mitre House!
Re: finances and maths - the final amounts for all tenders on the final approved Section 20 in- cluded vat and fees - and yes your total of £105,019 was exactly that and included Surveyors fees etc as did all other costs on the s.20 for each company - the amounts stated for all tenders actually included everything, including everything that wasn’t in Derek’s Schedule of Works and in your’s or anyone else’s tender cost, such as the electrics et etc
The only two items I take umbrage at is reference to avoiding/not paying/delaying the snagging final invoice of £1590 odd. That’s pretty unfair as even Eddie will agree that we were all simply awaiting dry ruddy weather as the main works entailed the re-silvering on the roof...even Surveyor