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-4- SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT TO CITY OF LONDON POLICE and to THE INSOLVENCY SERVICE mitre house management limited (“mhml”) – company no: 07731341 mitre house, 124 King’s road, london sW3 4tP (“mitre house” or “the Property”) directors of mhml: Paul Brown-constable, dima international limited (Jamil raja) and segar Karupiah (resigned 29 september 2016) (together “the directors”). A CONSIDERED RESPONSE: MRS HILLGARTH WAS REQUIRED TO RESIGN DUE TO HER DISLOYAL AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR AS EVIDENCED BY HER PROGRESSING AN RTM APPLICATIONIN2013WHILSTREMAININGADIRECTOROFMHMLWITHTHESOLEINTEN- TIONOFRETAININGHERPREFERREDCONTRACTORS,WADE,TODOTHEINTERNALS’ REFURBISHMENT AT A QUOTED COST IN EXCESS OF £65,000 VERSUS AN ALTERNATIVE, AFFORDABLEMHMLQUOTE,REFLECTINGAVAILABLERESERVES,OF£35.000REQUIR- INGNOCALLONLESSEESFORADDITIONALFUNDING-WHEREASWADEREQUIREDVERY SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHICH NOT ONE LESSEE AGREED TO FUND. Legal Proceedings in the First-Tier Property Tribunal 7. in due course mrs hillgarth and other leaseholders at mitre house became so dissatis- fied with the way that mhml (through Paul Brown-constable) was managing mitre house, and in particular with his fraudulent conduct of a major refurbishment exercise in 2014 (see below at para 11 et seq), that she, supported by other leaseholders, brought proceedings in the first-tier Property tribunal, alleging (inter alia) fraud, in order to secure a change of management. her action was successful and by an order of the first-tier Property tribunal made on 28 June 2017 the firm of maunder taylor was appointed to manage mitre house in lieu of mhml. A CONSIDERED RESPONSE: THIS IS INFLAMMATORY AS WAS MADE CLEAR BY THE TRIBUNAL’S DECISION WHICH STATED: “THERE WERE VARIOUS GROUNDS FOR THE APPLICATION MOST NOTABLY WHAT WAS SAID TO BE A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON HOW FUNDSWERESPENTDURINGTHE2014MAJORWORKS,WHETHERTHELANDLORD (MHML) COULD CHARGE FOR ANY MANAGEMENT IT CARRIED OUT ITSELF, WHETHER THE LANDLORD WAS COMPETENT TO CARRY OUT THE MANAGEMENT ITSELF AND ALLEGED POOR AND UNPROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE LEASEHOLDERS. MHMLOFFEREDNODEFENCENORCOMMENTTOALLABOVESAVEFORREQUESTINGOF MRS HILLGARTH WHILST ON OATH IF SHE HAD SOURCED INDEPENDENT QUOTES FROM HER PREFERRED CONTRACTOR, WADE AND ONE FROM HEMI - SHE DENIED DOING. SHEWASALSOASKEDIF,ATABOARDMEETINGON23MAY2014,SHEHADAGREED WITH HER FELLOW DIRECTORS PRESENT, TO MAKING SAVINGS WHERE POSSIBLE TO FUND ITEMS CONSIDERED UNAFFORDABLE WHICH SHE HAD REQUESTED OF WADE TO QUOTE FOR AND CONSEQUENTLY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FINAL WORKS’ SCHEDULE OF WORKS, AND HAD UTTERED THE WORDS “WELL THEN EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY” - SHE DENIEDAGREEINGANDMAINTAINEDATAPERECORDINGOFTHEWHOLE7HOURMEETING HAD BEEN “DOCTORED” - IT HAD NOT BEEN. SUBSEQUENT TO THESE DENIALS THE TRIBUNAL’S DECISION WAS: WE CONSIDER IT IS JUST AND CONVENIENT TO MAKE AN ORDER APPOINTING MR MAUNDER TAYLOR AS A MANAGER TO CARRY OUT THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION AT APPENDIX 2. WE WERE SATISFIED THAT IT IS JUST AND Please refer to attached “ADDENDUM/FURTHER REFERENCES” in suPPort of argument