Love for Life

U B THE JUDGE
An Australian Story - A Conveyancing Solicitor From Hell

Resulting Trust

My ex-husband and I sold our marital home (owned jointly) to buy another property, but neither of our names was put on the title.

The conveyancing solicitor put our money into someone else`s company which purchased two properties, with our money!

The Terrible Bank Fraud That Caused The Creation Of The Snakehill Principality

History

We were almost one year ahead with an interest-only mortgage, when we were sued for being behind. We filed copies of receipts and loan statements (which admitted we were ahead) with our Defence, but we still lost the "Court case", because nobody looked at our evidence.

The Litigation That Led To Our Secession

Our lender sued us for being behind with our mortgage payments while they also admitted that we were AHEAD with the same mortgage payments.

The Dawn Rowan Saga

A Blog to outline the saga of an Australian woman who took on the governments of her state (South Australia) and the Commonwealth - and won! But in the process she's in danger of losing everything she owns. DID YOU REALIZE THAT SOMEONE IN AUSTRALIA CAN WIN A COURT CASE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT, I.E. BE DECLARED INNOCENT, BUT STILL HAVE TO PAY THE GOVERNMENT'S COSTS?

This blog tells an amazing story. If you're an Australian, you might naively believe that you live in a country committed in its legal and political institutions to fairness and justice.

Tony Rigg vs. Commonwealth Bank of Australia - 1

NEVER IN DEFAULT

THE TRUE STORY OF TONY & DOROTHY RIGG

21 YEARS ON AND STILL FIGHTING THE COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Note: We are waiting for a copy of the full story to publish, so in the meantime we have cut and pasted information from a letter by Dr Evan Jones to ACCC and an article by South Australia's Channel 7 Today Tonight Program.

Dr Evan Jones

The common variety bank malpractice was also alive and well in the 1980s. Indeed, it was the cumulation of individual cases brought to the attention of the then Democrat Senator Paul McLean that led him to champion the cause of bank victims in Parliament. Then, as now, Parliament was little interested.

Ned and Joy Somerset were successful farmers and graziers. In 1952 the Somersets commenced as soldier settlers who acquired balloted land in the first Brigalow land development scheme in Wandoan in Queensland. After 32 years on the land producing wheat, sheep and cattle, the Somersets sold their western rural holdings and retired to Toowoomba in Queensland. In the development of their properties, the Somersets had had numerous dealings with banks and bank officers, finding them to be institutions and people of integrity.

William Keith Smith of Brisbane left school at the age of 13 and worked for the timber merchants Hancock and Gore as a labourer. He was apprenticed as a fitter and turner and joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 at the age of 18. He was discharged in 1946. After 1957 he was mainly involved in the hotel industry, either through leasing or ownership.

Ross Delahunty is a suburban solicitor. He and his wife were having a house built in Brighton in 1989. They ran foul of the builder who didn't construct the house as they expected him to do. The builder held a significant position in the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

Lynton Freeman was a grazier, with a 10,000 hectare property out of Gladstone, Queensland. In 1992, Freeman borrowed $540,000 from the NAB on a property that the bank valued at $2m, consolidating debt previously owed to other lenders. Freeman had been improving the property for ten years and had recently managed a divorce settlement. Over the next few years he borrowed another $400,000 to finance improvements and herd expansion, especially breeders, all with the Bank’s support.

The McMinns had for decades run a successful motor vehicle dealership in rural Victoria. In 1995, in semi-retirement on the Gold Coast, they decided to invest in a childcare business.

In 1995, the McMinns were introduced to a local NAB commercial manager by a mutual friend. After discussions with the manager, the McMinns liked his proposals for their business and his promotion of the NAB’s services and financial expertise. They consequently switched banks and became clients of the NAB.

Fritz and Ingrid Walter ran a successful business in Germany, had acquired a reasonable nest egg and lived a comfortable life. Several holidays in Australia generated an interest in migrating permanently to this country. In the late 1980s, the Walters attended a seminar at Frankfurt sponsored by Australian government officials on the attractions of business migration to Australia. They met Victorian government officials who promoted the Albury/Wodonga area, reinforced by local officials when the Walters visited the area in 1994.

Buckman and his partners ran a small business, Basstech Pty. Ltd., in regional Victoria servicing the refining and manufacturing sectors across Australia and internationally with electronic repair, calibration and National Association of Testing Authorities’ (NATO) certification services.

Tony and Lorise Goonan had run a successful hardware store in Singleton, New South Wales, since 1993. Tony has an accounting background, and they plucked the hardware business out of the moribund local Cooperative, and built the business up from scratch. They had a good relationship with local builders. In early 2000, they purchased a reputable hardware business in Forster on the New South Wales north coast. The funds were obtained from the Singleton branch of the National Australia Bank, with whom the Goonans had long had a productive relationship.

Dear Arthur
The theory behind what you write and the practice all too often known to us are different things completely. Often in the UK, and in other countries do doubt are much the same.

Private and Confidential

Story of Nigel Beckwith - Written 6th July 2007 in the United Kingdom

I make this statement of truth knowing that if I make a knowingly false statement I may be prosecuted. To the best of my knowledge and understanding what I present is the truth as far as I am aware and to the extent of what I believe.

November 2006

The Cristian family, Arthur, Fiona, Jasmin, Emma and Frances have found themselves caught up in a NSW Supreme Court drama over bank fraud caused by Macquarie Bank (Macquarie Mortgages Pty Limited and Perpetual Limited ACN 000 431 827).

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