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I have now discovered the documents that solicitors have withheld from me.

Solicitors Ross Hirst, Myles Walker and Gavin Lai withheld documents and information that BB used to establish a business bank account with the St George Bank, Browns Plains, Australia.

BB had signed as having power of attorney over me personally, he never had this authority and no legal documents to prove this claim, yet Lesley Harding, the bank clerk and the bank manager Paul (surname unknown) St George Browns Plains, both accepted this without question.

BB also submitted an un witnessed illegal Company Power of Attorney so that he could transfer funds from the fraudulent accounts into his personal bank account.

This is both civil and criminal fraud not only against me as the other Director of our Company, but to the Australian Taxation Office.

February 2017

For help with my divorce settlement, I engaged Emerson Family Law solicitor Myles Walker, Gavin Lai later took over from him.  Because BB was reluctant into giving me his financial statements, I was forced to apply for subpoenas from BB banks.

St George subpoenaed documents were withheld from me however, Myles Walker had been to the Court and  read them.

I asked them both for the details as to how BB established this Company bank account without my approval.  They both brushed this aside as if unimportant.

Gavin Lai engaged barrister Jeffery Bunning for me.  I had no reason to suspect this barrister, who told me that I had to agree to accepting BB’s bad business debts and ignored the evidence of his business embezzlement and fraud.  I was ignorant of the family law and trusted Gavin Lai and Jeffery Bunning.

if Between them they coerced me into accepting an unfair settlement offer:

  • BB business and personal credit card debts are paid from the sale of our property
  • BB’s business fraud and company embezzlement ignored
  • BB keeps his pension and superannuation (I have no pension)
  • BB keeps both my cars and the majority of our assets
  • Ignore the cash BB had taken from our joint and business accounts
  • and BB receives 65% of our property

This was a 30 year marriage and I only receive 35%!

To force this agreement on me, Jeffery Bunning and Gavin Lai repeatedly told me that if I do not agree it would go to court and the Judge could take at least 12 months to make an order and would very likely give BB 75% and his legal fees of 30K.

This was to frighten me into giving BB what he wanted.  This was blackmail.

The deceit and lies – these two were involved with the cover-up of the St George Bank Fraudulent Company Bank Account! 

I now know that this would not happen.

These solicitors hid this information from me, I understand this to be they are condoning BB’s fraud.

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Gavin Lai senior managing solicitor

 

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Myles Walker family law solicitor

Knowing that something was not quite right I had a meeting with Aishyera Somal, the Proprietor of Emerson Family Law.  I asked her to help put it right. She refused, instead I received a new invoice for $13K for work that I did not approve, and wanted me to pay it within 7 days.  I had no funds and the solicitors and I agreed an amount for the settlement, which I was made to pay upfront.

Later Ms Somal threatened to take legal action against me and include interest, stating that the solicitors were not authorised to make any deals.

more to come…

 

 

 

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Banking Blog One

Banking- St George Bank Australia, a division of one of the Big Four banks in Australia. Keep posted to find out what they have done.

St George Bank Australia
The St George Bank is refusing to accept they have done anything wrong.

These issues are ongoing with St George Bank, Australia since October 2013, and is not resolved.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
the CBA are keeping silent.

Because of these two banks, I don’t know how much money has been stolen from me, but I estimate hundreds of thousands, over the years and they have been a major part of fraud and theft.

My experience has proved the chauvinistic attitude of the St George Bank Australia and Commonwealth Bank of Australia and would advise all ladies out there of trusting such organisations.

St George Bank and The Commonwealth Bank of Australia actions are nefarious in my case, I have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars due to their negligence and non compliance within the Financial Regulations.

If they can get away with this then what else will they do?

This statement is true to my belief and investigations.

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Property Blog One

 

Without Prejudice

Property – October 2016 update

This is what happened to me when I was pressured into listing my property with Karen Murphy from Real Property Vibe, Beenleigh, Queensland, Australia. This Real Estate Agency has only recently been established in the area.

PB refused to list our joint family property with anyone other than Karen Murphy.  I wanted to list with a more established and experienced real estate agent.  However, as the clock was ticking I was forced to list with her.

Ms Murphy emailed her listing agreement and told me to sign and send back.  I was in the UK at the time.  Her instructions were vague and the listing documents went ahead.  Un-be-known to me my signature was required to be witnessed in accordance with the Queensland Government legislation, to legalise the document for use in Australia.

A few weeks later I was sent a contract of sale with a price I felt was too low for our property.  This was unusual, properties in our area tend to take months to sell.  I was then approached by PB’s family law solicitor, Mr Ross Hirst, who told me I had to sign in accordance with the Court Orders.  I tried to negotiate with the buyers but Mr Hirst sent me an email telling me I was to accept the price or he would take me back to Court, and gave me little time to seek legal advice. He then arranged a valuer to value our property which came back as the price the buyers offered.  This then meant that I had no option but to agree and sign the contract.

I later sought legal advice, which was that I didn’t have to accept the offer and I could have negotiated with the buyers.

One question I had was why is a family law solicitor involved in the sale of our property?  He has done his job so what is he doing taking over from our conveyancing solicitor?

As his bullying became stronger by telling me he will take me back to Court and claim fees of $5000, I had no other choice but to sign.  Again no one told me that my signature was required to be witnessed by an authorised entity.

As time went by I had to try to collect my personal possessions.  PB had refused for me to collect them a number of times, in fact when I went to our property by Order of the Court, PB attacked me several times causing bruises, called the police, the two officers told me if I didn’t leave the property they would arrest me.  I had a Court Order to collect my personal possessions, why would they arrest me?

PB told me that if sign the transfer documents he would let me have my possessions.  He blackmailed me into signing a document I didn’t want to.  I still do not have my possessions, which include my important documents and childhood items.

Both Karen Murphy and Ross Hirst would have know that the listing and contract of sale documents were not legalised for use in Australia, because my signature was required by the Queensland Government legislation to be witnessed by one of the following:

An Australian Consulate officer or authorised person, a notary, an Australian solicitor or New Zealand solicitor.

My signature on the listing document was not witnessed at all and on the contract of sale my signature was not witnessed by any of the above.

I was bullied into agreeing to an unfair settlement where fraud and theft was hidden from me.  I was bullied into signing documents which meant our property was sold a very low price.

Because I am not a legal person, I have been duped by solicitors, real estate agents and banks.  All of these professional persons had the knowledge that the documents were not legalised for use in Australia.

Was this kept hidden from me, so that PB wouldn’t be penalised for his fraud and our house sold at a price Mr Hirst bullied and blackmailed me into accepting.

I believe they are in breach of Queensland, Federal and International legislation.

Is the St George Bank Australia involved in this fraud and cover up?

This bullying behaviour from Mr Hirst made me realise that more was to be uncovered.

 

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This was my home.  I was blackmailed into selling it at a ridiculously low price, with invalid documents and our conveyancing solicitor Adam Prior, from Certus Legal, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, failed to inform me the documents were invalid. Adam Prior knew that I didn’t want to sign the documents, I put V.C infront of my signature, Adam Prior was shocked and asked if he was forcing me sign, I said it was Ross Hirst! Adam Prior was in a position of trust and should have explained the legislation to me, he didn’t! More deceit.

 

Ross Hirst

by this Brisbane Family Law solicitor Ross Hirst

and this Real Estate Agent Karen Murphy, from Real Property Vibe, Beenleigh. She was complicit in these actions.

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This statement is true to my investigations and made without prejudice.

 

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Legal Matters Blog one

Without Prejudice

Legal- Legal Lies, October 2016 Update

This is what happened to me when I engaged solicitors Mr. Myles Walker & Mr Gavin Lai from Emerson Family Lawyers, Brisbane and Barrister Jeffery Bunning.

On separation from a 30 year marriage, my ex husband (BB) established a fraudulent business bank account with St George Bank Australia by signing as having Power of Attorney over me personally and using an unwitnessed Company Power of Attorney document. BB used our business to claim his personal expenses, submitted inaccurate end of financial year statements, allocated me wages he didn’t give me and stole thousands of dollars from our business bank account.

Because BB was reluctant to show his financial statements, I was forced to apply for subpoenas. Vital documents showing the extent of BB’s and St George Bank’s fraud were in the subpoenas.

After over a year of negotiations with my ex husband, my team of solicitors from Emerson Family Lawyers, Brisbane and Barrister Jeffery Bunning, negotiated the following for me as a divorce settlement:

to pay BB’s personal expenses from the sale of our property
to pay all BB’s business debts from the sale of the property (which I had no control of)
ignoring my personal expenses
ignoring BB’s Company fraud
ignoring BB’s theft against me
BB retains my two cars and any money he has in his pension fund (I don’t have a pension fund)
and him having 65% of the sale of our joint family property

Was this what you would call a fair settlement?

Vital documents showing the extent of BB’s and St George Bank’s fraud were deliberately withheld from me by BB, his solicitor and by my solicitors and Barrister. Was this collusion to hide BB’s and the St George Bank’s crimes?

Knowing that my solicitors had failed to produce all the evidence of BB’s fraud, I asked the owner of the firm to help, she refused, instead I was emailed a massive bill for work I had not approved.She has taken legal action against me to claim this amount.  Even when I have explained to her that her practitioners have failed in their duty and withheld vital documents and information from me which would have been beneficial with my settlement, she is still chasing me for thousands.

I am now aware that all documents when executed overseas are required to have signatures witnessed in accordance with the Government legislation. When in the UK,  I signed documents unknowing this legislation. Emerson Family Law state they deal with international law, and should be well aware of the requirements when documents are signed outside Australia.

The Legal advice I have had, is that the Company power of attorney document BB used to sell our business equipment, cars and operate our business is invalid and along with the business debts BB has incurred is criminal and civil fraud.
My solicitors and barrister should have known this and they should have told me I was not liable for his business debts. However, I was pressured into accepting them as partly my debt.

Emerson Family Lawyer’s solicitors attendance has left me without my savings and no assets, this hasn’t deterred me from exposing the truth.

BB has committed Company embezzlement, Company tax fraud, personal tax fraud, not forgetting the power of attorney fraud with the help of St George Bank a division of Westpac Group, Australia.

There are Australian Solicitors Code of Conduct rules that solicitors have to abide by, but with the range of events that have taken place with my settlement, these solicitors have ignored the rules.

Has St George Bank Australia been instrumental in this cover up of illegal conduct?

Tax fraud is tax fraud and crime is crime, however long ago it was committed- we all know this, by what has happened to others.

This statement is true to my belief and investigations and made Without Prejudice.