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In the pages which follow we shall present the material evidence that was accumulated during a series of County Court hearings at Weston super Mare County Court.

Initially the defendant claimed in his DEFENCE that he had had no part in the handling of Mark’s financial affairs. He swore an AFFIDAVIT to that effect.

The court ordered that he render accounts and in a series of JUDGEMENTS sought to obtain them.

The defendant denied in court the statement he had made to the police at the time of Mark’s death. Claiming that a statement made for the inquest had misrepresented what he said about Mark’s money.

He also told the court he had not signed the Power of Attorney—and then presented a witness statement from the solicitor who arranged it demonstrating that he did.

These contradictions—these lies—made not one scrap of difference to the judge. She was concerned only with the barrister’s argument.

So, having been granted five judgements against the defendant we saw him walk away from any responsibility to render proper accounts—because of a technicality argued by expensive counsel.

Appealing is too costly—especially when you have been obliged to pay nearly £5000 of costs.

We believe that justice was not done. But what we believe seems to make no difference—justice goes to those who can afford to pay.

We present here the court papers and our own evidence, collected over many months.

We ask you to consider it all and draw your own conclusion.

This is a sad—a cautionary tale about lawyers protracting proceedings and giving bad advice. It is about the failure of our legal system to protect the vulnerable from exploitation.