Doris Stainer

Stainer Trial begins

May 3, 2022 // 2 Comments

The trial of Michael & Doris Stainer begun today 03.05.22, at Southwark Crown Court with the swearing in of the jury, and the trial proper beginning tomorrow. The case is [...]

See ya tomorrow Mikey

May 2, 2022 // 2 Comments

The trial of `Michael and Doris Stainer commences tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd at Southwark Crown Court before HH Judge Perrins. The charges were first described in detail in a [...]

A Grand Identity Crisis

March 21, 2021 // 7 Comments

So, who has really been in charge at the Grand since Michael Stainer ‘stepped down’ after his November 2018 bankruptcy? For a brief period, until he was unceremoniously [...]

Buyer Beware!

February 23, 2021 // 8 Comments

Any lingering doubts about the survival of Michel Stainer’s Grand empire disappeared on Saturday afternoon. For two hours, process servers acting for the administrators of [...]

A Gaping Gap at the Grand

July 17, 2020 // 4 Comments

Almost five year after the infamous dawn raid that saw Michael and Doris Stainer and their general manager arrested, Robert Richardson has finally abandoned the beleaguered [...]

The Great Escape: the Remake

May 14, 2020 // 3 Comments

As Michael Stainer (again) and Hallam Estates, the company he set up in 1995 to keep control of the Grand, both slide towards insolvency under the burden of £500,000 of [...]