Hallam Estates – ShepwayVox Dissent is not a Crime

Delays in software leads to residents frustration over £150 Council Tax rebate during cost of living crisis.

May 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

Updated May 26 @ 16:35 On the 3rd Feb 2022, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £150 council tax rebate for millions of households to help with soaring energy bills. The [...]

Who Bought The Grand? – The ‘Mystery Solved

August 14, 2021 // 14 Comments

After weeks of speculation, the ‘mystery’ of who bought the freehold of the Grand has been revealed. It was a company, the Grand (Folkestone) Residents Ltd set up by a [...]

More woes for Michael Stainer

June 19, 2021 // 12 Comments

Thanks to a local Folkestone resident posting on Facebook last Saturday, we learnt that legal action had been taken to prevent people who’d bought stuff at the Grand online [...]

Stainer Goes Bust and his Staff Turn on Him

March 10, 2021 // 5 Comments

“When it gets bad, it gets really bad.” That might sum up Michael Stainer today as he stares into his reality mirror. He might not do this very often, but in the last few [...]

Another Lie by Cllr David Drury Monk?

February 3, 2021 // 12 Comments

Why does Council leader David Monk (pictured) lie to his fellow councillors and the residents of the district either by design or accident? Here’s a very recent example: [...]

Covid-19 Grant Fraud at the Grand as Council demands its money back

January 28, 2021 // 11 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Following an FOI request first made on May 3rd 2020 and a full eight months late, the Council has conceded that it received applications for COVID-19 grants [...]

Grant Fraud at The Grand?

November 28, 2020 // 1 Comment

As time runs out on Hallam Estates, owners of the Grand, we hear of yet another cause for anxiety for its director Robert Moss (below left) , and shadow director Michael [...]

Michael Stainer and The Grand, Folkestone, reach the pages of Private Eye

November 4, 2020 // 4 Comments

Aviva, Michael Stainer, Hallam Estates, the freeholder of the Grand; and the Chairman of the Association of the Residents of the Grand, Peter Cobrin, make the pages of [...]

Stainer under Restraint?

October 29, 2020 // 4 Comments

Restraint isn’t the word that comes to mind when considering the much battered and bruised Michael Stainer as he fights to retain control of the Grand. Fifteen times in the [...]

The lady says no – and she’s not for turning…

September 14, 2020 // 8 Comments

Imagine how Amanda Blanc, appointed Aviva’s Chief Executive in July this year, would feel if she woke up to find that her insurer had refused to insure her home, and that [...]

Stainer’s Surrender?

September 6, 2020 // 2 Comments

Has Michael Stainer given up the ghost? Have those tired old fingertips clinging to the wreckage of the Grand finally lost their grip? Friday’s brief hearing before [...]

Stainer the false prophet

August 30, 2020 // 8 Comments

Like the biblical prophet some think he resembles, Michael Stainer has frequently prophesised the imminent collapse of part of the southern elevation of the Grand. As [...]

Stainer sent packing (again) in Tribunal humiliation

August 14, 2020 // 9 Comments

Update: 27 May 2021 @13:00 The latest full determination in a six-year saga of defeats in Tribunal and High Court hearings, was published on 11th August. The owners of the [...]

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 Puppet Master Exposed…

June 5, 2020 // 4 Comments

When Michael Stainer “illegally” removed Henry Bolton in November 2018, as the new director of his various companies, and replaced him with “Robert Moss’, little did [...]

Liquidation Looms as Stainer and Hallam Estates Humiliated in the High Court – Again!

March 8, 2020 // 6 Comments

Hallam Estates, owners of the freehold of the Grand (Folkestone, Kent), lost yet another High Court battle in the Insolvency and Companies Court on February 21st. Hallam were [...]

The Stainer Mortgage Crisis

February 16, 2020 // 8 Comments

Every so often, Xmas comes early for those who believe in casting light into dark places. One such dark place is how Michael Stainer (pictured) has financed his activities [...]

Would You Stand By This Man?

October 27, 2019 // 5 Comments

Updated April 23 2021 @10:15am A year ago, we called Michael Stainer A Grand Fantasist and a Grand Failure. Now, as yet another legal defeat batters the sinking Michael [...]

Grand residents win costs award against their Landlord

July 28, 2019 // 3 Comments

Hallam Estates ‘unreasonable conduct … was of such seriousness and gravity…..” In yet another defeat, Hallam Estates Ltd, the freeholder of the Grand, were ordered by [...]

The case of the Barrister who was never Instructed.

March 3, 2019 // 7 Comments

As the Grand continues to veer between tragedy and farce, we can now report on the case of the barrister who never was. For this we must thank a series of emails between [...]

High Court Judge Slams Stainer for “Purporting” to be a Director

February 13, 2019 // 17 Comments

In the latest twist in the tale of Michael Stainer’s legal attempts to roll back the inexorable tide of litigation, he fell foul of Mrs Justice May in the High Court. She [...]

The Grand: A victory for the residents.

January 14, 2019 // 13 Comments

The Upper Tier Property Tribunal yesterday (14th Jan 2019) threw out Hallam Estates appeal (you can download a pdf of decision at the end of this blog post) against the [...]

Black Days for the Unreasonable Stainers

November 28, 2018 // 3 Comments

Like an out-of-control juggernaut hurtling towards the precipice with no-one at the wheel, the Grand slides towards disaster. To be fair, there was someone at the wheel, [...]

Another award for The Grand

November 5, 2018 // 7 Comments

It’s not all bad news at the Grand as litigator supreme Michael Stainer walked away with the award for the “Brass Neck Performance” of 2018. For a man who has a neck [...]

The Long Read: Allegations of breaches of human rights at the Grand?

August 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Allegations of breaches of human rights at the Grand? Sounds absurd but that is exactly what Michael Stainer’s solicitor Andrew Duncan(pictured left), and his latest [...]

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