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Sunningdale House & Development House go under owing £55m to 321 creditors

October 16, 2023 // 3 Comments

Sunningdale House Developments Limited (SHDL) and Development House Limited (DHL) both previously owned and controled by David Richard Pownceby (pictured) have both gone into [...]

Hythe Town FC: Explosive report claims VAT evasion and other serious irregularities

July 10, 2023 // 4 Comments

Exclusive Claims of VAT evasion, financial mismanagement, the legal status of the club to qualify for the Isthmian league put in doubt, a secret deal to sell the club for [...]

President of Hythe Town FC & Chairman of GSE Property Group to discuss new Community Stadium at private meeting at Hythe Imperial tomorrow.

February 5, 2023 // 1 Comment

Tomorrow at 10am a gathering of those who sit on Hythe Town Football Club (HTFC) will take place at The Imperial Hotel in Hythe (Kent) behind closed doors. Those who will [...]

Michael Stainer sentenced to three years

July 7, 2022 // 9 Comments

Updated 07.07.22 @16:00 Today at Southwark Crown Court, July 7th 2022, sentencing of the disgraced ex-chartered accountant, Michael Stainer (pictured below) has taken place, [...]

Michael Stainer guilty of ripping off staff and to be sentenced on July 8.

May 20, 2022 // 14 Comments

Michael Stainer [74] who cheated his employees and the taxman out of £473,097.07 while running The Grand is facing jail. Michael Stainer (pictured), 74, trousered the [...]

Stainer Trial – Jury retires after 14 days of evidence

May 17, 2022 // 2 Comments

After 14 days of deliberations in the case of The Queen v Doris & Michael Stainer (pictured below), the jury have retired to consider the evidence. In all seven witnesses [...]

Day 2: Stainer Trial at Southwark Crown Court

May 4, 2022 // 5 Comments

The second day of the Southwark Crown Court Trial of Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) saw HMRC’s Prosecuting Counsel Anthony Hucklesby present the jury with the [...]

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 [...]

Let The Children Play

October 10, 2021 // 7 Comments

Public playgrounds are an iconic symbol of childhood. The first playgrounds were a German invention built to teach children how to play. 1859 saw the first British playground [...]

Criminal Charges against Michael & Doris Stainer revealed.

June 29, 2021 // 14 Comments

Exclusive We can now reveal the full extent of the criminal charges brought against Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) as presented in Westminster Magistrates Court [...]

Doris Stainer faces arrest for Crown Court No Show.

May 6, 2021 // 5 Comments

Doris Stainer (pictured), wife of Michael Stainer, is facing arrest after failing to return to the UK from Germany, according to the latest report in Court News UK. Her [...]

Michael & Doris Stainer Charged with Fraud

May 1, 2021 // 5 Comments

Michael and Doris Stainer (pictured below) have been charged with failing to pay income tax and national insurance contributions amounting to over £400,000 under two [...]

Data reveals Kent’s restaurant bill from Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme

February 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

Restaurants in Kent claimed for nearly 2.5 million meals through the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out initiative last summer. The data released by Her Majesty’s [...]

The Fall of the Stainer Empire: Part 1

December 7, 2020 // 3 Comments

On October 13th, the two flagship suites at the heart of the Stainer holiday-let business went under the hammer at London auctioneers Barnard Marcus. The sale should have [...]

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 Dog (HMRC) Ate My Homework

June 28, 2020 // 2 Comments

How many times when a schoolboy at Bedford School did Michael Stainer use the excuse “the dog ate my homework”? We will never know, but we do know that he has been using [...]

Revealed: Michael Stainer Owes The Taxman £1.1 million

June 23, 2020 // 7 Comments

When Michael Stainer, Doris Stainer and Robert Richardson were arrested in July 2015, they were held in custody for approximately nine hours. Stainer described the dawn raid [...]

The Stainer Scandal — Drowning in Debt part 2

February 10, 2020 // 5 Comments

Documents evidencing the extent of the financial mismanagement which led to the liquidation of eight companies under the directorship of Mr Stainer (pictured left) and [...]

Drowning in Debt

February 5, 2020 // 6 Comments

Behind all the legal shenanigans that make up a typical week at the Grand (pictured below), there is one inescapable fact. Debt……. “Creditors to right of them, [...]

It’s High Noon at the Grand – Folkestone

February 8, 2019 // 12 Comments

A major confrontation between the Insolvency Service and the ‘new’ management of the Grand is brewing and could result in both civil and criminal proceedings. On one side [...]

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 [...]

The Grand: “The Merry Go round stops”

January 10, 2019 // 8 Comments

With those words, Michael Stainer knew that his final appeal against personal bankruptcy was doomed. Appearing before Chief Bankruptcy Registrar Briggs in the High Court on [...]

A Grand History

December 12, 2018 // 5 Comments

Between April 1981 and September 1981 the residents of the Grand made six written requests for a summary of costs for service charges to Michael Stainer (pictured circa [...]

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, [...]

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