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The Long Read: Vigilantes or Crime Stoppers? The Two Faces of FAPAC. (Part 1 & 2)

July 6, 2019 // 7 Comments

Fair Play and FAPAC: Crime Prevention or Vigilantism? Lucky Dover residents now enjoy the protection of one of the first Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRP) in the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s Business as “Normal” at the Grand ….

January 30, 2019 // 3 Comments

Depends of course on what you call normal! And one can only feel sorry for those public officials, the Insolvency Practitioners, charged with making sense of the complex web [...]

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 [...]

Breaking News: Who is in charge at the Grand?

November 20, 2018 // 11 Comments

Following the shock new of the bankruptcies of Michael and Doris Stainer and the liquidation of more of their companies, just who is running the day-to-day activities at the [...]

The Grand Farewell: High Court Bankrupts the Stainers

November 11, 2018 // 10 Comments

Thirty two years after residents of the Grand first confronted Michael Stainer in Court, and three and a half years after HMRC arrested Stainer, his wife Doris and Robert [...]

High Court refuse Michael Stainer right to appeal Income Tax & Paye decision.

October 15, 2018 // 3 Comments

In March 2018 Mr Michael Stainer; who lost the ownership of The Grand in 1995, lost his appeal to the Upper Tier Tribunal of the Tax & Chancery Chamber, regarding unpaid [...]

Stuck in a moment you can’t get out of Mr. Stainer?

October 13, 2018 // 2 Comments

It must be hard being Michael Stainer (pictured below) as the multiple investigations continue into his complex web of companies, and now his personal finances. HMRC, Crown [...]

The Long Read: Part 2: Is the Absence of Evidence, Evidence of its Absence? A Grand Question About Red Herrings.

September 2, 2018 // 2 Comments

How many times can a story be embellished, elaborated and even altered before it ceases to be true, or as we now say, “fake news”? We ask this in regard to this headline [...]

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 [...]

Wanted – Help us help Michael Stainer.

June 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

Like all law-abiding citizens, we are firm believers in the rule of law. People who commit crimes should be apprehended, charged, prosecuted and if found guilty, sentenced [...]

The Grand: Hidden in plain sight.

June 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

After a six month lay-off from court appearances following what he misleadingly described to High Court Registrar Raquel Angelo QC as a “serious accident”, it was good to [...]

The Grand Silence………

April 30, 2018 // 3 Comments

Yet again Michael Stainer (pictured below) was absent and silent while a Tribunal case “with the potential for far reaching impacts upon our client’s life” took place [...]

Stainer’s Woes — is the net finally closing?

April 26, 2018 // 4 Comments

“There is an ongoing criminal investigation involving Mr and Mrs Stainer and Robert Richardson manager of The Grand and the VAT ‘problems’ that resulted in their [...]

The Postman always knocks twice at the Grand

March 22, 2018 // 6 Comments

Yesterday’s post must have made very unpleasant reading over Michael and Doris Stainer’s (pictured) breakfast croissant and coffee. The First Tier Property Tribunal, [...]

The Long Read: End of a Grand era?

March 9, 2018 // 4 Comments

It’s a funny old world. We’ve been receiving very authoritative emails suggesting it’s Auf Wiedersehen Pet for Robert Richardson, General Manager of The Grand [...]

Winding-up Stainer.

February 20, 2018 // 9 Comments

Since 2003 somebody has been winding up Mr. Michael Stainer (pictured). His companies have been wound up no less than six times. On all six occasions the petition to wind-up [...]

The Grand’s empty chair

February 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

Yet again, leaseholders of the Grand turned up in numbers at Folkestone Magistrates Court on January 31st for the third and final day of the Property Tribunal hearing. They [...]

The silence of the Stainers?

January 21, 2018 // 8 Comments

We understand that the witness statements in the forthcoming case between Mr & Mrs Stainer (pictured) and David Hammond of CR Childs of Hythe have been circulated by [...]

The Grand Inferno

November 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

Forgive the classical allusion but Dante might be the name that will be taking up a lot of Michael Stainer’s time over the coming months. But he won’t be studying [...]

The Long Read: Lots of Questions About Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited.

July 30, 2017 // 5 Comments

Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited (FTCM) has had 24 Directors and two Secretaries. Its current directors are Tom McNiece former Mayor of Folkestone (pictured) [...]

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