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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 [...]

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, [...]

A Grand Crime Solved!

December 3, 2019 // 5 Comments

The unsolved mystery of who brutally assaulted Michael Stainer at the Grand in late January 2018 was solved in Canterbury Crown Court on Monday December 2nd. 36-year-old, Roy [...]

It’s a Gas at the Grand

November 27, 2019 // 10 Comments

How would you feel if you suddenly got a red emblazoned final notice for over £2,700 for gas from an energy company you’ve never heard of? That’s what happened to one [...]

The Grand Escape — or Stainer’s Surrender?

November 25, 2019 // 5 Comments

What links the two pictures below? In a word “debt” On the left is a picture of the Marshalsea, immortalised in Dickens’s “Little Dorrit”. It housed a variety of [...]

Would You Stand By This Man?

October 27, 2019 // 5 Comments

A year ago, we called Michael Stainer A Grand Fantasist and a Grand Failure. Now, as yet another legal defeat batters the sinking Michael Stainer empire, is it time to call [...]

The Grand’s owners last appeal thrown out of the High Court “Totally without merit”!

October 5, 2019 // 4 Comments

In what had to be the last throw of the dice, the Grand’s freeholder, Hallam Estates lost its last battle in the High Court. Seeking to overthrow the July 2018 decision to [...]

The curious case of the flat that never was

August 9, 2019 // 11 Comments

Prepare for some nasty surprises over the coming months as the Insolvency Service take control of the assets of the bankrupt Michael and Doris Stainer. One of these is the [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 // 11 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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