As seen in my Skeleton Argument II post on this blog 3rd March 2013 post at the end of the post.
C.. Fine yes yes yes sure fine of
course we have to fix them here (what is ‘them’?)
Z.. Yes
Z… Your honour
C.. We can’t fix a period less
than 28 days
Z.. your honour I’m not I’m not
sure about the 28 days
C.. umm on ..n Yes its .. subject to 138 the court will
order them to pay if the court is satisfied that the landlord is entitled
(interesting word) is fortified to enforce forfeiture its 138 the court shall
order within the possessions made within the lessors subject to not
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Ms Bhaloo I suppose the next matter should be mean profits.. .. ....
MS Bhaloo: Well your honour we should deal with forfeiture now so your honour
knows what the... so your honour doesn’t readily have concerns about knowledge
and error but I’d hate your honour to do that without actually realising (can’t
read notes)
HHJ Cowell: Yes can I just see what Ms Cracy has to say?
Ms Bhaloo Yes
Ms Cracy: I ‘d
like to ask for permission to appeal and I understand that that is something
that has to be done straight away?
HHJ Cowell: Yes normally one asks on what particular grounds
which area of the Judgment if not all the areas you say you stand a chance on
succeeding on
Ms Cracy: The area well its difficult because you went very
quickly and our notes are not written
HHJ Cowell: Yes
Ms Cracy: but it would be based on the fact that you only
seemed to have used one law and it couldn’t be applicable to all the incidences
in question
And also I understand that we found out that for the
procedure that you can give us permission and it seems that there are different
possibilities that you give us permission in which case then none of what the…
(interrupted)
HHJ Cowell: Yes Yes if I refuse permission you can go to the
high court and.. (interrupted)
Ms Cracy: but which Judge?
HHJ Cowell: The appellant Judge!
Ms Cracy: We also need to ask for a stay in this trial
pending appeal
HHJ Cowell: Yes
Ms Cracy: Because everything stems from the liability aspect
HHJ Cowell: Yes well
(long silence)
Ms Cracy: and also only recently found out and correct me if
I’m wrong but that because we are representing ourselves that we can ask the
defendant counsel for the notes on the judgement
HHJ Cowell: Well what rather than
anybody throwing notes your in a position to order transcripts of my Judgment
and then because you.. the court would approve and then its made available to
both parties and what I sometimes do if I receive them is I say that your time
for the client to be ahead of time for permission to appeal can be extended
until the particular time after the approved transcripts is received on the
basis that you have to decide whether
you want to apply for permission to appeal within say three weeks and
you must make an application for the transcripts within the three weeks
Ms Cracy: And that?..
(interrupted)
HHJ Cowell: and that takes some
time doesn’t it?
But it means that you have to do
your part of it within a limited time but it means so you have a period to
decide and then if you do decide whether you want to get permission you must
make an application for the transcripts say from the as it would be the
transcripts of the 9th Sept and also today (long pause) I suppose
the point of law is whether I’m right and find the test in Guild or whether
there is a greater liability in the on the defendant only
Ms Cracy:” and the landlord having..
(interrupted)
HHJ Cowell: Well well well the
landlord and a greater liability on the (pause) generally we’re not encouraged
to give permission to appeal but what I’m inclined to do is either of you, you
can take it further and something Ms Bhaloo says it seems to me I should adopt
the.. what I just said that we would have until 3 weeks from today in which to
decide whether to order the transcript and if you do order the transcript any
more time for me in that case in the court of appeal will run from say three
weeks from this time you contact us
Ms Bhaloo: Please your honour my
attitude to that will depend on pressure on the stay
HHJ Cowell: Yes I haven’t come to
the stay
Ms Bhaloo: So you see your honour
I can’t .. if there is no stay then to a certain extent that the time frames
although of course there should be finality and the financial side and the same
approval with the transcripts 3 weeks to decide then our attitude to that might
be well.. (interrupted)
HHJ Cowell: Perhaps I better deal
with umm can I come back to the stay later on as Ill be in a better position to
see what the full ramifications of my decisions will amount to when I’ve gone
into the opinions
Ms Cracy: Can I just ask one more
question?
HHJ Cowell: Yes do ask
Ms Cracy: If there is …although
you have refused permission to appeal do we have to get permission with the
right to appeal but if there is no stay as of today on the remain of the trial
then… (interrupted)
HHJ Cowell: Well can I come to the
stay later on because I want to see what the financial implications are
Ms Cracy: Ok
HHJ Cowell: Because I’ll know as I
understand it there’s been peaceable re-entry by forfeiture and you are
entitled to get the lease back on payment of arrears then ..
Ms Bhaloo: errr
HHJ Cowell: Not under section a
hundred and.. (interrupted)
Ms Bhaloo: 139 is (7 or 11) months
after re-entry and the re-entry was in Oct 2008 your honour they? … …. ? Want
the place they claim? 30 grand?? (Can’t read notes)
HHJ Cowell: I'll have a look at
that
Ms Bhaloo: Your honour I ‘m sorry
to interrupt
HHJ Cowell: Just a moment Ms Cracy
can I, I’ll come back to the stay make sure you mention it again but I want to
see what the consequences are working out what my judgment against you says
Ms Cracy: Its just I m seriously worried that the
consequences will be that the that we appeal will end up in that…
HHJ Cowell: I follow that but ..
(interrupted)
Ms Cracy: Meanwhile….
HHJ : Yes we’ll come back to it
later I promise I’ll come back to it later
Ms Cracy: Thank you
HHJ: Ms Bhaloo
Ms Bhaloo: We can discuss mean
profits according to the Judgment that your honour gave, umm your honour has
the evidence in relation to the amounts that the we would go for with
forfeiture
HHJ Cowell: Well were are the
amounts
Z.. Your honour if I just while
I’m here I’ll hand those up
C.. Oh yes I see now
Z.. if I just
C.. yes yes
Z.. If I just take your honour
through the various things so start starting with as your honour knows the
client forfeited on the 29th Oct 2008
C..And what was the arrears at the
time?
Z..Your honour if I'll take you
through the exhibits
C..I wonder if it’s not time to
take a cup of coffee there is something in D1 oh one of them..
Z..your honour if if...
C.. Its in the bundle statement ohh
yes 85 -92??
Z.. Your honour that's the second
one the first one is before that if you can see
C.. Oh yes yes..
Z.. Your honour I’m sorry I know
your not I see you’re not but your honour Tab 16 page 77
C.. B1? 77 have you got a copy
Z.. Yes your honour
Z.. Do you want the two of them
C.. No no no I’m fine
Z.. If you’re sure
C.. Yes yes
Z (blab can’t read notes)
C (can’t read notes)
Ms Bhaloo If you look at the
statement, which Monique Jamera confirms, and accept that as your honour sees..
(interrupted)
C.. Yes
(Ms Zia Bhaloo as ‘Z’)
Z… that there were in July that
the applicant fell behind with their rent she sent out notice of arrears I’ll
take your honour through these
C.. Yes yes I see
Z.. On the 14th August
and in response the applicant sought legal advice (on the 24th
august 2008) which we may have looked at in the July trial and that stated the
applicants had a different plan and that they would write further within the
next few days and then the September quarter wasn’t paid in relation to both
and so further arrears sorry and so further notices were sent out and again
your honour I can take your honour to those notices so 2625 in relation to 104
and 3500 in respect of 106 and those said that if rent arrears were not paid
then bailiffs were instructed to re-enter and your honour in fact I will remind
your honour of the covenant of not paying rent which your honour has set out in
various and.. (interrupted)
C.. Yes, yes
Z.. and it's a covenant to pay by
standing order by equal quarterly payments in advance on the usual day without
deduction and then that clause 1 and I’ll be quick time wise clause 6.1 relates
to re-entry and we are entitled to re-enter if the whole or any part of the
rent is unpaid for 21 days. You see some rent had become due in July and some
of it was paid and some of it wasn’t
C.. So what was the arrears in
July?
Z.. Your honour
C… Perhaps it doesn’t matter
Z… I’m not sure it does matter
Z… because if you read here the
statement … I've got here your honour has it really from I can show you I B2
tab 8’ there’s two lots of numbering
C.. 420
Z .. Yes
C… Yes
Z . and so your honour that's the
order so your following the the the June report ....... 104 arrears amounts to
1 thousand 450 your honour see that part
C.. Yes yes
Z.. and... then the next page
C.. Same for the other
Z.. Yes yes umm and then if one
goes on your honour will see the letter from Steeles 27th August
C.. Yes
Z.. and then your honour the 20th
Oct letters page 65 and 17 so on 104 2625 and on 106 3548.
C yes
Z.. so if the court will look at
the 29th Sept
C.. Yes
Z.. That letter is warning there,
there is only 21 days thereafter and then we re-enter on the 29th.
C.. Yes
Z.. Your honour there is also if I
may while we are here can I show you another letter that came just prior to
re-entry
C.. Yes
Z..Tab 9 page 37 your honour this
is the letter that came
C.. Tab 9
Z.. 469
C.. 469
Z.. that's dated the 24th
Oct 2008 it is a letter with which
we were told in oral evidence was drafted by Steeles but then the claimants
sacked Steeles and sent the letter and your honour we can’t really read all of
it but on page 70 paragraphs 6,7,8, and 9 the claimants were saying look we
shouldn’t be paying any rent and you cancel any further demands
C.. hmm
Z.. Look your honour look not
withstanding the fact the claimants say that they did in fact they did send the
cheque the previous day the 23rd of Oct your honour that cheque
didn’t reach us and was never planned ever and assuming it was sent your honour
which I don’t think the landlord but it was stopped according to the claimants
evidence on the 29th when they realised that re-entry had taken place
C.. Oh I see
Z… Yes
C.. The cheque was stopped at 471
B2 471
Z.. Your honour I should make it
clear that if it were issued but I think indeed (can’t read notes) that it is
completely inconsistent with the letter so it wasn’t that it was stopped and
the re-entry took place on the 29th
C.. You mean that your client
never went to the bank and paid it in
Z.. No it was never received
C.. It was never received yes
Z it was never that we went to the
bank we just never received it
C.. Yes yes I see it was never
received so you assume it was stolen
Z.. No we were told by the
claimants that they paid it because of the re-entry we think that that's made
up (can’t read notes)
C.. The only thing that matters to
me whether its in dispute that that was not paid
Z.. your honour if the claimant
had had the payment stopped and then an on-line transfer was made we have that
we have that too
C.. What, what is that?
Z.. Sorry
C.. How much was that?
Z.. All the amounts that were in
arrears after forfeiture had taken place
C.. Oh I see and is there a
reference to
Z.. Yes.. Well that’s on the next
page 432 your honour has the (interrupted)
C.. Fine..
Z..Your honour do you want to have
a
C.. Oh this is the umm Ms Cracy’s
statement
Z.. Yeah and then the
C.. I see Paid out £2,500
Z.. and the
C.. Oh two six two five
Z.. For both July arrears and the
Oct oh sorry the Sept quarter date
C.. And that relates to both
properties
Z.. Yeah
C.. So apart from the point about
forfeiture that brings the rent up to date
Z.. At that point yeah after that
quarter.. And then your honour
C.. That's all that you had said
that was in arrears
Z.. Yes….. And then your honour
C.. It was one two I see the July
it seems for some reason it was the same figure
Z.. It had been part there had
been part payment
C.. Oh I see so that was £2,500 in
July
Z.. Yeah
C.. and
Z.. well err yeah
C.. and then .. well the figures that were
transferred were the figures in the Oct letters
Z.. Sorry your honour were on
C..Not to the July
Z.. Yes your honours right there
the July (family?.. can’t read word) yes
Ms Cracy: They’re the figures
Long Pause
Z: Your honour there...
C: yes
Long pause
Z.. I’m sorry there’s I’m sorry
Long Pause
Z.. Your honour having seen these
files of the debt that was outstanding at the date of forfeiture was paid on
Fridays cancelled
C.. (a lot of umming but can’t
read notes)
Z.. Say say
C.. The July the July payment had
been paid
Z.. Some of that was paid
C.. But you say that by the 21st
Oct everything then outstanding was paid
Z.. Yep but
C..Then the July was paid
Z.. Yep but the at that point
Long pause
Z..Yes your honour how can I
explain this fine if your honour looks at page 5 tab 8 then the whole confusion
I’ve caused in the later figures I’ve showed you in Oct
C.. Ahhh
Z.. I think that's why I’ve caused
confusion but page 49 does your honour have that
C.. Yes...
Z.. So that's in relation to 104
your honour the three quarterly rent in advance for the dependable date at the
top
C.. Quarterly rent in advance
yes....
Z.. On the 29th
September your honour that's when the dependant quarter will be made unpaid and
then if you look below on the 22nd Sept the balance brought forward
that would be balance from July that had not been paid
C.. Oh yes
Z.. and that makes a total of two
six two five
C: Ahhh
Z.. that wasn’t paid and then we
have the same calculation that wasn’t paid
C.. I see
Z.. to 106 we have the dependant
quarter and then brought forward the June balance not paid which makes a total
of three thousand five hundred
C.. I see
Z.. So they the balance of..
(interrupted)
C.. Oh so that between 20th
Oct letters are referring to the two of them
Z.. Yeah yeah
C.. I follow I follow…………yes
Z.. And those sums were then
transferred
C.. (can’t read notes) and they
were transferred on the 31st
Z.. Yes after the forfeiture had
taken place
C.. Yes.. … Yes … … so.. Those are
the facts that these facts were re payment can I just see if Ms Cracy wishes to
add
Ms Cracy: Umm
C.. That on the 31st
all the rent due was paid
Ms Cracy: Yes that all the rent
was paid up to the end of September
C.. Yes
Ms Cracy: I don’t agree with all
that she says in the letter of July because in the gallery the floor had been
taken out and that the floor had been covered by the insurance well I’m not
going to go through the whole insurance
C.. I certainly don’t need you to
do all that … but just at the moment I’m concentrating on only the figures when
Ms Cracy: I’m just trying to
explain that we couldn’t get the floor fixed and when we had all the very
important bookings on top of all that instead of accepting that then they on
top of that… (interrupted)
C.. The section 25 notice yes yes
Ms Cracy: Those are the reasons
why we thought we didn’t have to pay the rent
C.. yes yes
Ms Cracy: When we met with
solicitors from a firm called Steeles Law it was them that wrote the letter and
it was them that told us that we could trigger the cessor of rent clause
C.. Yes well you don’t have to
tell me what advice your solicitor gave you
Ms Cracy: Well it’s important
because it's the reason we wrote that letter
C… You can yes you can but I’m
just telling you don’t have to
Ms Cracy: I don’t really follow,
I’m not very good at speaking….(interrupted)
C… Well you don’t need to worry
about why you went to solicitors I can quite understand why you did just at the
moment I’m concentrating on the figures it seems there’s an agreement between
the two of you as to what was paid and when and effectively you can bring
matters entirely up to date on the 31st August ah October
Ms Cracy: Yes we actually sent the
cheque and we actually heard from no one
C.. No one
Ms Cracy: No answer we sent that
letter as we couldn’t afford the solicitors they did very little work and
charged us an exceptional amount of money and we tried to use the parts of the
letter they showed us but we had very little confidence or trust in the
defendant and so we took the advice in the letter and we just thought we’d
approach it in a different manner
C.. And now your cheque you sent
it was never attached
Ms Cracy: No it was never attached
and there was a conversation between Ms Flores and
Ms Flores: Clarence
Ms Cracy: Clarence at the finance
department
Ms Flores: Lots of cheques had
gone missing
Ms Cracy: As far as that..
(interrupted)
C.. Yes yes what ever the
conversation Ms Cracy was.. (interrupted)
Ms Cracy: Well the conversation
was that he said that there was a lot of cheques that went missing recently and
that there was a problem between reception and finances, which is when we
decided to make a bank transferred to ensure that it couldn’t go missing and
yes it was after the bailiffs had got, the transfer
C. Sorry what was after the
bailiffs?
Ms Cracy: this happen after the bailiffs had broken in we
phoned
C.. The conversation between
Clarence and yes...
Ms Cracy: Ms Flores yes and we
delivered a couple of bank statements that showed the transfer had been
C.. The transfer
Ms Cracy: had been done. In actual
fact that transfer was done on the evening of the 30th Oct but only
appears on the statement the day after on the statement
C… Was that the day of the
conversation between Clarence and Ms Flores?
Ms Flores: The transfer and the conversation was
all on the same day
Ms Cracy: OK yes, (to Jo) yes, yes
your honour and
C.. The same day
Ms Cracy: The same day and the
bank statement and the proof of payment was hand delivered to the defendants
office the following day
C.. So that's the bank statements
Ms Cracy: Yes, I would also like
to say unless it doesn’t make any difference but there was no hope of payment being
allowed at the office
C.. Yes
Ms Cracy: and that hopefully that
was for all
C…. Anything else?
Ms Cracy: No
C..Right Ms Bhaloo umm why doesn’t
that restore the lease on the basis of the equivalent of relief from
forfeiture?
Z.. Your honour right can I hand
of the?
C.. Yes yes thank you very much, Anyway the facts about payment
are agreed
Z.. Yes they’re agreed (are we
agreed? Not to my knowledge but I was ill that day so just took notes)
C.. (Muttered can’t read notes)
Z.. Your honour its my impression
anyway that the forfeiture took place and the lease came to an end now what
I’ve handed out first of all is an extract from Woodfall paragraph 17 of 194
C.. Yes
Z.. Relief within six months of
peaceable re-entry so where the lesser has forfeited land for non-payment of
rent by re-entry without action the leases may apply to the county court for
relief at any time within 6 months of the landlords re-entry and on such
application the court may get such relief that the high court would have granted….. Your honour there are cases where you
can’t really have courted to grant relief outside the courts processes and
there are cases about that (which she doesn’t mention) and whether that is....
possible or not but that's not what is happened here we were never able to
grant relief we in fact the claimants ignored possession and broke back in and
we… re-entered again on the… 4th Nov and then they went off to the
high court so they’ve been in possession since then… your honour there has been
no application before you in these proceedings there is no entry on the claim
(apart from we took it to High Court!!)
C. Was it ever drawn to the court?
Z.. Your honour your honour they
had Lesley Longhurst Woods actually and she said something actually (debated by
Chan and I publically yes she did no she didn’t!!) about a claim for relief and
your honour said yes I wouldn’t mind they.. they’ve.. They’ve… never but the county court can as
standard the only and the only jurisdiction that we had to grant relief was
under section 138 in association with 139 on the next page the next extract
I’ve handed over your honour sees that 138 applied this section has effect
where a leasse sorry when a lesser is proceeding by action in the county court
being an action in which a tenant has jurisdiction (can’t read notes no extract handed to us) for non-payment
of rent and in that case where we would proceed by action then if you pay the
rent (never mentions order in high court not to pay rent by HHJ Clarke or if
the fact had we applied in isolation ‘from all the facts’ i.e. harassment,
extortion, bribery, cessor of rent and breaking an entry for relief she’d have
tried to use just this technicality earlier on and hoped to close the case
which they didn’t manage as we brought it to the Queen’s Bench court 37 in
2008) in then you get relief but
page 139 sorry section 139 two
which is section in a couple of pages over your honour and that is the
perception that Woodfall the extracts from Woodfall refers to, where a lesser has enforced against a lessee by
re-entry without action
C.. This is sub section 2?
Z.. Yes your honour
C.. I see..
Z Arrives at re-entry or
forfeiture of the.. Any land for non-payment of rent the lessee may at any time
within six months from the date on which the lessor re-entered apply to the
county court for relief and on entry and such payment the court may in effect
grant to the lessee such relief as the high court granted
(Now don’t you think that that
last statement ‘such relief as the High Court granted’ is her undoing?)
Your honour and in my view there’s
no jurisdiction to grant relief now and your honour it would because there’s
been no rent payment for the period of two years (as rent was asked for by her
at the High Court and answered ‘I don’t think so’ very sarcastically by HHJ
Clarke’ in what was said then by HHJ Clarke for everyone’s benefit to be a
speedy trial establishing all the issues at hand at the county court hence
these proceedings) since the end of 2008 any relief would have to be on terms
that those arrears those sums are paid with immediate effect
C.. Well it would be everything up
to the date of the re-instatement of the lease
Z.. Which would be if there were
jurisdiction, which I may remind you that there is none
C.. Yes yes there.. (interrupted)
Z.. That would need sorting out
C.. Yes
Z we can’t have if we carry …
(interrupted)
C. Yes. There is an authority on…
on that very point but… the relief must relate to the time of the hearing
Z. Yes
C..Relief indeed from
Z.. Hmm hmm
C..But.. It’s more a statement
than a (mentions law with no conference to our lack of knowledge and offers no
common explanation as is just speaking to her, the legal family, and I am
stunned at this) Stuart Collier.
Z.. Oh yes of course
C I believe
Z.. Your honour and we’ll leave
that but the purpose of relief would be to put the landlord back
C.. In the position that he
Z.. If he had been if he, which is
why a regime of cost in that sort of circumstances its its obvious even if I
may say so your honour with out the btt et er het er er thet that ere that there is there is
authorities all all and there is authorities that you can’t just say pay it
sometime before we’d have to be satisfied that it would be paid and feel pretty
confident
C.. And it would have to be within
a period of not less than 28 days (interesting we paid 24 hours after cheque
confusion) under section 138 if if it applies
Z.. If if it applies emm your
honour I think I should …. Another
C.. Yes yes well I can always change
that once the umm
Z.. Your honour theres a clear
statement in in Woodfall as to the requirement that the that the the tenant should be able ummm to paaay
Z.. Your honour so it not just
j..t that can’t just be suspended indefinetly there has to be a .. .. they have
to pay there has to be a definite date
C.. Fine yes yes yes sure fine of
course we have to fix them here (what is ‘them’?)
Z.. Yes
Z… Your honour
C.. We can’t fix a period less
than 28 days
Z.. your honour I’m not I’m not
sure about the 28 days
C.. umm on ..n Yes its .. subject to 138 the court will
order them to pay if the court is satisfied that the landlord is entitled
(interesting word) is fortified to enforce forfeiture its 138 the court shall
order within the possessions made within the lessors subject to not
Z.. Yeah so not yeah
C… For release
Z..Yes sorry I’m concentrating on
139 because in my demission section 138 does not apply (carving it up!!!)
C.. I quite follow but if it were
I .. would still yes
Z.. Yes
C.. Trying to see what the figures
would be
Z.. Yes your honour
C.. unless of course the rent all
the rent was in ..ah possible way
yeah..
Z.. I’m also reminded that in high
court in Nov 2008 the claimants were told to apply for relief
Ms Flores: We were not
Ms Cracy: Yeah
Ms Flores: We weren’t were we?
Ms Cracy: Yeah
C: (mutters a lot to her so it
won’t get on transcript probably he knows that one!)
LOOONG pause….
C.. Yeahh
Z.. Your honour so it appears on
my submissions on forfeiture
C.. So in terms of money claim
under your counter claim
Z.. Yeahhhh
C.. What does it come to..
Z.. In terms of mean profits
rather than
C.. The mean profits would run
from the 25th of Dec because you get your quarterly
Z.. well your honour I’m not sure
that that's a matter of law that may not
C.. That may not be right
Z.. Errr so so there may not be
C.. it brings it literally too
Z.. well that may not be what the
law allows
C.. Look I don’t suppose that
because the law allows (can’t read the notes) you can only get the higher
amount (feeding it to her)
Z.. (sheepishly) yes
C.. (and then mutters a lot of
what ever it is that old trick again can’t catch it)
Z.. your honour shall I give you
the figures we’ve got?
C.. Yes
Z…and we can we can adjust them I
do believe that we’ve handed up a schedule
C: Yes yes you did
Z.. So your honour will see that
we’ve adjusted it from the 29th umm umm so we can deal with that but in relation to what the
total figure to what we’ve paid now is 13 thousand
C.. Just let me understand the
system you are taking that first period of 57 days and you make it one o six
nine eight nine on the basis of what I’ve signed on Monday and got and past
since you received the payment at a different rate (Outrageous!) I could have
attended the differences
Z… May I just check ………….your
honour I think
C.. the rent was 5 thousand five
hundred
Z.. yes your honour the way to
deal with your honours point is simply to give credit for the sum we received
on thee on thee 31st
C.. well provided it was thee it's
a quarters worth five thousand five hundred divided by four that's one three seven five
Z.. one three seven five yes your
honour
C.. one three seven five
Z.. Your honour that would hmmm
C.. well that's a bigger figure
than ..
Z.. ummm
C… But it ran from
Z.. yes it ran from September yes
your honour we have to take a proportion of off the one three seven five and your honour we can do that we can do that
calculation
C.. Yes yes
Z.. then we have to take the
amount of one three seven five which applies to the seven days so we need
something less than one three seven five on
C.. Yes well you better wipe that
out
Z..and similarly your honour with
one o six we would have to give credit with a proportion of the part of the
amount paid and take that off the 26
48 1 on the last page
we, we will do those calculations
C.. Yes so your bringing it in
quarterly amounts
Z… Yes I’m not sure we’re obliged
to do but that's just a change to do
C.. yes its sensible
Z.. I think there’s a slight
advantage there
C.. And this comes up to ?
Z Yes .. (very long pause) right
so your honour if one takes 57 days
off the 5500
C.. Yes
Z.. That is eight hundred and 58
pounds and 99 pence
C.. Eight five eight
Z.. 99
C.. 99p
Z..and if one takes that offff the one o 69 89 that leaves
you with a figure of 483.19
C.. What
Z.. and if one takes that off a
seven days period 483.92 four hundred and eighty three ninety
C.. You deduct from 1 o 6 9. 89
from that period
Z.. Err
Z Your honour I think I make that
C.. Oh well I didn’t
Z.. two hundred and ten
C.. Divided by 265
Z. err
C.. yes well and then you multiple
by 6 or 7?
Z.. (bated breathe) yeah.. divided
by two six five
C. eight five nine nine o
Z..and one o 6 9.88 minus
C ..89
Interruption by me about Oliver
clearly filming and recording the procedures I saw him do it many times grab it
off him but the Judge does not care at all…. He simply says:
HHJ Cowell: Can you take that
outside…
Ms Bhaloo: I make that two hundred
and 10 99
(long pause)
Z.. That's two hundred and ten 99
C.. (almosts sings) two hundred
and ten 99 ( he’s nervous though about what I just said to Oliver as he has in
no way addressed it and Oliver has left the court with his machine still left
on the table)
Z.. and so the 13, 169 and 47
pence at the end what I think comes out to
C.. Whats the size of interest
(very evilly said)
Z (very serious and teacherly
annoyed too) may I just give you the figure for the rent before I COME ONTO
(quietly) interest…
C.. Yes yessss
Z.. Umm Your Honour the 13
thousand is just been arrived it doesn’t include the interest (she’s speeding
up now as only just got off her high horse and realised what he said and wants
more cash for her clients so sounds more begging)
C.. 31
Z thirty one fifty nine
C.. Yes
Z.. If you take the eight five
eight ninty off that it become 12 thousand 300 pounds and fifty seven and we
can we can go over those to double check them
C.. Yes
Z.. I’m sorry my instructing
solicitor makes it three hundred and ten may we just check .. … and we may have
to redo that and your honour I will make sure we do the same calculation
C.. Well I think it might be a
good idea if umm… I adjourn for a short time err it may that Ms Cracy wants to
be satisfied how this is worked out, I think that's the answer but lets see …
Z… Perhaps we’ll explain your
honour
BREAK OVER
Z… (some blabbery about her
writing) Perhaps I can explain my writing sorry on 104 what I’ve done is 5500
divided by 3 hundred and 65 times six or seven to get to an appropriate amount
Z.. a proportion of the amount of
rent and that Comes to 858 92
C…Yes
Z.. and if you want to take that
off the amount that we were putting
C.. You get 2 ten 99
Z.. Yes and we were putting the total
amount in the end it becomes 12 3 10 67
C.. Well 12 310 67
Z.. Then on 106 9,000 divided by 365 times 54 and its
around 1405
C.. 1405
Z.. and one takes that off the one
four seven 19 that is the vat figure of 741 pounds and seventy one pence
C… Yes I’m inclined to agree
Z.. and then
C.. I’ll Write in 741 721 (?)
Z.. and then right in the end 5 thousand and seventy five and
88pence
C Right that s five thousand and
seventy five and 88 pence
Z.. that's my instructions
depending on (can’t read notes)
C: Yes Ms Cracy have you anything
to add I don’t know if you happen to agree that
Ms Cracy: Can we deal with the
first part (interrupted)
C..Yes
(longish pause)
C.. Can I tell you how I see it
that because you never made an application for forfeiture its too late now plus
even if you had made an application to appeal against forfeiture the only order
I should make is too within 28 days or possibly a bigger period but not much
bigger you make payment to the total of err 12 thousand 310.57 and 25 thousand
75 88 you could get absolutely one or the other of them ,back together also
with some costs if it would be impossible in practice to pay that then you haven’t got to the stage of
bankruptcy???
Ms Cracy: Really? Can I talk to
you about that law
C.. Yes (can’t read word) that
will be at the end???
Ms Cracy: That will come at the
end of the trial
C.. Yes that comes to an end at
the end of the trial
Ms Cracy: And wouldn’t you at the
end of the trial see that that was the appeal?
C.. If You get it and you were to
appeal then .. at a time of .. ..
your claim … because of the (counter claim?) you would have to … pay and if you
have nothing to pay
Ms Cracy: I’m not sure????
C…I don’t know what do you want to
do
Ms Cracy; Well I believe we have
been (can’t read note)…. ….
C… and that's what you wanted to
say?
Ms Cracy: Yeah and the …. (can’t
read note)
C… Yes well just before I finish
have you got some other points you want to raise (he is mean now) can I just
ask Ms Bhaloo your view does include the total (can’t read note)
Z (can’t read note) your honour etc
C In terms of that ( can’t read
notes)
Z Well your honour I would seek a
declaration that … …. it has been forfeited and … (can’t read notes)
C Yes Yes
Z And that it absolutely had come
to an end and … the effect of that that despite the injunction … … blah Law
blah blah (can’t read notes.
C Yes Yes and that would be the
end of the case
Ms Cracy In relation to mean
profits taking into consideration the valuation on Monday (blah blah can’t read
note) and that mean profits would be over the valuation of rent that was meant
to be paid.. (blah can’t read note) … fit
C Well one can ignore completely
the..
Ms Cracy But what I mean is that
from the period of forfeiture right to the time where the rent was due for …
does that mean you are raising the rent . . ….
C Yes I m raising the rent to what
was established on Monday I m taking into account that your payment at the
beginning of Oct covers the rent till Dec not all that's why the .. (blah Can’t
read note)..
Ms Cracy Over £9,000 because
that's why we are not satisfied that the rent is over .. (can’t read notes Bla
blah… )
C Yes I’m afraid it's a matter of
the law that follows that that's the rent
note ( can’t rbla bah) yes sadly it's a case that follows the case of
forfeiture the fact that you have no arrears .. (blab la can’t read note) and
if there is anything else you want to say
Ms Cracy Well the lease (can’t
read notes blah..)
C Well that has come to an
end (Can’t read note Bl blah)
C The only thing I could do is if
you are able to make some form of payment… …. (can’t read notes Blah blah) at least something that seems
reasonable £12,000 or £25,000 that might that might impose (blah blah can’t
read note) some sort some sort … yes… The trouble is you see I have to assume
that you cannot pay and in fact you … … the premises … Have you been able to
use the premises why would you want them back etc ….
Ms Cracy (Blah blab la blab la …
very long explanation on use of premises with leaks etc but can’t make out the
notes)
C Back to his Judgement on the 9th
Sept I won’t repeat the question of appeal still stands. At the date of
peaceable re-entry by the defendants on the 29th Oct there was er
rent outstanding the only thing that can be set against it unfortunately from
the point of the claimant is the Judgement of £100 which I gave on
contemplation in the Judgement of Monday 20th Sept. The amount of
the rent in arrears on the date of the 29th Oct was transferred by
the claimants to the defendants on the 21st Oct ordinarily an
application for relief by the defendants would have resulted in an order of the
up to date sum to be paid under which relief was granted under the section 138
woodfall, unfortunately in this case the claimants did not make an application
for relief from forfeiture and so when I am reminded that when they appeared at
the county court that one of the instance they would be here and in accordance
with 138 and 139 with sub-section 2 enable which to make an application in six
months and because there has been no application I then don’t have any
jurisdiction to grant relief but I comfort myself by saying that today the
amount that today would be by way of mean profit if I had done anyway that's to
see.. In the case of 104 that's £12,310.67
And 106 £25,075.88 and if I granted relief on the basis that
the rent had been paid up to date there would be something roughly in the
region of about £30,000 altogether owed and that they may not have that kind of
money by which some kind of stay while appeal could be drawn… so the order it
seems to me I’m bound to make is that the defendants recover possession of the
property now and that they are entitled to the two sums to be paid less the
£100 I gave judgement … So that is the order that I make on the basis of my .. Judgement….
Now the next point could be that
the claimant could should, that there wasn’t any rent outstanding on the 29th
Oct even so they would still be obliged to pay the rent. It is a tragedy that
instead of using the premises (Ha cheek which were unusable) it seems they have
spent all there time and effort pursuing the defendant and a tragedy that it
may be more that what they now find (in other words and now he is finally
showing his true colours in carefully chosen words but you can see his face
says exactly what he means, we should not have even dared ever to complain let
alone get this far with this case and now the penny has dropped clearly that it
has been deliberate that we were constantly being sabotaged by this court to
give up and accept defeat with delays and no answers , with cost orders during
lead up to trial, and no orders or even answers when it suited them and one
sided trial with me in the box for 4 days and no chance to put my case across so
told to put it in an EMAIL, then admitting he does not read even our legal
submission until I caught him out so he had to put the record straight what in
just one day and changes nothing and now all this today was a brutal and
patronising slap from on high! It was corrupt!!! £100 off.. Joke)… So I should
with permission from Ms Bhaloo that I should extend the permission time from
the appellant judge to three weeks after the receipt of the claim of the
approved transcripts of my……… but provided that the application was made by the
claimants for the transcripts within 3 weeks of today…
So the difficult question is if
you are entitled to a stay, its implicit in what I’ve said that I don’t think
you are entitled to stay so it would seem to me that to grant a stay would only
mean that the defendants would be kept out of the premises unless the amount
mentioned in my judgement today.. in my judgement that I shouldn’t allow a
stay.
Ms Cracy How long will we have to…
C Well its not really a matter… if
you were to provide in terms of money something in the region of several
thousand maybe more you could always ask to reconsider the question of a stay
as I have to balance the interest of the parties
Ms Cracy (Blah bla can’t read note
re time
C Sensible thing is if there is
money to speak to Ms Bhaloo but I’m not being optimistic because I can only
decide what should be paid when I know what the situation is
Ms Cracy In terms of my other
question if there isn’t the money then how long…
C Well I’m afraid that the order
is forthwith
Ms Cracy Which means?
C NOW…
(no note …but I remember she said
to him ‘You Can’t do that’ and he smiled in her face)
Ms Cracy Isn’t that something you
can consider in you Judgement
C They are concerned that the
matter is forthwith and they may want time to remove the goods ( he speaks to
Ms Bhaloo with an empathises on the ‘Goods’ as he puts it! With slight smile
between them.)
Ms Bhaloo blah if the matter is
stay… more money.. (na na na) happy you honour
C Just trying to answer ( unclear
note blah bal) out of my jurisdiction (again unclear bla word)
Ms Bhaloo Well that just seems to
leave the matter of costs
C Yes
Just to add that at one point the
judge when he was explaining about the error of his ways again not reading our
90 pages, 245 paragraphs legal submission I did shout out, ‘Yes of course you
were so confused because one had the word CLAIMANT on it and the other had the
word DEFENDANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also at the end of the costs
hearing I read out an important thing in response to his outrageous TRADEGY
comments and his point that we had never asked for ventilation which was
ridiculous as we did from the start and clearly with good common sense reason
as early as 2005 to Chris Natt about banging out a door…
Plus when I started the case I
said we would rely on three important documents..
Banging out a door letter to Chris
Natt was one of them!!!
I said, to the Judge finally ‘ We
would like expressed permission (from you) which has to date been withheld,
ignored to put in ventilation…
(As we can’t do it without
permission from them, which they won’t give and can’t get planning permission
they have to, to go through the structure or they’d sue us, catch 22, which is
nicely convenient for them while the trial was going on..)
Expressed permission to honour the
high court Judgement to allow ‘Quiet Enjoyment’ of the claimant in both
businesses to be able to short/long term hire as set out in request letter for
the lease as a place for hire’..
(Again one of the only three
documents as set out at start of case to use the place for hire so if we got a
block booking they would do us under the terms of the lease not to licence hire
which may have saved us if we could have got a hiree to long term on the
condition that we take their deposit to put in the ventilation.)
I also say that the Judge has tied
us up in what will now be a lengthy appeal process something his honour is
(‘famously’) well known to have done to claimants before with no regard for
their further losses.
I finally say I was someone who
was in care, I had a good project going, I did not take any public money unlike
the defendant yet this so called social landlord has done everything in its
power never to mediate but to go all out to wreck me and that this court has
just knowingly assisted them in doing so in this pro-landlord judgment.
They take our fully refurbished
(to the tune of ten’s of thousands of pounds) shops at 5.55am the following
day, as it was too late that evening to order a bailiff.