Systemic Corruption? Setfords Law Ltd and lawyer David Maxwell Middleburgh knowingly abused their positions to aid and abet the criminal conduct of liquidator Jonathan Harris Sinclair.
Financial Fraudster News Investigations have been shown a Setfords Law letter dated 18 August 2021 to a major creditor of Setfords Law client and liquidator Sinclair Harris based in Hendon, London and signed by David Maxwell Middleburgh which binds Setfords Law and Mr Middleburgh to the undertaking given by Mr Middleburgh several years earlier on £322K in cash held by Middleburgh on behalf of his client Sinclair Harris headed by Jonathan Harris Sinclair that was held in a escrow account for convicted fraudster Rodney Whiston-Dew currently serving a 10-year prison sentence.
Several years and several firms later Setfords Law, Mr Middleburgh and Mr Sinclair are now jointly and severally liable having stated to a creditor despite representations made to the Crown Prosecution Service, the Crown Court Judges and civil creditors who are each seeking to recover assets from Mr Whiston-Dew in the criminal and civil courts respectively.
Creditors now believe that £322,000 has been stolen by the greedy and dishonest parites Setfords Law, Mr Middleburgh and Mr Sinclair who in an attempt to hide their wrongdoing have challenged the main creditor, following civil proceedings brought against Mr Whiston-Dew earlier this year and who are now with the benefit of a judgment and a charge against Mr Whiston-Dew's assets, by stating that he [Mr Whiston-Dew] is not entitled to the £322,000 and that no undertaking for the benefit of Mr Whiston-Dew exists.
The creditors believe the corrupt conspirators have stolen funds and are desparately trying to cover their tracks to avoid criminal charges but the written undertaking is the conspirators biggest problem having seemingly misled the courts, the CPS and Mr Whiston-Dew.
The blundering attempts by the conspirators to deny the existence of the undertaking are quite simply fraudulent misrepresentation and are the noose around their own necks and will be their possible undoing of which a prison sentence for any of the parties found to be involved and also for those found to be pulling the strings looms large and very, very real.
What is an undertaking?
An undertaking is defined in the SRA guidance to mean:
‘a statement, given orally or in writing, whether or not it includes the words “undertake” or “undertaking”, made by or on behalf of you or your firm, in the course of practice, or by you outside the course of practice but as a solicitor or REL, to someone who reasonably places reliance on it, that you or your firm will do something or cause something to be done, or refrain from doing something.’
Financial Fraudster News Investigations will continue to investigate this matter.
Financial Fraudster News Investigations has contacted Whiston-Dew for a response to conspirator's denial that any funds were held on trust at all and has asked Setfords Law Ltd, Middleburgh, Harris, creditors and the CPS for comment all have so far declined.
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