More legal action from PHILIP JAMES RENTALS Didsbury - Pro Bono Lawyer needed to represent "Nut of a client"

It looks certain we are going back to court. Last night I received a letter from PJP Solicitor, Claire Myers @ Kuits in Manchester. She was once again, requesting removal of this blog and repeating PJP allegations that it is libellous etc.

Needless to say, this blog will remain unless ordered by a court, or I receive my deposit back in full, as Philip James promised the Judge in court.

The solicitors letter is in PDF so I can't be bothered to convert it for publication. Basically, it is using the same tired old "you have wronged my client etc, and unless you apologise blah blah" you can work it out from the replies below.

My replies: (1)
Your letter was too long for me to understand and I can't concentrate that long, I'm semi - senile these days. Anyway, I will do my best to respond.

I think PJP are upset about my blog, well they can pay me my £30 quid back before I worry about that.

Now please don't start wittering on, like them with spiel about a cleaning charge. 

In court (on tape) they told the Judge they would repay my deposit in FULL - No mention of £30 to His Honour. Have you listened to the tape? It's right at the very end, not hard to find. I call it perjury, but what do I know? I'm just an uneducated nobody.

As for copyright of photo's, well I know nothing about copyright either, but if they don't want me (or anyone else) publishing them ask them to stop sending them to my e-mail address. Bet they didn't tell you that either.

Finally, I have no recollection of publishing anything since the court case, the one where they lied to the Judge, but I have given the log in details to my teenage son and all his mates, they put it on Facebook and twitter, and I also gave it to nearly everyone who contacted me with complaints about PJP.

I expect the log in to the blog has gone viral, and who knows who has published what, when and why.

I doubt I could access it to edit/remove it even if I so wished.

But I promise to have a go for the £30 they took off me for "cleaning" otherwise, let the law take it's course and the chips fall where they may.

I hope that clarifies my response, but please don't hesitate to contact me if I can be of further assistance.

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Reply 2:

I am writing again after a good nights sleep. I was a little tired last night when I got your e mail and feel I may have come across as grumpy. Please accept my apologies.

After further consideration of your letter and reading it a bit more, I feel I need to make further observations to you and your clients. 

I have checked, and the e mails sent to my personal in box from Philip James marketing, containing the photo's they are complaining of, it states nowhere, are they subject to copyright.

I don't know if that helps, but I will show it to the Judge (and or/jury) if and when we get to that stage.

As far as I am concerned, I have NEVER made a single untrue statement or allegation regarding PJP. I have total and complete belief in what I personally wrote. As explained in my earlier letter, other people may have, and continue to, contribute to the blog.

I will never make any attempt to remove my blog, or to apologise for any content I personally added to it. 

I need to be crystal clear on this, UNLESS ordered to do so by a Court, or my £30 is returned, whatever bull shot reason your client is using to justify taking my money. 

Ms Fortune(Nesbitt) stated in e mail that she thought I was unhinged, and I actually agreed. I can become fixated on a cause I believe in. It has got me in trouble in the past, and no doubt will continue to do so. Such is life. 

We can run away from conflict, or not, we all have a choice. Personally, I will fight for my rights, my 30 quid and anything or anybody I believe has wronged me or my family. As a lawyer, you would probably advise against that.

Whether or not we end up in Court, is really down to your clients. I will fight them every step of the way so long as I have a breath in my body, whether it is the High Court in London (as you mentioned) I haven't been to London in ages, or at the Dog and Duck.

I rather hope there is a jury, as they will be "my peers" that is, unless I really am unhinged as suggested by Ms Fortune (Nesbitt) in that case I doubt all twelve jurors will be equally afflicted.

Finally Claire, just to reassure you I am not some sort of nutty stalker, as suggested by Messrs Nesbitt, Fortune and Beswick when they made allegations to the police that I was "stalking" them, I shall not be in contact with you again, unless in response to correspondence initiated by you.

I hope you have a pleasant day, and try not to work too hard, the weather man has just promised it will be warmer towards the back of the week, and I know they are often wrong, but it gives us something to look forward to doesn't it?

Kind regards

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The ball is now back with PJP and their lawyers.

For those of you who have only just stumbled across this entry , here is a quick overview.


I rented a house off PJP and gave them £750 deposit and a whole host of charges and fees.


When I gave notice, they really came the oracle. They tried claiming tiny clauses, rip off "admin charges" unexplained cleaning charges, I could go on.


Amnyway, it became obvious to me they weren't going to give me my £750 without making huge deductions, or without a fight. So I gave fight then, and will do now!!


Eventually after months of bluff, bluster, unfounded and ridicolous allegations to the police of "stalking them" threatening me with prison for writing and publishing this blog, we got to court.


As a small concession, the Judge allowed them to keep my deposit as they claimed they had not received proof I had paid my council tax. But, and this is recorded, he told them and they agreed, once they got that bill, they were to return my deposit IN FULL.


They got the bill, later the same day, but they just couldn't help themselves!!


They whipped £30 quid off it claiming a "cleaning charge" total bull shot!!


I want that £30, I will fight for it, they took it without my permission, in fact against my express instruction, and more importantly, in total contrast to what they agreed in court with the Judge.


In my view, they have amongst other things, committed perjury, but that is only my opinion. Whether that is a legal definition I really don't know.


But if you make an agreement in court and then do not adhere to it, it is wrong and you should expect punishment.


All I want is my £30 back.


Now if they want to go to the High Court in London, take out an injunction, assemble a jury, hire a team of lawyers and all the other stuff in the solicitors letter, I say please, get on with it!!


Stop mithering me, I am busy, I just want my £30 back, they promised both me and the Judge.


In the meanwhile, if you are considering dealing with this firm, read this blog carefully.

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Finally, if there is a lawyer out there who fancies a bit of a jolly to London with a nut of a client (pro bono) please get in touch, it should be a hell of a ride.

In fact, even a good law student would help, I am not sure if you are still allowed a Mckenzie friend, but we could figure something out.


There has got to be a legal guy/gal out there who can see a commercial advantage in this. Google - John Grisham, Rainmaker and away you go. Contact via comments (they will not be published) without consent!!

  

It's on the way - Philip James court summons No2

Whilst waiting patiently for their ridiculous "counterclaim" alleging stalking, harassment, defamation and threatening ex tenants with prison and torture (not really torture) but the wrath of hellfire etc, they must have thought they had got away with perjury.


This disgusting petty firm stole money from my deposit, despite assuring a Judge they would refund it, are probably feeling pretty smug with themselves.


Well they will be delighted to know they will shortly be served with summons No2. Yes, they will be back in court explaining to the Judge why they promised to refund my deposit, and then swiftly stole part of it.
They always object to my use of the word "stole" or "stolen" in my claims against them. For their benefit, here is the dictionary definition:

steal verb, stole, sto·len, steal·ing, noun

verb (used with object)

1.

to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, especially secretly or by force.

This is exactly what Philip James have done. They have stolen part of my deposit, they have been deceitful in their actions. They expressly told a Judge they would return it to me, without mention of stealing any part of it (perjury) see below for the dictionary definition:

per·ju·ry

the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.

They have no shame, their greedy staff probably sit there on a daily basis scheming how they can earn an extra quid or two stealing from their tenants and landlords. The most vulnerable will be students, who for various reasons give up the fight to get their money back in full from these penny pinching, smug, arrogant con artists. 

You should NEVER EVER give up. If someone sneaked into your room and stole from you, you would want the thief caught and humiliated. You would want your money back from them. DO NOT ever let these people steal from you.

Miss-Fortune(Nesbitt) and Danielle Beswick are probably sat there right now checking their salaries and commission.

Jailed letting agent case highlights lack of controls in industry

A letting agent has been jailed for two years after stealing £140,000. The 43 victims included people who were his friends.

Robert Stagg pocketed rents and deposits paid by tenants which should have been handed over to landlords.

He had earlier been spared jail after promising to start paying the money back. But he had failed to do so and has now been sent to prison.

The case highlights the fundamental lack of controls on letting agents, which allows them to handle client money without having to ring-fence the amounts in separate accounts or to have client money protection insurance. There is also nothing to stop Stagg re-entering the lettings industry and, should he do so, he would not have to sign up to an ombudsman scheme.

Shelter accuses local councils of turning blind eye to bad landlords

Tuesday 13th September 2011

New research published by Shelter today reveals that rogue landlords are operating unchecked across the country, even after they have been reported to local authorities.

The report shows that local councils are dragging their feet when it comes to enforcement action.

The housing and homelessness charity used Freedom of Information procedures to ask every local authority in England 12 key questions about the scale of problems with rogue landlords and what each council is doing about it.

Out of 326 local authorities, all but four replied.

The results show that there are 1,477 landlords known to local authorities who are said to be repeatedly making tenants’ lives a misery.

Of particular worry, the responses show that complaints about serious and potentially life-threatening hazards, including dangerous gas and electrics, have risen by 25% over the past two years.

The research also shows that overall complaints to local authorities about private landlords have increased, taking them to 86,628 in the last year.

Yet despite the sharp increase in problems, just 270 successful prosecutions have been brought by local authorities against landlords during the same period.

Shelter is warning that unless councils urgently crack down on this small but highly dangerous minority, more tenants will be at risk.

Campbell Robb, Shelter’s chief executive, said: “The reality is that rogue landlords are out there and they’re getting away with it.
“Every day at Shelter we see the devastating impact rogue landlords have on people’s lives as they remain trapped in homes that cause misery and, in some cases, put lives at risk.

“What’s more, we believe there could be thousands more tenants who are suffering in silence, holding back from complaining out of fear of the consequences or because they don’t feel their voices will be heard.

“Local authorities have the powers to tackle rogue landlords but too many aren’t making the most of their armoury.

“They must follow the lead of those councils taking a zero tolerance approach to rogue landlords, and support tenants who are suffering by cracking down on the worst offenders in their area.”

Citizens Advice chief executive Gillian Guy said the Shelter report was deeply concerning. She said: “Good landlords respond effectively to reasonable requests from tenants around repairs, maintenance and health and safety issues.

“However, we still see tenants threatened with eviction from rogue landlords if they complain. We have long campaigned on this issue.

“Tenants need protection from retaliatory eviction and other forms of harassment. This timely report from Shelter shows that the problem has not gone away.”

As part of its Evict Rogue Landlords campaign, Shelter has set up Rogue Landlord Watch, an interactive map to help people avoid falling victim to rogue operators in their local area.

How to get your deposit back - WITHOUT proof of bills

Miss-Fortune and Danielle Beswick from Philip James will try to insist you provide proof you have paid all your bills (probably a delaying tactic) to hold on to your cash. However you should !! Click Here !! to down load the full booklet from the TDS who hold their deposits. In particular, section 8 deals with this issue.

No Matter How much you feel Cheated

If the estate agent lets you down, the dog has eaten your slippers - happiness is a cigar

(CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO)

More complaints about Philip James Partnership

 Anonymous said...
Phillip James is trying the same old trick with me with-holding my deposit I should have just with-held my rent. I did everything a good tenant should even redecorated as an act of good will niw the cheap skate burton suit wearing low lives are taking their time giving me back MY money. Watch this space.

(taken from Chris Owen's blog)

Philip James Partnership - Court date at last

The hearing is set for the 14th July 2011 at the Manchester County Court. Our legal team are currently preparing the documents required to finally obtain the illegally held deposit. In the meanwhile watch this space.

Are "anonymous" really Philip James staff ?

Hahaha her......hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha! You sound like you were the worst tenant in manchester. The world would be a better place without assholes like you wasting everyones time. Bet you don't post this comment. By Anonymous

bet this comment supposedly posted on 22 December isn't even real!! you are a real loser! By Anonymous

Are you still going on with yourself?! See you can't think of anything new to say, so now you've just re posted the old stuff. Get a life dickhead! Do let us know what happens with your so called 'court case'...more like waste of everybodies time!! bet when you lose you still won;t stop will you because you are too sad to accept things the way they are. Bet you don;t post this comment. WHich means that you have no idea what you are doing and are the spineless idiot you come across as. Shame on you! I hope they absolutely tear you to shreds if it ever gets to court. By Anonymous   What these "anonymous" people are forgetting is that NOTHING is anonymous in cyberspace. There are many many trails left behind to the clever people in the world of IT Stay lucky it's a scary world out there Bridgfords – lettings – sales 731 Wilmslow Rd, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 6WF 0161 434 9719

Manchester Students and landlords are being targetted by Philip James

By Philip James - the self proclaimed lettings and estate agents of choice. The company is promoting itself via e mail, declaring how well it is doing on the behalf of students and landlords.

As usual with this type of unsolicited trumpet blowing you should probably stick it in your blocked senders and spam folder.

For landlords considering using this firm you should read this blog very carefully. The landlord of the property I had the Miss Fortune to rent from is named as a joint defendant on the current lawsuit. He probably did nothing wrong, however it is highly likely he will be called to court to give evidence.

At the moment landlords can probably get a great deal from most letting agents in Didsbury, Withington and the surrounding areas. Claims such as these (below) should be treated with caution - for example:


Laura Kilbride, Student Lettings Manager, Withington: “Properties managed by us have been flying out the door this year -  in the first six weeks of 2011 we’ve successfully let over 50% of our managed properties.


Can be interpreted as "in the first six weeks of 2011 - half of our managed properties are empty"  and as for properties "flying out of the door" could be interpreted as ----- Well you work it out.


Stay careful out there there are many perils and sharks trying to fleece you.

Philip James Lettings - The letter from miss fortune - complain and you go to Prison

You can click on the letter to enlarge it, I intend to take you through it as well as an open reply to miss fortune.
In Para (1) miss fortune refers to a campaign of harassment and abuse. She means - I have had the cheek to issue a summons in the civil court to obtain my deposit back.
In Para (2) miss fortune confirms that she has once again wasted Police time pursuing what they told both of us is a civil matter. The first time she claimed I was stalking her. I have never met her or been anywhere near the Didsbury office. I wouldn't know her if I fell over her!
In Para (3) If she is confident she will defeat me in the court, why doesn't she leave it to the Judge?
In Para (4) miss fortune really goes to town. Here she tells me that if I continue to publish my blog and distribute my leaflets, I will be sent to Prison for six months.
In Para (6) She strongly advises me to drop my court action and my public broadcast of their unlawful withholding of my deposit.
Finally, in para (7) she claims to have been nothing but professional with me - This includes (in her own words) reporting me to the Police twice, the first time for stalking. Threatening me with six months imprisonment for using my right to free speech and peaceful protest. These people are probably used to getting their own way with their bluff and bluster. If they are going to prosecute and imprison me DO IT!! Please stop your threats and intimidation IT WON'T WORK!!  Give me my money back!!

Otherwise, leave it to the courts as the Police advised you!!

And to all you nice readers, be very wary who you deal with and keep coming back.

Dirty tricks of the estate agent

by SEAN POULTER, Daily Mail

Rogue estate agents are acting unlawfully and using blatant lies in their efforts to sell properties, a study finds today.
Undercover investigators discovered one agent trying to get a buyer to increase their offer by falsely telling them another, higher offer had been made.
Others said they would not pass on details of a buyer's bid unless they took out a mortgage through their company's finance arm.
Both scams are illegal under the Estate Agents Act but with fewer than one in three agents signed up to the industry's voluntary code of conduct, there are few checks on such practices.
Complaints to the ombudsman rose by 16 per cent last year to 6,462 - but many see this as the tip of the iceberg.
The Consumers' Association, which carried out the probe, is now calling for an official government watchdog for the industry.

The group uncovered serious breaches of the law and widespread use of complex, misleading and potentially illegal contracts.
Ten home-owners put their properties on the market, each requesting a valuation from three agents.
Researchers then posed as buyers to see how the agents handled their inquiries and whether they acted honestly and professionally.
Many agents tried to push buyers into arranging a mortgage with a company connected with their agency.
They earn large commissions from securing such deals, but buyers rarely get the best deal this way.
Agents are also supposed to pass on all offers promptly in writing to the seller. However, only two of the six agents who received offers did so.
Others passed on the details over the phone and they often delayed or provided too little details about the interest of the buyers.
The researchers found that many of the contracts issued by estate agents to sellers were littered with unfair or misleading clauses.
These included clauses guaranteeing an agents payments of thousands of pounds even if they made no marketing effort and the property is sold by another company.
Pete Tynan of Which? magazine said: 'Estate agents don't have a glimmering reputation and nobody would be shocked to discover that some of them are pretty hapless.
"But we found something more - estate agents using contracts with unfair small print and even some who were prepared to break the law.
"The worrying thing here is that there is no systematic way to prevent the types of unfair contract and breaches of the law that we have come across.
"The Estate Agents Act obviously isn't working and most agents we looked at weren't even following the basic provisions of the law."
The Office of Fair Trading is currently investigating the industry and is due to publish the results of a yearlong inquiry in the next few weeks.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-182688/Dirty-tricks-estate-agent.html#ixzz1Bp5Xd3li

The complaints keep coming in

Even over the holidays we have been amazed by the number of people who have contacted us. Because of the sheer volume we are dedicating more staff and resources to assist you all. We are in the process of designing two brand new websites: trottersville.co.uk and philipjamesrentals.co.uk.

We aim to get these live as soon as possible, but in the meanwhile, please keep coming back here and using the "comments" section to get in touch. Some of your complaints have been forwarded direct to the relevant authorities.
For those of you with problems with Philip James, we hope to be having a "surgery" with our solicitor shortly.

Stay safe and take care

Nonsense Letters and delaying tactics from Philip James Partnership

This nonsense letter (click on it to enlarge) was sent to the address of the property that I had vacated. Despite them having acknowledged receipt of the keys ten days earlier which, I had delivered by courier and contained my new address. Ms Beswick was regularly in contact by e-mail.
If you study the nonsense letter closely, you will see it appears to claim they "intend to carry out remedial works"  CLEAN KITCHEN CUPBOARDS
There is no price for the alleged "remedial work" only a statement telling me to write in (which I did) there is however, a note right at the bottom which states an ADDITIONAL administration charge of £150 will be made.

For the purpose of clarity, I wrote and asked why they had cleaned spotless cupboards and how much were they proposing to charge for this. I also asked for clarification of the ADDITIONAL administration charge.

That was a month ago, and I still have not received a reply. There is far more nonsense to come yet. Keep up your kind support.

Beware Philip James

Someone who claims to be a "director" of the company has been in contact now, confirming they are sticking to the tiny clause in a contract. They claim they are waiting for the utility bills to be produced, according to the power and gas company - they have had these since the 3rd December and they show I am £24 in credit.

The "director" issues more threats should I produce my leaflets. This will not deter me. I will produce and distribute leaflets as I see fit. This company appears to thrive on intimidation and threats. They HAVE stolen my deposit in my opinion. I fully intend to show this to the court.

He wants me to complain to the industry bodies that he belongs to, rather than continue through the courts. It is my choice which route I take to obtain my deposit back - not theirs. Did you know that a deposit is YOURS!! It is not the property of the letting agent or the landlord, and there are specific laws relating to it's retention and return. They will have to explain to the Judge why they have chosen to ignore this.

It may take months for the Court to set a date for the hearing, so keep coming here for updates and advice.



There was an elderly lady  on rip off Britain recently, I think she was in her 90s and from Salford. She told how she had fought against the Germans and they had not broken her - but the company in the programme nearly had. Luckily for me, I didn't have to worry about the Germans or this particular company - However Philip James are trying to wear down my spirit with their threats and intimidation, They will not succeed!! Luckily for me I am not in my 90s and I will not be bullied.

They continually attempt to bully me into submitting to their way of doing things. They contacted the Police last week because I complained too often. The Police conceded it is a civil matter.

After Christmas I will be looking to recruit students in the Didsbury area to assist with distributing leaflets and lobbying their offices, this will be paid casual employment