I have not seen what you filed with the SRA until you posted this. Because the complaint was so weak, it did not even merit an investigation. Despite you apparently using a barrister on it.
Well if you haven't seen it, stop making things up that I backed down, because to have backed down would have required you to have seen what I first wrote.
What you did not seem to say to the SRA is what you had already admitted long before you filed the complaint with them - that you accepted that I had not been aware of anything about the call or what it was alleged to mean until July 2023. So unless you made that clear elsewhere, you did mislead the SRA.
Post what I said in that admission and let's see - you have my permission. My recollection probably would be that I didn't think you had anything to do with that statement by Toth. I doubt I would have said that you didn't know, because I wouldn't have had that info.
It was when discussing it with EMM legal that it was discovered that I first called Toth at say 16:00, and I told him that GT wasn't in charge anymore and couldn't do anything. He then hangs up, rings you, I then speak to him again 45-60 minutes later and he says that they may not have signed it off and that you knew the person dealing with it. That is why it went from you probably not knowing of his statement, to me saying I don't have any information - because you and Toth spoke - and I don't know what you spoke about. Is it possible that you cooked it up between you, yes possible - do I think that's probable, no I don't, but I can't say, so I don't.
Your statement also ignores that you knew full well that the administration had been completed by mid-January 2023, well before the call with Michael took place and well before our deal was entered into. So you knew that there was no "unique advantage" available, because it was a done deal. You never once mentioned it while I was contacting Grant Thornton and we were discussing them by email and WhatsApp, which is odd if it was something you felt was important.
Jim, are you saying I should have not trusted Toth's statement? Well here's a thing, you take it up with him why he said it. The thing is, no matter what way you play this, you know he lied and you have completed 3 witness statements to various places since and you've washed over it - you know full well why you have done that. If you genuinely believed what you are saying, you would have explained your points to the DRS panel, or the IPO. Instead you just breeze past it.
As for not mentioning it to you that they'd gone out of business - Toth said he'd ring you for your advice the day before, and also are you being bloody thick on purpose - it was in the good dam emails I sent you that morning. The ones you claim went to spam but you some how magically you got the guys phone number from. It was after you received those that you came up with the proposals, so don't try and twist this - the email you had says this.
"On 19/01/2023 12:25, J**** wrote:
Commercial in confidence
Hi Graeme,
Unfortunately, I am not aware if / who fees may be paid to. The Company has been dissolved and we no longer
act as administrators.
All the best.
Kind regards
J****"
Just stop misleading people for goodness sake. You would never take this to court, you'd be absolutely smashed on Cross examination. I honestly don't know if you are lying or you are genuinely clueless, you constantly file late, even filing your own work after deadlines in the IPO, how many times is it now that they have sent it back as not being up to standard - about 4? Granted I have had failings myself when I tried to do it in house. As a Solicitor, one specialising in IP matters, you are a legal shambles.
I asked about your agreeing to me sending the documents to the panel because you are the person making the appeal, so it would be very different if filed with your knowledge and consent, rather than just coming from me. So I will say it is filed with your knowledge and consent.
You will not file it with my consent. I neither gave my consent or objected because you are irrelevant. If you've lied to them and gave my consent, I suggest you write to them immediately and update them.
This is a consistent pattern with you that I found, if you don't object out of something, you take it as being allowed, that's not the same thing. It's why you get yourself into the messes that you do. I said I can't stop you sending anything you want, as in I can't watch over you all day like a little toddler.
I'll contact Nominet tomorrow and discuss it with them. I do hope you haven't lied to them, that would be most unfortunate.