16^th June 2013 [blog No. 28]

Hello again, it’s me, Peggy

For starters this week I want to tell you about the time Atteys of Doncaster had conduct of my case of alleged Professional Negligence against Gosschalks of Hull.

I see that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intervened in Atteys Firm of Solicitors in early March of this year and shut down the whole firm. Apparently, they’ve been wiped-out without a trace.

On the 6^th April 2013 I did request the return of the Atteys case files from the SRA and I sent them a completed Request Form on 9/4/2013. The SRA Intervention Archives Department responded via letter on 24^th April saying they were very busy with requests for files and that they would be in touch. Due to not hearing from them again I sent them a further letter via fax on 10^th June 2013 with Hard Copy post. I am still waiting to hear from them and for the return of my case files.

However, from what I saw on TV Monday June 10^th (BBC Panorama) about “Black Listing” I would say that I/we (my husband and I) have been blacklisted by both the Medical and also the Legal Profession due to my diligence in pursuing my claims. This “Black-Listing”  I allege, has also now spilled-over into the Government Departments, those that have handled the complaints I have brought against the various Medical and Legal bodies. I will go onto prove this to be the case at a later date, with letters from the various Government Departments showing their hostility towards me and their methods used in blocking me from obtaining successful outcomes from any of my complaints.

Back to Atteys and Gosschalks; Gosschalks had refused to attend the court hearing in Lincoln Combined Court in December 1999 after transferring my legal Aid Certificate into their name on 11^th November 1999. They eventually, I allege, after them milking the case and the Legal Aid Board as far as they could for 9-months, incorrectly and misleadingly advised the Legal Aid Board that they had obtained a negative Expert Medical Report from a Mr Wilkinson, an Orthopaedic Consultant in London.

I obtained all my case files from Gosschalks and was unable to find any Expert Medical Opinion/Report from Mr Wilkinson, negative or otherwise. I faxed Mr Wilkinson on 13^th December 2000 seeking a copy of his report, and in his response he told me that he had not made any medical report on my case nor had he given any opinion and he said that he did not receive any remuneration of any sort. He did say, however, that he had written to Gosschalks giving his reasons for not accepting their instruction on the matter. Albeit I put these facts to the Legal Services Commission no action was taken by them against Gosschalks for the alleged misrepresentation.

Gosschalks had public funding to obtain a medical report per specialism but they failed to obtain a Medial Report from an Orthopaedic Medical Expert or an Expert on Pain Management and they also further refused to represent me in court at the Hearing on 25 August 2000. They had, however, written to the Legal Aid Board in a letter dated 16^th August 2000 incorrectly informing the LAB that they had obtained negative expert medical opinion from Mr Wilkinson. I then had my Legal Aid Certificate revoked without giving me time to either “Reply to Show Cause” or obtain further Legal Representation prior to the then pending court hearing. I allege that I had been well and truly stitched-up by solicitor Tim Slow of Gosschalks.

I took my proposed Professional Negligence Claim against Gosschalks to Atteys of Doncaster in August 2008 but I allege that all they did was to milk the Legal Services Commission for 2½ years before obtaining a Barrister’s Advice on the matter; I allege they simply obtained an Advice with intent in them getting my public funding certificate revoked.

At a sound recorded meeting at Atteys Offices at a time when Barrister Hedley were present, solicitor Mr Sampson refused to take further instruction from me. He subsequently wrote to the Legal Services Commission incorrectly advising them that I had refused to give Atteys further instructions on my case, and my funding certificate was again revoked. I did lodge a complaint against Atteys to the Legal Services Commission quoting these facts.

I also put to them that in paragraph 80 of his advice Richard Hedley had referred to an Order made 18 July 2008 by DJ Kirkham where the Judge ordered the case be stayed, and Barrister Richard Hedley had gone on to say in paragraph 81 on page 26 of his advice; “In the context the whole principle of case management by the courts (which underpins the Civil Procedure Rules) I find that Order extremely odd. There is no apparent long-stop for review. The court seems to have been content that the claim was kicked into the long grass”. I allege that I had yet again been stitched-up, once again by the Judge.

I referred earlier to my having been “Blacklisted” and this is what I mean. Every time I bring either a case or a complaint to the authorities the case/complaint has been kicked into the long grass and I am prevented from obtaining a true and appropriate outcome. We are living in a cover-up culture where there is corruption from the top downwards. When I look through my case files and the way I been treated it reads like something out of a Dan Brown Novel.

I mentioned in blog number 3 and also in my last blog that Mr Iain Bourne (Health Sector) at the Information Commissioner’s Office had written to Mr Drake at the Health Service Ombudsman’s Office advising him that even if just from the semantics of the Bassetlaw Hospital x-ray Reports dated 20/8/1991 (for the 19/08/91 Bassetlaw x-rays of my knees) he believed Mrs Barnes had a case.

It was because of Mr Bourne’s letter that I contacted Mr Alan Milburn in a letter dated 28^th September 2000, the then Secretary of State for Health. However, you can see from copy letters below that Kevin Barron MP wrote a further twice (once on 5/10/00 and again on 15/11/00) and in his second letter Mr Barron actually threatened to bring the matter up at an Adjournment if not dealt with soon.

It was not until March 2001 that I received a letter dated 26 February 2001 from Yvette Cooper, Undersecretary of State for Health. She wrote back saying that I could consider reporting to the police matters that were relevant to them. In my estimation, if she and/or Mr Milburn considered there were matters for the Police to consider it should have been them who should have referred them direct to the police and it not been a matter for me or my husband to do.

However, you will see from the Fax sent on 1^st December 2000 to Malcolm Turner at Police HQ Nottingham and copied to DI Ross at Worksop Police Station with the relevant letters as mentioned here attached, that we had anticipated Yvette Cooper’s response and contacted the police ourselves.

 
You can also see from the last page attached and copied above that solicitor Tim Slow of Gosschalks had himself written to expert Radiologist Mr Strong at Bolton Radiology, advising him that he had seen the original 19/08/91 Bassetlaw Hospital x-rays and that there was an image seen by him in the original film of my Right knee that had not transcribed to the copy x-rays provided by the Trust.   

This true story continues …….

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