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Tchenguiz’s Israeli ‘military intelligence’ operators Black Cube ‘were employed by Harvey Weinstein over sex accusations’

November 9, 2017 By admin

The New Yorker claims that former Israeli intelligence operators now behind the private investigations company Black Cube were deployed by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein over sex accusations. Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies In the fall of 2016, Harvey Weinstein set out to suppress allegations that he had sexually harassed or assaulted numerous women. He began […]

Ex-Israeli intelligence operatives settle dispute with Tchenguiz

April 22, 2013 By admin

The spectacle of Vincent Tchenguiz publicly falling out with his team of former Israeli intelligence operatives has come to an end, with the latter describing themselves as “very happy” with the settlement. Black Cube launched an action against Tchenguiz in the UK for £330,000 plus interest for work carried out for the tycoon following his […]

Tchenguiz falls out with his ex-Israeli intelligence operatives … and now they are suing each other

April 11, 2013 By admin

UPDATE April 22: Dispute settled. More here UPDATE April 13, 18.29 LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation “As mentioned in the court documents which you referred to, Black Cube should be described as a creative intelligence agency run by a group of “ex-Israeli intelligence operatives” or “IDF (Israel Defense Force) intelligence’s veterans”.” Black Cube […]

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All Party Parliamentary Group, April 26: Barratt praised at Citiscape; Galliard reviled at New Capital Quay; Taylor Wimpey scorned over ground rent review scheme

APPG, April 26 A picture of relief and continued misery emerged from the meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on leasehold and commonhold reform last week. Relieved were two representatives of the 95-flat Citiscape site in Croydon, where Barratt – which built the site 17 years ago – is picking up the tab to […]

Whistleblowers to Serious Fraud Office ‘wasting their time’

Bad news for LKP, our MP patrons, and anyone else who cares about the Sisyphean labour of trying to encourage integrity and honesty in our corporate governance. The law firm Pinsent Masons has found that 2,500 whistleblowers approached the Serious Fraud Office, but that only resulted in a dozen investigations, the Times reports today. No […]

Police may need to investigate ground rent scandal, says Bottomley

Sir Peter Bottomley today told the Daily Mail that police may need to be involved in the ground rent scandal that involves the country’s largest developers. “Housebuilders should pay attention. This scandal needs dealing with by government and parliament,’ said Sir Peter. “Some of the worst practices should be investigated to see whether a crime […]

Stella Creasy MP backs leasehold reform … and Kirstie Allsopp is Tweeting to stop leasehold house sales

The influential Labour MP Stella Creasy singled out the work of colleagues Jim Fitzpatrick and Sir Peter Bottomley on leasehold reform in an interview with Andrew Marr on BBC TV yesterday. The MP said reforming leasehold and other social issues were just the tasks MPs should be engaged in during this Parliament. The section can […]

Last year: £64.8bn leasehold properties sold. £13.7bn was new-build. Leasehold house numbers double. Developers make £300-500 million a year from ground rent sales

Land Registry data shows the scale of the leasehold market ¬ and reveals the importance of freehold sales to housebuilders. Research by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership shows that £64.8 billion of leasehold sales were registered in 2015. £13.73 billion of that was new-build residential property. From this information, we can roughly estimate the level of […]

Private Eye identifies yet another murky offshore landlord, Vuillard Holdings Limited, with Grenfell cladding

“Snakes and cladders” is Private Eye’s headline revealing Vuillard Holdings Limited as the latest landlord with Grenfell cladding on site. Owned by shy proprietors David and Patrick Kennedy, it owns the freehold of Victoria Wharf, two sites Limehouse in East London, where leaseholders have so far “been forced” to pay £165,000 for fire wardens. LKP […]

Will Astor ‘tried to nobble reform of ground rents’, Daily Mail claims

The ground rent speculator – and former employee of Vincent Tchenguiz – Will Astor mounted an eleventh hour lobbying effort to derail reform of leasehold, reports the Daily Mail today. The Mail claims that the 38-year-old, who is the half brother-in-law of former prime minister David Cameron, hired London-based PR firm Pagefield through his £1.3 […]