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From: Anthony de Garr Robinson
To: "Parsons, Andrew" <__
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 09:13:42 +0000
Importance: High
Attachments: 047.Bates.our_letter_of_response.docx
Dear Andy,
Here’s the letter.
You will see that I have tracked the changes since the version I sent you yesterday. You will also see some
comments on consistency of formatting etc at the beginning of the letter, and that the body of the letter has more
than a couple of changes (not least because I did a spellcheck this time). I hope that these changes don't cause
you any problems — the ones I would really like you not to leave out are in paras 22.1.3 and 6.34 and 11.1.2 (a
suggestion on victimisation which would make our lives easier). I have suggested some changes to sections 9-13
which I think make them better but are not crucial.
Best wishes,
Tony
From: Parsons, Andrew [mailto:
Sent: 16 July 2016 08:33
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson ¢
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Thanks Tony.
Andrew Parsons
Partner
From: Anthony de Garr Robinson
Sent: 16/07/2016 07:58
To: Parsons, Andrew
Cc: Prime, Amy
Subject: Re: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Tam on my way into work and the first job on my list is to finish off my amendments to the last schedule. You should have it by
about 9 AM. I've made a couple of other very small changes to the main body of the letter for reasons which will be obvious when
you see it.
Best wishes,
Tony
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On 16 Jul 2016, at 06:52, Parsons, Andrew <p GRO nnn >
wrote:
Tony
What's your plan for comments on the schedules?
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I've spoken to POL. A few members of the team have put aside time tomorrow to review the letter so it would be good to get it out
to them later today.
Kind regards
‘Andy
Andrew Parsons
Partner
Bond Dickinson LLP
: 15/07/2016 16:48
To: Parsons, Andrew<mailto: i
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
; Loraine, Paul<mailtod~
Very good, I’ll send them over later, having tracked the changes from the version I sent you earlier.
By the way, regarding the Willers v Gubbay case which I have referred to in the letter in the context of malicious prosecution, I see
that the case has already gone to the court of appeal and will I think be the subject of a judgment of the Supreme Court to be
handed down next Wednesday (see attached email). On any view, what I say about the case in the letter is not the last word and
the case will need to be reviewed before the letter is sent out.
Best wishes,
From: Parsons, Andrew [mailt
Sent: 15 July 2016 13:05
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson <{7-~
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Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A FID26859284]
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Loraine, Paul
Tony
Thanks. We'll go through and work in your comments on sections 1-8. It would be good to get your comments on the schedules if
possible, even if that is later this afternoon,
‘Andy
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From: Anthony de Garr Robinson [mailto
Sent: 15 July 2016 12:39
To: Parsons, Andrew; Readhead, Tiffany; Loraine, Paul
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Importance: High
Dear all,
Here is where I have got to with the letter, working too fast and without checking things, proofreading or even making a
spellcheck. I have just about got to the end of section 8, although my review of everything from section 7 was quite hurried.
Thave not looked at the remaining sections of the letter but I have looked at the schedules and have many proposed amendments
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for them. They are not huge amendments but they will improve the quality and avoid some hostages to fortune. Do you want me
to klet you have them? If so, I will not be able to turn to that until after 3pm.
Let me know what you wat me to do. Please note that I expect to be out of circulation for almost the whole of the weekend and
much of the early part of next week. However, that may suit you!
Best wishes,
Tony
From: Parsons, Andrew [mailt
Sent: 14 July 2016 15:19
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson
>; Readhead, Tiffany
GRO
oraine, Paul
Tony
You do your amendments first and then we'll feed in anything else we have.
A
Andrew Parsons
Partner
Bond Dickinson LLP
From: Anthony de Garr Robinson<mailto:
Sent: 14/07/2016 14:59
To: Parsons, Andrew<mailto: ~ ; Readhead,,
Tiffany<mailtoj i>; Loraine, Paul<mailtoi
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
I’m not sure the nature of the proceedings are key — the key point for us may be that the tort of abuse of the process (Crawford
does not call it malicious prosecution) requires bringing proceedings for a purpose other than the recovery of the money sought in
the proceedings, which is clearly not our case and which they do not even allege here.
Hold on, though — who’s currently in charge of the travelling draft?
From: Parsons, Andrew [mailt
Sent: 14 July 2016 14:46
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson <j GRO, _ b>; Readhead, Tiffany
4 GRO ~___ p>; Loraine, Paul
1 GRO _ P
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Tony
I was going to ignore it as they haven't put forward a case on this. May be we just add a footnote.
Paul, Would you mind addressing this point? I think you can only bring an MP claim for certain types of civil proceedings, not all
civil proceedings. Ask Amy, she might know the case law on this.
A
Andrew Parsons
Partner
Bond Di
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From: Anthony de Garr Robinson<mailto
Sent: 14/07/2016 14:27
To: Readhead, Tiffany<mailto!
Ce: Parsons, Andrew<mailto
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A FiD26859384]
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Thank you, Tiffany.
Andy, is anyone proposing to deal with their argument that we are liable for malicious prosecution in relation to the civil
proceedings we have brought? For this purpose, they are relying on Crawford Adjusters v Sagicor. Should the letter not be
addressing the point?
Tony
From: Readhead, Tiffany (mailto:
Sent: 14 July 2016 14:06
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson <arobinsonI
Ce: Parsons, Andrew <andrew.parsons
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Afternoon
As requested, please find attached the updated version of the letter to Freeths.
Thanks
Tiff
Tiffany Readhead
Secretary
Bond Dickinson LLP
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From: Parsons, Andrew
Sent: 14 July 2016 13:44
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson
Ce: Readhead, Tiffany
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Tony
Forgot to say. The letter hasn't changed much. Some work has been done to the Heads of Claim section.
Tiff. When you're finished making those changes I gave you, please could you send Tony the updated letter.
A
Andrew Parsons
Partner
Bond Dickinson LLP...
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From: Anthony de Garr Robinson<mailto! GRO i
Sent: 14/07/2016 13:21
To: Parsons, Andrew<mailto:{ -
Ce: Porter, Tom<mailtoi GRO
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
He’s promised me this afternoon, I’m going over the other parts of the letter you sent me with my pen and will have amendments
to many parts. Would lunchtime tomorrow be too late for you? Has the draft changed much since the version you sent to me?
Where are you dealing with the remote data alteration point?
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From: Parsons, Andrew [mailto:d
Sent: 14 July 2016 12:47
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson <
Ce: Porter, Tom {7777
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.F1D26859284]
Tony
Thanks.
We agree with your amendments. We'll tidy up the letter, chase down your questions and get this sent.
On the Comm Ct point, I agree that if this is to be even a viable option we need to do it in a transparent manner which means
setting it up in correspondence first.
Do you have an ETA on the sections you / Owain were amending on the LOR?
Kind regards
‘Andy
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From: Anthony de Garr Robinson [mailto
Sent: 14 July 2016 10:24
To: Parsons, Andrew
Ce: Porter, Tom
Subject: RE: GLO Letter [BD-4A.FID26859284]
Importance: High
Dear Andy,
Here are my suggestions for your letter. I hope they are self-explanatory. Given the time pressure, I have not rigorously gone
through the order to ensure that it all fits together on our case (that it should be in the commercial court etc).
Tom’s suggestion really is brilliant. However, if we suddenly made an application to the commercial court in an attempt to steal a
march on the other side, this would go down very badly with both courts. I have added some wording to the letter and have
amended the Order in ways that are designed to provoke an unequivocal response from Freeths that they will absolutely never
agree to transfer. If and when that happens, and depending on how they express themselves, we might have an opportunity to reply
by saying something like (1) the parties agree that there should be a GLO and it is now clear what the issues are because we’ve
served our letter of response, (2) it is also clear that we are never going to agree on forum, and that this is the most urgent issue,
and (3) we've considered how best to resolve that issue and it seems to us that the quickest and most appropriate procedure is
through an application for a GLO to be made by the commercial court, and (4) obviously, the claimants will not be making this
application but the defendant will and (5) the claimants can expect to receive the necessary papers shortly.
I’m more than a little concerned that this could end up rebounding on us, but let’s decide once we’ve sent our letter of response.
Best wishes,
Tony
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Sent: 13 July 2016 19:18
To: Anthony de Garr Robinson ¢
Ce: Porter, Tom 4
Subject: GLO Letier [BD-4A FiD26859384}
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Tony
Please find attached a draft letter to Freeths and an amended GLO for your comments.
Tom P came up with an interesting, if slightly mischievous, idea on the issue of moving matters to the Commercial Court. Both
Claimants and Defendants can apply for a GLO at any time, even before a Claim is issued or served. Post Office is therefore at
liberty to apply to the Commercial Court for a GLO. The fact that Freeths have issued in the QBD doesn't prohibit such an
application.
Therefore, rather than try to transfer the QBD Claim to the Commercial Court, we could simply make our own application to the
Commercial Court for a GLO (which would include the usual direction that all claims be moved to the Management Court ie. the
QBD claim would be moved to the Commercial Court).
Too mad or worth consideration?
Andy
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