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They have set up Practical wealth management now.

Katie Polson she is on Facebook Bragging about her commission she makes. I used to work there

*Katie poulston

I have important information regarding Alana Benson, Peter Heath and Andrew Young which may well be of interest to you, could I send a private message please?

Guess I was one of the people scammed also payed them over two and a half thousand pounds for worthless paper feeling very angry at the minute

To Des, Thankyou for your comments, feel free to send a message to wewillgivefreeadvice@hotmail.co.uk, all information will be treated with the strictest of confidence.

Thankyou for reading.

KW.

To Mrs lewin, Thankyou for your comments, feel free to contact us wewillgivefreeadvice@hotmail.co.uk, we may be able to help.  All information will be treated with the strictest of confidence.

Thankyou for reading.

KW.

Hi myself and my husband have just found out that we also must have been scammed same as th above in Feb 2011 by Express law have lost all our money we paid them.They appeared so genuine.

Is Katie Poulston the same Katie who said her surname was Smith? (see previous).  I see on her Facehook page she lists her ‘Work’ as Synergy Legal, a company mention on this forum (see previous)
Practical Wealth Management appears to be an internet company only, ie not a company registered with Companies House;  it does give its address as Oak House, Lincoln, but not the office number at Oak House.  The telephone number is non-geographical 0844 9796144, I don’t know whether this connects to Lincoln or to Doncaster.  A domain name check shows that PWM is registered, I found nothing on the registration to connect it to Indeed Law Ltd other than the server also hosts a company called Guardian Legal.

To Mojo, Thankyou for your comments.

Sorry to hear that but you should of been contacted at the time that Express Law went into Liquidation, by the Liquidators or the Society of Will Writers in Lincoln as Express Law were members.
Unfortunately, many have been caught out by these people. They start up companies, then when they receive too many complaints, they liquidate and start up another. To list a few:
• Minster Legal Services (UK) / National Legal Services / Saga Law of Gainsborough, which was soon closed down on account of them using a reputable name and they were threatened with legal action.
• Express Law / Express Legal Solutions / Premier Legal / Synergy Legal / Indeed Law / Guardian Legal / Direct Law 4 u of Doncaster
• Charter Legal / Law of Lincoln.

Thankyou for reading.

KW

It is the same Katie. She changes her last name to smith. They have offices in Lincoln and Doncaster . They Also own twistfox.com in Scunthorpe.

Hi, Has anyone contacted watchdog?

They are very clever on where they register their companies .
Unit 22a north hykeham, Lincoln ln6 8hw.
M & M Business Park Doncaster Road Kirk Sandall Doncaster , DN3 1HR
Suite B knight house Scunthorpe DN16 1AD

Indeed Law Ltd is leaving Oak House, Lincoln, this month (November).  Information, not verified, is that it is likely it is going to Scunthorpe.

There is a company recently set up called Countrywide Law Ltd with a registered office address of 160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX. The sole Director, appointed 7 Sept 2016, is called Micheal Carter (note the spelling of Micheal as opposed to the usual Michael) with a correspondence address of Suite B, Knight House, Arkwright Way, Queensway Court, Scunthorpe DN16 1AD. He has a date of birth of July 1954.
You may recollect that the Director of Guardian Legal Ltd is a man called Michael John Carter whose name is spelled Micheal on its set-up document and with a date of birth of July 1954.

Direct Law 4U Ltd has been liquated. The liquidator's report, which can be found at the Companies House website, makes interesting reading.  It appears that Alana Benson walked away from, at least, £21,398 of debts.   The company was only incorporated on 16th July 2013 but I lasted longer than Charterhouse Legal Ltd. where she pulled the same stunt.  The liquidator claims to have about £15,000 outstanding in fees. You'd think he would have learned his lesson because he wound up Charterhouse Legal.  Lets hope that the new ICO powers to fine director finely deal with the likes of Alana Benson.

Word is that Indeed Law has gone from Oak House Lincoln.

Grey Sage, above, is referring to the liquidator’s Progress Report which was published quite recently.

Reproduction in relevant part of the Liquidator’s Progress Report (S192).   Liquidator is Stephen Penn, Absolute Recovery Ltd, Doncaster.  Ref DIR0330/SP/DJ/DH
Report – 14 Sept 2016 - for Direct Law 4U Ltd (company number 08610978)

3.1    My initial opinion of the assignment was that it would generally be of a  straight forward nature with the majority of early administration focused upon statutory duties
3.2    Based simply on the Statement of Affairs I considered it was unlikely a dividend would be paid to creditors
3.3    I considered I had the staff and resources to properly administer the liquidation and appointed a case manager and a case administrator to deal with the day to day administration
3.4    I did not believe it was necessary to consult creditors generally with regard to any strategy
3.5    The company did not operate a pension scheme
3.6    No employees were detailed in the Statement of Affairs and none have come to light during the course of the liquidation
3.7    I implemented a redirection upon the company’s mail for the first three months of the liquidation.  Generally, this is a useful tool to identify undisclosed assets and unknown creditors
3.8    The company’s activity was described as Legal Services and the information made available to me indicates that in the main the company provided trust services
3.9    For the purpose of the Statement of Affairs the director advised that the company had five creditors with cumulative claims of £7071.00.   Shortly after appointment it became clear that there were a lot more creditors and specifically individuals who had paid for a service from the company (usually in full) that had not been carried out.   Many of these individuals were elderly and my staff and I have had many telephone calls with siblings and other concerned family members.   Notwithstanding the above I am aware of a connected company that offered to complete services to customers at no further cost although I am also aware that several individuals wanted nothing to do with this connected company and preferred to remain a creditor instead
3.10    In accordance with the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1966 I have submitted a report on the conduct of the Company to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).  As this is a confidential report I am not able to disclose the contents
3.11    I am also aware that Trading Standards are looking into the affairs of the company and its officers and during the course of the liquidation I have been contacted by several other bodies representing disgruntled consumers.  I believe these investigations are ongoing
3.12    Shortly after appointment I made an initial assessment of whether there could be any other matters that might lead to recoveries for the estate and what further investigation may be appropriate.   This assessment took into account information provided by creditors either at the initial meeting or as a response to my request to complete an investigation questionnaire.   My investigations revealed the following.
3.13    The company had one director at liquidation, Ms Alana Benson, and one other individual acted as a director during the three-year period leading up to liquidation.   Ms Alana Benson has completed and returned to me a questionnaire regarding her activities as a director of the company and she has provided me with some company books and records.   The other former director has not done this
3.14    The company was incorporated on 16 July 2013;  however no accounts were ever filed at Companies House.   I am not aware that the services of an accountant were ever utilised
3.14(b)   In addition I have received directly from the bank, bank statements for the twelve-month period leading up to liquidation
3.15    Having undertaken a thorough review of these documents I identified several matters that required further investigation as follows:
    *   Potential misfeasance transactions
    *   Potential associated party transactions
    *   Potential transactions at an undervalue
    Explanations for the vast majority of these were available from the books and records delivered to me.   My investigation revealed several transactions with an associated company, specifically Charterhouse Legal Limited, which also entered into voluntary liquidation on 8 February 2016.   As a result of this any potential claim I had against Charterhouse Legal Limited to recover these monies will now be a claim in the liquidation
3.16    Two County Court Judgements were lodged against the company prior to liquidation dated February 2015 and 18 May 2015 in the sum of £1555 and £3045 respectively
3.17    My last correspondence which was sent on 19 August 2015 to all known creditors requested creditors to complete a questionnaire notifying me of any complaints or information they had regarding the company which could possibly assist me with my investigations.   Questionnaires have been received in this regard which has assisted me
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4.3      Unsecured Creditors.   I have received claims totalling £21,398.72 from eleven creditors and I have yet to receive claims from four further creditors.   I have become aware of ten further creditors since the liquidation commenced and I have spoken with many other individuals who would be creditors but have not formally confirmed their status
    At this  juncture there are insufficient funds for a dividend to be paid to any class of creditor

                        *************************************************

(Full Report is available from Companies House website (beta) in pdf)

Stephen Penn of  Absolute Recovery Ltd, also wound up Charterhouse Legal which was a predecessor of Indeed Law Ltd.  He seems to be the go-to chap to do a quick "voluntary liquidation".

I find this statement interesting: 3.10    In accordance with the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1966 I have submitted a report on the conduct of the Company to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).  As this is a confidential report I am not able to disclose the contents.  Was this before or after Department for Business Innovation and Skills was dissolved on 14/July/2016?

Trading standards are investigating Indeed Law Ltd. but, as usual, they are a bit slow off the mark. Indeed Law (and Practical Wealth Management) have left Oak House  with no forwarding address. Practical Wealth Management have a sparkly new website at http://www.practicalwealthmanagement.co.uk/ but they are not a registered company.  Steer clear.

Also the correct title of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1966 appears to be "Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986"