English Lawyer in Spain Seeks Legal Advice

Paula Basham Seeks Legal Advice

5 August 2009

Aplogies to all Injustice in Europe readers as it has been somewhat hectic lately and the e-mail box was inaccessable for a while. There have been several comments but perhaps this was the most interesting of all. It came in on the 23rd January 2009.

“Your web site has been brought to my attention, I will be taking the advice of my lawyers re the content of this page referring to a Miss Jensen who apparently was employed by the company Axar Properties.”

Paula Basham

We are not surprised that this site was brought to Paula Basham’s attention. Have you tried to Google Axar Property or Axar Properties lately?

Injustice in Europe would like to point out to Paula Basham that Ms. Jensen was NOT “apparently” employed by the company Axar Properties, she WAS employed by Axar Properties.  You were her boss, you hired her and you fired her. You, as her boss were twice found liable in Malaga Court, once for wrongful dismissal of a pregnant woman, namely Ms. Jensen and you have not yet paid either of the fines that you were given.

Injustice in Europe, however, will happily remove and apologize for any factual errors should Paula Basham care to point them out.

Moving on…Axar Properties is no longer called Axar Properties but has cunningly changed the name to Axar Property. We would not want  you,  the readers, to be fooled or indeed confused between the two. Perhaps the Tax Department or the Social Security Department will be for a while but not the readers of Injustice in Europe.

Axar Property is owned by Paula Basham, as was Axar Properties S.L. The website has the same format as Axar Properties it even has many of the same properties on their website for sale as when Ms. Jensen worked there.

I wonder if she is missed.

Please remember, there is a comments box below where you or Paula Basham and her  supporters can leave  remarks for others to see.

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Axar Properties – For the Homeless

Happy Christmas Paula!

Axar Properties - for the Homeless

 

It is somewhat ironic that an English lawyer, Paula Basham, who sells and rents properties for a living, would unlawfully employ and unlawfully dismiss a 21 year old pregnant woman and consequently deprive her of her legal rights under Spanish and European Law.

This same lawyer has had judgements made against her in Malaga Court (twice) but has yet to pay a single “centimo” to her ex-employee . This has led to severe economic difficulties and the threat of homelessness to her former employee and her baby, Maya.

Paula Basham, owner of Axar Properties S.L. is such a woman.

This Injustice in Europe report revolves around the case of Vanessa Kjaerulff Jensen, a young Danish woman who worked for Paula Basham, owner of Axar Properties S.L. as featured on BBC’s TV program “Living In The Sun”

Go ahead, see what Google says about Axar Properties then listen to Vanessa’s story over the coming days and weeks.

Vanessa was employed by Paula Basham but never received a contract of employment despite repeated requests and promises that Axar Properties S.L. would supply one.

The full details of this report will appear soon but in the meantime see this  Press Release

If you would really like to do business with Paula Basham and Axar Properties you can contact them here:

SALES/RENTALS Spain
+34 952534954 (land line)
+34 691120935 (mobile)
info@axarproperties.com 
SALES/RENTALS UK
Tel: +44 (0)1279 832125
(land line)
UK Postal Enquiries and Telephone Contact:
12 Brook End Sawbridgeworth Herts
Tel: +44 (0)1279 832125 (land line)
 

If not, (and we wouldn’t blame you) and you would like your “injustice” aired in public…
Contact Injustice in Europe here: injusticeineurope@gmail.com

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Injustice in Europe and “Incorrect Procedure”…

Injustice in Europe and “Incorrect Procedure”…

The race is on to find a buyer or buyers for my property, my home or at least 50% of my half of it as notified by De Cotta McKenna y Santafé.

Amazingly there are quite a few neighbours and some new people who are very interested to buy “Cortijo Baena”  before the public auction at Torrox Court on the 21st January.

People are going to turn up and bid at the public auction for the parts of this property. Also of interest is that members of the Spanish and “ex-pat” press are coming too.

Fascinating too is that while the interest rates drop and the euro gains strength against  sterling it creates other interesting scenarios in this situation.

Meanwhile…

“Incorrect procedure” by DeCotta Law partner,  Jon Sutton, comes under the microscope.

This is the subject of ongoing investigations, the result of which you will have to wait for…

Meanwhile the packing for a new homeless  life goes on as does the fight against Injustice in Europe.

Slipping through the legal net, a 53 year old Englishman, resident in Spain, is to lose his house and home over the New Year. He has fallen victim to cross-border legal processes and circumstances which include “incorrect procedures” by DeCotta Law.

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Injustice in Europe ruffles some feathers

Injustice in Europe ruffles some feathers.

 

Let me say straight away, by way of retraction, (without being asked) that Reyes Gómez Llorente of DeCotta McKenna and Santafé in Nerja was absolutely correct in her letter to my recent buyer. My 50% of the property (my home) jointly owned by my ex-wife, Valerie Celia Russell, will go to auction on the 21^st January 2009.

 

I will not go into too much detail in writing, as it seems I may be taken to court by DeCotta McKenna and Santafé. (if you remember the threats in an earlier report on this blog)

 

As if…as if a huge company like that would kick a man when he is down…particularly when elsewhere in the press they are “supporting” a well known local charity when and if you get your will written by them…as if…

  

The Good News!

 

Listen up! Anyone can buy a 50% share of this property which, although held under one title deed (escritura) has now ben divided into 4 (four) lots. It is being offered for sale in 4 lots: 1 house, 1 cottage, 1 large plot of land and I small of land.

 

So … would you like to buy 50% of lot 1, lot 2, lot 3 or lot 4 and share it with Valerie Celia Russell ?

 

The Public Auction

 

I have been asking for months for what constitutes a public auction and what anyone needs to do to participate. I finally have an answer.

 

All you need to do is turn up on the day with 30% of the bid price deposited in the bank account number supplied by the court. You may also make your bid in writing in a sealed envelope. 

 

(NB. This is NOT a translation by a Sworn Translator nor is it legalized in any way and certainly not several days before I received it !)

 

So what is for sale?

 

Roughly translated, you can buy 50% of:

 

Lot 1: Land: € 21,372.97

 

Lot 2: Land: € 1,311.30

 

Lot 3: Cottage: €37,642.37

 

Lot 4: House: €89,845.04

 

In total: € 150,171.68 buys you a HALF SHARE of my home and property which is shared, on paper, with my ex-wife Valerie Celia Russell.

 

WHAT A DEAL !

 

What a deal, when you consider you could have bought this whole property for a mere €235,000 at the current market value (yes, there are Estate Agents that value these things) IF I had been allowed to sell it to you by, yes you guessed it, Valerie Celia Russell and her legal representatives, DeCotta McKenna and Santafé. However, in their wisdom, they have blocked every sale to date and made it impossible for me to honour my debt as set down by the English Court Order.

 

So here’s the deal….

 

All you need to do to own your own bit of paradise in Spain (jointly with Valerie Celia Russell of course) is turn up at Torrox Court, Malaga at 12 noon on 21^st January 2009 with €400. (You will need the 30% deposited but let’s face it, €400 isn’t much is it?)

 

Otherwise what do you think will happen? Valerie Celia Russell will take the jackpot!

 

The Bad News!

 

The English Court Order, under which I was ordered to pay a sum close to £ 67,000, has been mistranslated and used to force the sale of 50% of my property. It is now available in 4 lots, whereas during the past 4 years every attempt by me to sell the whole or part of the property has been blocked. The debt has mounted due to an 8% interest rate being placed on the debt. The rate of interest in Spain at the time of the Order was 3%. The time limit set to find the sum was 3 months. Properties in Spain, particularly rural ones such as mine, simply do not sell in that time frame, not then and not now.

 

If I were to raise the required sum to satisfy the debt before the 21^st January 2009 deadline there is now some doubt that Valerie Celia Russell would even be removed from the title deed according to what I can make of a previous  DeCotta Law letter.

 

So, if this is correct, in effect, my ex-wife, will have had €90,000 in cash, a further €130,000 (or so) in payment with interest AND retain a half share in this property. Conversely, if I am unable to raise this sum she will “buy” my half share at a so called “public auction” (which incidentally, is anything but public), own the whole property and will have had the original €90,000.

 

Was this the intention of the English Court Order?

 

The question of the jurisdiction of the English County Court is in doubt, the dubious mistranslation of the court order, the fact that

 

A judgment will not be recognised:

 

if the defendant was not served with the document which instituted the proceedings in sufficient time and in such a way as to enable the defendant to arrange for his or her defence; (http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33054.htm)

 

and several other aspects of this case are all currently under review.

 

 

Is this justice in Europe or injustice in Europe?

 

 

There is a lot more to share with you but right now I’ll leave you, along with one or two notable authorities, to wonder about the legality of these actions and who on earth would buy 50% of a property with a stranger.

 
Slipping through the legal net, a 53 year old Englishman, resident in Spain, is to lose his house and home within a matter of days. He has fallen victim to cross-border legal processes and unfortunate circumstances which include an archaic and somewhat secretive, local legal system.

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Slipping through the legal net, a 53 year old Englishman, resident in Spain, is to lose his house and home within a matter of days. He has fallen victim to cross-border legal processes and unfortunate circumstances which include an archaic and somewhat secretive, local legal system.