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Complaint Review: Edward Parkes Harcus Sinclair - Internet

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Edward Parkes is a lawyer who works for Harcus Sinclair in the UK

Edward Parkes has taken on a 'SLAPP-like' case for Power Places Tours Inc, a company with an extensive track record of unethical behaviour. As they already have a Rip Off Report, there is no need to repeat the details here, but for reference, here is the Rip Off Report for Power Places Tours which also contains all the evidence to back up my statements here.

ripoffreport.com/r/Power-Places-Tours-/Boulder-Colorado-80301/Power-Places-Tours-Power-Places-Tours-Ethics-Scandal-with-Gregg-Braden-Deposit-Payments-1214312

Edward Parkes has chosen to ignore his duty to ethics, truth and common values in favour of acting as a SLAPP lawyer in order to stifle honest and fair reporting by whistleblowers

For those who do not know what a SLAPP lawsuit is:-

Strategic lawsuit against public participation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.[1]

The typical SLAPP plaintiff does not normally expect to win the lawsuit. The plaintiff's goals are accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear, intimidation, mounting legal costs or simple exhaustion and abandons the criticism. 

 

The case against Edward Parkes is indisuptable for his activites clearly fall under behaviour that looks very SLAPP like including:-

-Making repeated threats of jail if I do not pay GBP 10,000 into his Clients Account and cease my reporting on the matter on Rip Off Report:

To quote Edward Parkes from an email (sent on Christmas eve):-

Weiss v Spirit [HARCUS-HSDocs.FID63011]‏

 
 
High priority
 
Attachment
 
24/12/2015
 

You are ordered to pay the sum of £10,000 on account of my clients’ legal costs.  That sum is due by 6 January 2015.  You may make the payment by transferring that sum into my firm’s client account, the details for which are as follows:

 

(removed for security reasons)

You are required to cooperate (in the terms specified) with any Rip Off Report arbitration.

 

8.       The injunctions (described at paragraphs 1 to 3, and 5 to 7 above) are made under a ‘penal notice’.  That means that if you disobey the orders you may be held to be in contempt of court and may be imprisoned or fined or you may be found to be guilty of a criminal offence for which you may be imprisoned or fined or both.

 

Edward Parkes has so far made three threats of jail, but what he forgets to realize is that an imprisoned whistleblower cannot remove postings or post retractions - and thus the whole thing is pointless.

With regard to Rip Off Report, Mr Edward Parkes is clearly threatening me with jail if I do not submit perjerous statements to Rip Off Report, which in itself goes against the ethos of Rip Off Report (not letting them get away with it)

For these reasons, a Rip Off Report about Mr Parkes is warranted, for SLAPP lawsuits violate the core values of a moral and ethical society as well as the values of truth. For me to not talk / disclose - would be to yield to the aim of a SLAPP lawsuit.

 

 

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#7 Author of original report

Qualified Privilege Disclosures, Harcus Sinclair billed GBP 1 Million in damages, Report Update My Side of the Story

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POSTED: Sunday, July 31, 2016

Matter Not Resolved.

I can share that the matter is of yet unresolved with Harcus Sinclair. The core of the dispute was when I was threatened by them with harm and loss if I did not agree to lie to Rip Off Report Arbitrators in December 2015 with regard to several related reports connected with the issue.

The truth is that by law I have Qualified Privilege to make statements that are in the public interest, to warn others of harm or danger, in self defence and to make fair and honest criticism about public officials (including lawyers).

That matter is expanded upon here:-

spiritualmaster-freespirit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/harcus-sinclair-solicitors-scandal-qualified-disclosures.html

Harcus Sinclair caused to be published into the public domain statements that I demanded GBP 1 Million as a price to be quiet. That is not what the demand for money was intended for and the attached image shows what the bill is for - namely for consultation in matters of ethics and integrity in business dealings and for damage done to my work.

The justifications for the money demand is also expanded upon in great detail here.

spiritualmaster-freespirit.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/power-places-tours-and-gregg-braden-billed-US1.5million-in-spiritual-consultation-fees.html

The consultation bill was updated during 2016 to include Harcus Sinclair.

Harcus Sinclair and its associates have ceased to make threats of harm to me if I do not lie to Rip Off Report. They wanted me to retract my complaints, but they are truthful, legitimate, clearly in the public interest and thus must remain here.

 

 

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I as the author of this report state that the above is the truth.

Free Spirit

 

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Report Update/Statement of Truth - Harcus Sinclair billed for GBP 50,000 for lessons in Truth and Integrity / Matter in process of being resolved

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POSTED: Thursday, April 07, 2016

I can share that the matter with myself and Harcus Sinclair is in the process of being resolved.

To sum up, last year - Harcus Sinclair and their associates tried to bully me into telling black lies (lies that cause harm or are morally wrong to tell) to Rip Off Report arbitrators to assist their client who has been implicated in unethical behaviour, scandal and cheating.

The evidence for that is overwhelmeing and there is no need to repeat it here and instead I will just post the link to the evidence:-

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Power-Places-Tours-/Boulder-Colorado-80301/Power-Places-Tours-Power-Places-Tours-Ethics-Scandal-with-Gregg-Braden-Deposit-Payments-1214312

The above shows clearly and beyond dispute what I experienced at the hands of Harcus Sinclair in the SLAPP suit during 2015.

The above also shows that his Client has been defeated and I am the victor in the matter - as his Client are to pay me $1.5million in damages after deciding not to pursue the matter further in the face of overwhelming evidence.

It is true that Harcus Sinclair were billed GBP 50,000 for lessons in truth and integrity invited.

A copy of the bill has been attached in a screenshot so there is no public misunderstanding as to what the bill is for.

In brief, it is for time and energy lost explaining why those in the moral wrong are the ones that have to take losses.

For me, it was a matter of self-respect and standing up for myself, because I was threatened with financial loss and detriment in bad faith if I did not yield to the objectives of the SLAPP suit.

Harcus Sinclar claimed I was of bad integrity but my own website contains many testimonials to my high ethical standing as well as the moral justifications for standing up for myself and a statement of my own ethical values.

http://keystospiritualascension.com/mission-statement/

As I am the winner, it is me that will receive the settlements.

Harcus Sinclair have been informed that once their bill of GBP 50,000 has been paid, it will draw a line under the matter - and will be happy to say so in public that the matter has been fully resolved to my satisfaction.

It is not a payment to tell lies but a payment for money lost by myself due to the matter.

Again, the screenshot of the bill shows beyond doubt what the bill is.

Banking details and email addresses have been rubbed out to comply with ROR rules of posting.

They can also begin a Rip Off Report arbitration if they choose, and have been invited to in the past - but naturally they will pay the costs of doing so - as by ROR rules (the one that wants to arbitrate pays).

Statement of Truth   I confirm the above is the truth and nothing but the truth

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#5 Author of original report

Abuse / Anti-Bullying Disclaimer renders Harcus Sinclair and Edward Parkes fully liable for all self-caused damages and losses caused

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POSTED: Sunday, March 06, 2016

There is a disclaimer on my website that serves as the ultimate legal disclaimer and in essence gives me legal immunity in this matter for firstly Harcus Sinclair and Edward Parkes were politely forewarned on many occasions AND they were users of my website, for they extracted parts of it to use in various filings, etc. There are also moral justifications for the conduct.

In any case, suing people is all about abuse, bullying and strong arming and as a Spiritual Master I am immune to such abuse for I am not in the moral wrong, and thus I have the protection of God's wisdom and love (necessary if one is going to stand up to abuse from prestigious law firms as a self represented litigant).


The anti bullying disclaimer states this and the bits in bold cover the behaviours of Harcus Sinclair and the defences for any suit they may consider filing, although that would not be recommended, for I was not the one that tried to threaten a Spiritual Master with jail or loss for refusing to retract truthful statements made in public interest to prevent harm or danger to other sentient beings and I am not the one trying to make a livelihood from the suffering of ethical people:-


Important Respect/Abuse Disclaimer


Insulting or disrespecting those on the Master Path is unwise and is likely to incur extreme karmic consequences which may manifest as sickness, heavy losses, insolvency, life misfortunes, etc.


Trying to:- abuse, bully, cheat, defame, defraud, harass, insult, intimidate, interfere with or degrade/desecrate the work of, ‘poke fun at’, stalk, steal from or threaten spiritual teachers is not recommended!


Those who act as such and ignore the above disclaimers are fully responsible for their conduct and any magnified healing crisis (karmic mirroring effect) and any and all resultant effects that may occur in their lives – either at the time or later – and no legal claims for damages will be entertained in these instances.


Associates of Harcus Sinclair then went on to try and make me tell black lies to notaries and even Rip Off Report arbitrators (under threat of jail).

On Christmas Eve - 24th Dec 2015 - I can share that Edward Parkes representing Power Places Tours and Gregg Braden threatened to have me jailed again if I did not post an update to Rip Off Report stating that I lied AND if I did not comply with Rip Off Report Arbitration

To quote Edward Parkes:-

 

You are required to cooperate (in the terms specified) with any Rip Off Report arbitration.

 

The injunctions (described at paragraphs 1 to 3, and 5 to 7 above) are made under a ‘penal notice’.  That means that if you disobey the orders you may be held to be in contempt of court and may be imprisoned or fined or you may be found to be guilty of a criminal offence for which you may be imprisoned or fined or both.

See screenshot for documentary proof of these allegations

It is surprising behaviour for a prestigious London law firm given that the Client they chose to represent had a totally outragageous and shocking proven reputation for abuse, cheating, fraudulent behaviour, lying and misrepresentation as well as 'jurisdictional shopping' in order to extract money from defendants under cases that are very much abuse of process / slapp like - see here:-

ripoffreport.com/r/Power-Places-Tours-/Boulder-Colorado-80301/Power-Places-Tours-Power-Places-Tours-Ethics-Scandal-with-Gregg-Braden-Deposit-Payments-1214312

 

In any case, suing people is all about abuse, bullying and strong arming and as a Spiritual Master I am immune to such abuse for I am not in the moral wrong, and thus I have the protection of God's wisdom and love (necessary if one is going to stand up to abuse from prestigious law firms as a self represented litigant).

There are also watertight  moral justifications for my conduct, namely making Rip off Reports about lawyers:-

1. Self defence. Qualified Privilege allows for disclosures in self defence - ie to prevent myself being harmed, bullied or jailed (and Rip Off Report is the mechanism to allow full transparency and thus deters such behaviour)

2. It is morally justified if a solicitor tries to bully me into telling black lies and the solicitor continues - especially if by telling those black lies (to Rip Of Report) other people would be harmed ot subjected to abuse. In those instances, it is justified not to comply with the wishes of Mr Parkes.

3. Truth.  The truth is the supreme defence. The above happened. The evidence cannot be disputed. It would be madness for me to lie to Rip Off Report about something that is so obviously true. Rip Off Report arbitrators are retired judges and thus I would be failing in my duties to truth if I were to lie to them to have a report removed. This would go against the ethos of Rip Off Report - namely - not letting them get away with it.

4. It could be claimed the lawyers suffered loss - but in defence, I was threatened with crippling losses, criminal investigations, freezing orders and interferences in my work - if I did not agree to tell the black lies.

5. Public Interest. Those who try and advance unethical or immoral behaviour should be named for reasons of public interest, so people can discern honest lawyers from dishonest ones.

For clarity, the black lie is to say to Rip Off Report these reports are not true. They are true.

 

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Damon Parker of Harcus Sinclair given an opportunity to address these matters

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POSTED: Thursday, March 03, 2016

The Director of Harcus Sinclair - Damon Parker - has been sent a letter and given an opportunity to address my concerns in private about this matter.

Once the matter is resolved - I will then state that it has.

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#3 Author of original report

Edward Parkes of Harcus Sinclair billed for GBP 50,000 in consultation fees in truth and integrity issues and defaults on payment

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POSTED: Monday, February 29, 2016

Mr Edward Parkes of Harcus Sinclair has also been invoiced for GBP 50,000 for lessons in truth and integrity.

The reasoning is that I had to repeat myself last year over 100 times why those who abuse, bully, cheat, lie and steal are the ones that have to take losses. Each time I explained it to him, he appeared not to understand why those who are dishonest make losses.

In his reality, those who abuse, cheat, lie and steal should be given more money - and thus a LOT of time was spent explaining to him why that is not the case - whilst he continued to make threats, harass me to remove posts I did not put and generally was a nuisance to me and my partner.

He then had the audacity to demand GBP 10,000 from me instead later in 2015, again threatening with jail if it was not paid and he was the architect of the original draft order meaning it was his idea.

The bill also includes a payment for energy clearing, after spending several months dealing with the nuisance caused. To date, he has declined to pay for the consultation elicited by his conduct and the payment is now past due.

 

Edward Parkes of Harcus Sinclair has been reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority for dishonesty, blatent lying to the High Court, failing to follow proper service procedures, behaving in a way to undermine fair trial and for enlisting barristers to make threats prohibited by the code of ethics that govern the legal profession. There are also concerns around subornation.

 

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Harcus Sinclair - Qualified Privilege Disclosures Regarding 'Harm or Danger' / Moral and Ethical Concerns about the 'incisive style' of Harcus Sinclair

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POSTED: Saturday, February 27, 2016

I have an ethical and moral duty to exercise the rights of Qualified Privilege with regard to this law firm in order to tell the truth, in self-defence and to warn others about harm or danger.

The truth is that Harcus Sinclair do not play by the ethical rules that govern their profession and use unfair means against litigants including threats of jail or loss, failing to honour proper pre-action protocol procedures, telliing lies of omissions in Court, general abuse, undermining peoples rights to a fair trail, signing off statements as true knowing they are false and supporting potential miscarriages of justice - not to mention threatening people with jail at Christmas.

So the aforementioned is the 'harm or danger' - namely that one may be jailed or suffer severe loss - or even be imprisoned wrongly if they do not yield to the demands made by certain associates of Harcus Sinclair.

They also have friends in 'Chambers' who lie, fabricate cases based on intimidation and fear, violate their own ethical codes of practice - or tell blatent lies to mislead judges and the legal system as a whole.

 

There is a difference between zealous advocacy and plain abusive immoral and unethical behaviour.

The latter is of impure intent, and any lawfirm threatening a Spiritual Master to admit to things he did not do under threat of jail or loss - or being labelled in public as a man of bad integrity - or to try and force them into telling black lies to support immoral and even criminal behaviour - is certainly asking to be ethically purified and investigated by the regulatory bodies that oversee their work.

The evidence for that is here.

Those investigations will begin shortly and any findings made public in the interests of the moral evolution of the legal justice system and those who serve it.

As I have the right to defend myself, to warn others about a harm or danger and to tell the truth - I am in essence immune from suit as long as I am ethically responsible in what I disclose and in that instance, Harcus Sinclair would thus be fully responsible for any losses. Caution is advised with this lawfirm as they appear to be dishonest and ethically impure.

As for Mr Edward Parkes, I felt earlier I had to apologize from a place of fear to avoid jail. I now know that I must exercise my ethical and moral duties to be truthful and to only tell the truth, even if forced to do otherwise.

It was regrettable he had to have a Rip Off Report,  yet he was given many opportunities to informally clean up his act with regard to truth and integrity and has so far not done so to my satisfaction.

Thus I contend I was morally jusifified in filing the report at the outset as it was the only morally right thing to do to alert others to the potential for harm and danger, or miscarriages of justice.

 

I confirm the above is the truth and made under the privileges of Qualified Disclosure.

Once I am satisfied the moral contentions have been resolved, I will gladly post that they have been.

 

Free Spirit

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I apologize unconditionally for filing this report and for any hurt caused

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POSTED: Monday, January 11, 2016

I  unconditionally apologize for filing this report.

Without comment on the content of the report itself, I have come to understand that this was not the best way to deal with my frustrations or the situation and I wish the matter had been resolved in private.  

The way I handled things was wrong and for that, I must accept responsibility and apologize in public.

I regret having made this report and if there were any way to remove it - I would do right away.

I also fully apologize for any difficulties or hurt feelings this may cause Edward and his firm - and will be as helpful as possible in having the report removed from the internet.

Free Spirit

 

 

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