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Surrey Police Called In By Crest Nicholson Plc as John Callcutt CEO Bows Out

The Shalom Family Campaign for Justice | 07.11.2005 11:35 | Education | Health | Social Struggles | London | World

October 31st 2005 John Callcutt CEO of Crest Nicholson Plc 'retired'. The Shalom Family from Wales, evicted and made Homeless by Crest Nicholson in a ‘corporate beauty show’, presented their Family’s good wishes. Indignantly, house-maker Home-breaker, Crest Nicholson, called Police.

Crest House Home of Crest Nicholson Plc Weybridge England
Crest House Home of Crest Nicholson Plc Weybridge England

Crest Nicholson Crest House
Crest Nicholson Crest House

Evicted Mother and Daughters Petition at Crest Nicholson
Evicted Mother and Daughters Petition at Crest Nicholson

Crest Nicholson Do The Right Thing Family Letter of Appeal for Help
Crest Nicholson Do The Right Thing Family Letter of Appeal for Help

Letter To John Matthews Chair Crest Nicholson Plc
Letter To John Matthews Chair Crest Nicholson Plc

Evicted Family Gather to Present Appeal to Crest Nicholson
Evicted Family Gather to Present Appeal to Crest Nicholson

Letter To John Matthews Chairman and Directors Crest Nicholson
Letter To John Matthews Chairman and Directors Crest Nicholson

Nicholson Staff Hurry for John Callcutt's Retirement Presentations
Nicholson Staff Hurry for John Callcutt's Retirement Presentations

The Daily Telegraph What House Awards Crest Nicholson
The Daily Telegraph What House Awards Crest Nicholson

The Daily Express British Housebuilder 2003 Awards Crest Nicholson
The Daily Express British Housebuilder 2003 Awards Crest Nicholson

Evening Standard New Homes Award Crest Nicholson
Evening Standard New Homes Award Crest Nicholson

Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents Crest Nicholson
Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents Crest Nicholson

Proud To Be Associated The Variety Club Crest Nicholson
Proud To Be Associated The Variety Club Crest Nicholson

FTSE4 Good Certificate of Membership Crest Nichoson Plc
FTSE4 Good Certificate of Membership Crest Nichoson Plc

Presentation To John Callcutt Retiring CEO Crest Nicholson Plc
Presentation To John Callcutt Retiring CEO Crest Nicholson Plc

Good Luck Presentation to John Callcutt Crest Plc
Good Luck Presentation to John Callcutt Crest Plc

Dear John Best Wishes The Shalom Family
Dear John Best Wishes The Shalom Family

Crest Nicholson Insignia All That Glitters May Not Be Gold
Crest Nicholson Insignia All That Glitters May Not Be Gold

Esher Division Surrey Police Called By Crest Nicholson Plc
Esher Division Surrey Police Called By Crest Nicholson Plc


When he was Chief Executive Officer of Crest Nicholson Plc, Mr. John Callcutt was solely responsible for enforcing health and safety in the Crest Nicholson Group. This included Crest Nicholson Marinas Limited, a once subsidiary company of Crest Plc, who have since been sold off in a management buy-out arrangement, and now trade under the name of Quay Marinas Limited.

The Shalom Family Houseboat, M V Picton, with the whole Family aboard and Ms. Shalom eight months pregnant, suffered a night-time grounding and toppling accident, at Crest’s former marina operations, in Penarth Marina in Cardiff Bay. Their Home subsequently developed a leak, but under the watchful attention of Mr. John Callcutt and Crest’s present Chairman, Mr. John Matthews, ‘Crest Nicholson Marinas Limited’, deliberately and wilfully, failed to grant ‘permissions’ to the Family, so that they themselves could make arrangements to fix their own Home.

This single and negligent ‘accident’ undoubtedly triggered a whole set of events, not least of which was the policy u-turn by Crest Nicholson, regarding the acceptance of Houseboats within their marina developments, nation-wide.

Subsequently unable to attract insurance for their houseboat, the marina company refused to renew any mooring contracts, and refused to accept the Family mooring fees on at least three occasions, giving notice that they should vacate Penarth Marina. This was done in the full knowledge that their Home was leaking, after the accident, which the marina company had caused. The Family know that records will prove that they did everything possible to ’do the right thing’ in the circumstances.

Publicly the company portrayed the Family as wilful ‘trespassers’, living on a leaking, uninsured old hulk, without any sanitation aboard. The Family know that these claims disappear under any scrutiny of the records, but fear that Crest Nicholson has besmirched their character and public upstanding in their local community, in the public relations exercise adopted by the company.


Mr John Callcutt trained as a solicitor and the Family believe that he was well aware of how to eradicate their Family and Home, by any ‘legal’ means available, but the Shaloms are resolute to continue in their moral Campaign for Social Justice.


The Shaloms were refused legal assistance because Marie Louise Shalom was in receipt of a full student loan at the time of the actual Court proceedings. However, this refusal was not confirmed until after a Barrister’s opinion had been sought and entered into Court by the Shalom’s then appointed solicitors. They acted in accordance with their respective and apparent belief, that the Shaloms would automatically be granted legal assistance.

In any event, this placed the Family outside the ‘rules’ of ‘financial eligibility’. Within the Family application for legal aid, these borrowed finances were considered as ‘earnings’. In the calculations and rules governing legal aid assistance, the full student loan was also considered to be ‘disposable income’.

Accordingly, throughout the Court proceedings in Cardiff, the Shalom Family had no professional legal representation to articulate their defence, as filed at court. They assert that their right to a ‘professional’ to articulate their defence was not upheld, as it was not within their pocket, and furthermore, they had no sufficient proficiency in understanding the legal language of their defence, already presented to the court. The Family believed and claimed to the Court that this was a breach of their Human Rights and that the matters placed before the Court were highly irregular.

In presenting earlier appeals to John Matthews Crest Chairman and Crest Plc directors, the Family question Crest Nicholson’s implementation of Responsible Business Practice and Corporate Social Responsibility, particularly in the way in which the company has handled its already documented and accepted mistakes.

The following appeal was presented at Crest House, it reads as follows:-


31st October 2005

Mr. John Matthews
Chair
Crest Nicholson Plc
Crest House
Thames Street Weybridge
Surrey
England

Delivered by The Shalom Family

Our Family Re-Crest Nicholson Plc

(Crest Nicholson Marinas Limited)

Houseboat Eviction Penarth Marina October 28th 2003


Dear Mr.. Matthews,

We are here today at Crest House with our five daughters. As a whole Family, we again wish to register our total grievance against your organisation Crest Nicholson Plc.

Above all, we again kindly ask that you and Crest Plc Directors, reconsider the matters of the record between your organisation and us, and again kindly implore you and your organisation to end this nightmare experience for our Family.

Please help us. Please do the right thing.




We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,


Vincent Shalom
Marie Louise Shalom

Formerly of the Houseboat M V Picton Penarth Marina Wales
(A perfectly safe and satisfactory Houseboat Homeof 14 years.)

Letter Ends
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The Family have lost their own dream Home of 14 years, which belonged to them outright. The Family have lost a beautiful way of life. The Family have lost possession of all their worldly belongings, ordered to be seized by Crest Nicholson, during the eviction process.

Later in the day at Crest House, Vince Shalom with his two eldest daughters, Hannah 14, and Naomi 12, tried to make presentation of their Family’s best wishes to Mr. Callcutt, as he looks forward to his new role as Deputy Chair of Crest Nicholson Plc. In making polite request via his personal secretary Jean Major, Mr. Callcutt was cordially invited to accept their presentation but Ms. Major insisted that Mr. Callcutt was, “too busy with very many important people” and furthermore, “Mr Callcutt has asked me to tell you that he has no intention of coming to see you”.

For no apparent reason Crest Nicholson Plc called Surrey Police. However, in the intervening period before their eventual arrival at Crest Nicholson’s head office in Thames Street Weybridge, Mr. Shalom and Crest Chairman Mr. Matthews met briefly, in an impromptu meeting in the Crest Nicholson Foyer.

The Family believe that the brief communication, which took place between both gentlemen, provided Crest Nicholson with an opportunity for reflection for their ‘knee jerk’ reaction of calling Surrey police.

Although the Family consider it most regrettable, Mr. Callcutt did not bring himself to the occasion of accepting the Family’s personal presentation. However, Crest Nicholson’s financial controller, Mr. Peter Darby was duly appointed to do so and he accepted the Family presentation…a simple “Good Luck” card!

On behalf of the company, and in the presence of a single police officer which the company had called from Esher, Surrey Police, Mr. Darby assured the Homeless dad with his two daughters that he would pass on to Mr. Callcutt their Family regards.

The Family insist that their Campaign for Social Justice from Crest Nicholson Plc will continue, until their ‘campaign aim’ for a ‘fair and just’ solution has been realised.

Although the company continue to boast of their meritorious but older awards from the likes of The Evening Standard, The Daily Express, and The Daily Telegraph, the Shalom Family also acknowledge Crest achievements and associations with Shelter, a National Charity for The Homeless, and The Variety Club, “The Greatest Children’s Charity in The World”.


Contacts:

The Shalom Family Campaign for Justice via website
www.mvpicton.co.uk

John Matthews CHAIR
Crest Nicholson Plc Directors
Crest Nicholson Plc
Crest House
Thames Street
Weybridge
Surrey
England

Tel 01932 847272
Fax 01932 840150
Email  jmajor@crestnicholson.com

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Simon Haigh and Andrew Yates at Quays Marinas
(Formerly Crest Nicholson Marinas Limited)
Quay Marinas Ltd
Avon House
Newbrick Road
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8RA

Tel 01179 236466
Fax 01179 236508

Email  shaigh@quaymarinas.com,  prye@quaymarinas.com or  ayates@quaymarinas.com
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Other indy media news links articles:-

HBOS Edinburgh Appeal Evicted Family of 7 Requests Social Justice
 https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2005/11/327348.html

Lloyds TSB Group Plc Drop Shares In Crest Nicholson Plc
 https://www3.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327097.html

Crest Nicholson Plc Evicted Houseboat Family Open Letter of Appeal
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2005/10/326210.html

Halifax (Bank of Scotland) and Lloyds TSB Bank Targeted at Guildford
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/10/325211.html

Protest at Centre Parcs Director John Matthews/ Chairman of both Crest Plc, Regus Plc, and director at Diploma plc, SDL plc and Rotork plc.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/westcountry/2005/08/320790.html

Family Petition HRH Prince Charles Business In The Community
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/07/318335.html

Schroders London Boat Show Protest
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/304204.html

Claridge’s Protest London
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308474.html

Crest Nicholson AGM Protest at the Runnymede Hotel and Spa Surrey
 https://www4.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/309486.html

HBOS Protest National Boat Caravan and Out Show NEC Birmingham
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2005/03/307747.html

Various Photo Story Board links:- Broadband advised for slide shows.
 http://aol.photobox.co.uk/public/customer.html?customer=191568

END.

The Shalom Family Campaign for Justice
- e-mail: wwwnoahsark@aol.com
- Homepage: http://www.mvpicton.co.uk

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