Corrupt Lawyers

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR'S REPORT

21st November 1992

HUBERT NATHANIEL RODNEY

Thank you for your instruction of the 30th October. We are now able to report as follows:

Mr Rodney has proved to be an extremely elusive subject. Information regarding either his whereabouts or
his affairs has been frustratingly difficult to obtain for reasons, which will become clear in this report.

H.N.R. was last known to be residing at the address of 271 Staplegrove Rd Taunton Somerset. We have examined the electoral register for the area and have found that the only individual listed against this address is one T.M.F Rodney, this is Mrs Thelma Rodney the wife of HR. Although H.R does not appear to be registered we are aware that he was at this address on various occasions.

According to sources close to this address this property was repossessed by the first mortgagees approximately twelve months ago, at which time H.R.& T.R. are said to have left for the United States.

We are aware that H.R. is being pursued by other creditors in relation to finance agreements believed to be secured against this property. In particular Lloyds Bank in Exeter, & Mortgages Plc. Both these institutions have begun enquiries to locate & recover funds from HR. but as yet have met with no success. We were also informed that H.R. had connections with the Nat West bank in Brixton, however enquiries in this area revealed no new information as no accounts were held here either in his name or any company related to him.

We have also examined local records in relation to any known criminal activity for which H.R. may have been known to be involved. These enquiries showed that there is no record relating to him held.

Further enquiries' in the immediate area with Black Horse Estates, the agents who handled the sale of the property, and friends and neighbours who knew the Rodneys revealed no new information.

According to information received HR. was said to have left the U.K for the United States after his property was repossessed. However according to other sources it appears that he may have returned to the U.K. at some stage earlier this year. We have made enquiries relating to his passport which was due to expire on 15th April 1992. It appears that this document did indeed expire on the said date, and that according to official records no renewal application has been received.

The passport was officially issued on 15th April 1982. The home address given at the time for both H.R. & T.R. was 70 Heybridge Road, London SWI6. Enquiries here show that the Rodney's vacated some years ago. A further address of 26 Broadwater Road, London SW 17 was given as being the address of his next of kin, Miss C.F.Wilson. Miss Wilson is no longer resident) the premises now being occupied by a Miss Brown. Mail is still received here for Wilson but it is returned as no forwarding address is known.

A character reference was also supplied by one Dr E.E. Simon who stated that he had known H.R. for five years. We have tried to establish contact with him at his address at 274 Norbury Avenue SWI6, however we have now learned that he ceased to practice some three years ago

H.R. was supposedly working as a lawyer in London. On checking with the relevant governing bodies in this regard it appears that-he was not & is not known to them.

Via other sources we were informed that H.R. was a member of a very rich and influential black family in the London area. Further research to establish this revealed that he was known to be closely associated with one Clem Rodney, a very prosperous Afro Caribbean businessman operating from a base in the Croydon area. It transpires that H.R. is indeed connected With Clem Rodney although not through family ties but in name only.

Clem Rodney does indeed know of H.R: as he is said to have entertained him at his private house in Caterham Surrey on many occasions. The reasons for H.R. attending there are unknown but it is thought that the reason may have been business related.

Apparently Mr Clem Rodney has been an unwitting victim of some exceedingly preposterous actions taken by H.R. who used his good name to secure business deals and to acquire finance whilst masquerading as a close member of the family.

According to sources close to C.R., H.R is still in the U.K. and staying with a girlfriend somewhere in the north London area, however the exact whereabouts are unknown. Evidently H.R. does still maintain contact with C.R. by phone and it is possible that they may eventually obtain an address for him at some point.

With regard to 53 Ash borne Road, and Mount Court Flats, London SE27. Both these addresses are thought to be previous residential addresses for H.R., having lived there and possibly owned them some years ago. His connection with 43 Waldegrave Road is unknown.

We can find no record of a company incorporated under the name of Barnes Rodwell (Property Management) Co Ltd. The only companies recorded with names bearing any similarity are, Barnes Rodwell Investment Management Ltd, Barnes Rodwell Investments Ltd,and Barnes Rodwell Trading Co Ltd.AII three companies were liquidated on 1st July 1991, 15th January 1991 and 18th July 1991 respectively.

Enquiries at 32/33 Lower Marsh, the supposed address of this company reveal that no one
appears to have heard of them. The address consists of a small shop and a door next to it marked with the word Greenangle, leading to what appear to be residential premises. No company by the name of Greenangle is currently registered.

We are unaware of any connection with premises at 69 Warner Rd London SE5. In light of our findings to date it appears that H.R. is an extremely evasive individual of a highly unethical nature.

UPDATE ON HUBERT RODNEY

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

A US-based Guyanese man has taken a lawyer to court claiming that he was ripped off during a legal settlement with a local insurance company. The writ was filed, Friday, by Farouk Yasin, who gave his address as Jamaica, Queens, New York, against Hubert Rodney, an attorney-at-law. In the Statement of Claim, filed by Yasin’s new attorney-at-law, Mortimer Coddett, the plaintiff claimed that Rodney was his former lawyer who betrayed his trust and who “fraudulently” enticed him to sign over his fire insurance policy held by the North America Fire and General Insurance Company Limited for a property at Lot 94, Line Path D, Berbice. Yasin claimed that Rodney, without consent or consultations, settled a fire claim for $6M which he, Yasin, rejected and as a result he dropped Rodney, he said.
The claim said that Rodney managed to secure a court order that he was entitled to 35 per cent of the $6M along with interest at the rate of six per cent. “Thereafter, he proceeded to collect the remaining sum left of the $6M and put the monies to his own use, thus depriving the Plaintiff from receiving any monies from his claim and/or preventing him from re-opening the negotiations with (the) insurance company”.

Yasin claimed that although he and Rodney only knew each other for a short while, they became close friends “to the extent that the defendant confided in the plaintiff that he was facing difficult financial circumstances whereupon the Plaintiff voluntarily in good faith transferred a piece of land situated at 117 Line Path B so as to enable him to obtain a mortgage.”

Yasin claimed that Rodney is now refusing to return the property to him.
The Plaintiff claimed that he was forced to sign over the fire insurance policy because Rodney fraudulently claimed that would be able to negotiate $24M for the Berbice property which was burnt in a fire.

He asked the court to cancel the Notice of Assignment signed at the insurance company on June 1, 2008, on the grounds that there was fraud.

Yasin is also demanding a return of the $6M that Rodney obtained from the insurance company on the grounds that it was obtained by fraud.

He is also asking the court for a return of the Berbice property that Rodney is “refusing” to return.