Friday, June 29, 2018

Threat to life: Heavey v St Mungo's - working draft (WITH UPDATE - DAY 47 2/7/2018 at 5.14pm)

What turmoil!!
- Donald Collins, President of ISAF, an NGO dedicated to helping women

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The Central London County Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)

St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson successfully had Declan's claim for £400 (in costs alone) dismissed by writing in a Witness Statement to the Central London County Court that St Mungo's were "keen to work with Mr Heavey to ensure that he remains securely housed and does not face homelessness again". (He also maintained and argued the point in two court hearings before two different District Court judges.) It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings rectified by Williamson as Declan had requested all along; and that rectification only took place after a failed attempt by an international firm of solicitors, Osborne Clarke, to have Declan's claim struck out on the papers. The judge at the preliminary hearing dismissed St Mungo's application to strike out Declan's claim for compensation, and District Judge Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he dismissed the claim.

20 February 2017: The Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)

This is DAY 44 for us living in a limbo state, subject to a section 21 eviction notice being served (a death threat). On 18 June the Housing Ombudsman Service wrote to our landlord, Peabody Trust, asking them to engage with Declan. The new tenancy agreement we are being asked to sign is a shocking document (see here). This is a working draft of Declan's claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's for the Central London County Court at the Royal Courts of Justice:

Brief details of claim

The Claimant and his wife are tenants of the Clearing House, which is run by the Defendant on behalf of the Mayor of London. They are living in a Clearing House property owned by Peabody Trust since 17 May 2014, and first had their fixed term tenancy for two years renewed on 16 May 2016. On 16 May 2018, during a meeting with the Claimant and his wife at their home, representatives for the Defendant and Peabody agreed to the "like for like" renewal of tenancy. However, the Claimant then received a tenancy agreement that not only is far from a like for like contract, but that breaches the Human Rights Act (HRA). In reply to the Claimant's pre-action letter dated 22 May 2018, the Defendant wrote that the Claimant needed to address his concerns to Peabody. The Claimant had already made a formal complaint to Peabody, but to no avail to date. For over a month (since 17 May 2018) the Claimant and his wife have been living in a limbo state, subject to a section 21 eviction notice being served. This limbo state in itself constitutes discrimination, a type of harassment, and a threat to life. The Claimant is therefore making an application to the Court for a declaration that the Defendant has acted unlawfully and in dereliction of its duty. The Claimant seeks damages for distress and costs.

Particulars of Claim

1. The Claimant and his wife are tenants of the Clearing House, which is run by the Defendant on behalf of the Mayor of London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) funds and commissions the Clearing House and related Tenancy Sustainment Teams (TSTs) to the tune of £2.6 million per year. The Claimant adduces quotations from two sources of information to show that he and his wife are tenants of the Clearing House: the GLA in High Court papers in 2015 and the Defendant's 9-page report entitled "Clearing House at 25" (see Supporting Documents (SD), p. XX). They are living in a Clearing House property (with reference to the Defendant's report), having been "referred for support to the TST like all other Clearing House tenants" (to quote the GLA). The Defendant's report uses the word 'tenant' no less than six times.

2. The Claimant and his wife have been living in a flat owned by Peabody Trust since 17 May 2014, and first had their fixed term tenancy for two years renewed on 16 May 2016. The Claimant had repeatedly requested the reissue of another tenancy before Peabody wrote on 10 May 2018 that: "[I]t would be the Tenancy Sustainment Team at St Mungo's who you would need to speak to about your renewal of tenancy." In a subsequent email to the Defendant's CEO Howard Sinclair, the Claimant challenged the decision of the Clearing House not to reissue another tenancy (see SD, p. XX). On 15 May 2018, the Claimant issued the GLA with a Letter Before Claim, in which he averred that the Defendant's decision for two former entrenched rough sleepers with high support needs amounted to a type of harassment and a death threat (see SD, pp. XX-XX).

3. On 16 May 2018, during a meeting with the Claimant and his wife at their home, the Defendant's TST Manager Gemma Goacher and Peabody Neighbourhood Manager Chantelle Mitchell agreed (on tape) to the "like for like" renewal of tenancy. Ms. Goacher also assured the Claimant and his wife that they would each be allocated their own TST worker. The Claimant's wife was so encouraged by these developments that she applied that evening for a Vision2learn 15-week online course to achieve a Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of End of Life Care. However, two days later, on 18 May 2018, the Claimant received through the post a tenancy agreement that not only is far from a like for like contract, but that breaches Article 8 (protection of family life and home) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the HRA (see SD, pp. XX-XX).

4. The Claimant has repeatedly asked the Defendant for the like for like tenancy agreement that was agreed upon on 16 May 2018, but to no avail. The Claimant sent a pre-action letter to the Defendant on 22 May 2018 (see SD, pp. XX-XX). In this letter, the Claimant informed the Defendant that he and his wife have been effectively living in limbo since 17 May 2018, subject to the section 21 procedure – whereby a landlord can evict a tenant without having to give any valid reason, so long as the proper procedure has been followed. The Defendant responded on 8 June 2018, stating that the Clearing House does not have tenants and that the Claimant needed to address his concerns to Peabody (see SD, p. XX). The Claimant had already made a formal complaint to Peabody, which he submitted on 22 May 2018. The Housing Ombudsman Service wrote to Peabody on 18 June 2018 seeking a response to the Claimant's complaint, but Peabody still has not responded.

5. The Defendant's assertion that the Clearing House does not have tenants is a straw man argument. What is indisputable from the two sources of information cited in paragraph 1 above is that the Defendant bears responsibility for a tenancy agreement between the individual and the landlord. The Claimant has not been provided with an explanation for the decision not to renew his tenancy as agreed on 16 May 2018. For over a month (since 17 May 2018) the Claimant and his wife have been living in a limbo state, subject to a section 21 notice being served. This limbo state in itself constitutes discrimination, a type of harassment, and a death threat. The Defendant, therefore, has acted unlawfully and in dereliction of duty. For the Defendant to claim that they bear no responsibility for the breaches of the HRA that have occurred and continue to occur is nothing but an exercise in empty rhetoric.

17 May: Prime Minister Theresa May: Declan's complaint against the Mayor of London's St Mungo's service cites threat to life (WITH UPDATE - DAY 27 12/6/2018)

Last month St Mungo's made the international press for all the wrong reasons. They are accused of helping to get rough sleepers arrested and deported. When the story came through my Russia Today (RT) news feed on 14 May, it left Declan gob smacked. He has already spoken with Diane Taylor, the journalist who is covering the story for the Guardian. This is her up-date piece on the scandal:


DAY 47 UPDATE 2 July (5.14pm): This is DAY 47 for us living in a limbo state. We are taking the threat to Declan's life very seriously. In their letter of 18 June, the Housing Ombudsman Service gave Peabody until the close of business today to respond to Declan's Stage 1 complaint of 22 May. The Service asked Peabody for a copy of their response; however, we have received no such response yet. This is Declan's threat-to-life paragraph in his recent updated complaint to the United Nations:
Re: Threat to life (The Greater London Authority)

Paragraph 38 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

38. It has been acknowledged by the GLA in judicial review papers that the Applicant and his wife can live independently – they do not have addictions or mental illness or behavioural issues. Their needs are solely related to the harassment and intimidation they routinely face. Following their unavoidable court action against St. Mungo's last year (see para. 36 above), they are extremely concerned that their tenancy will not this time be renewed on the same terms as the original tenancy agreement. (The Applicant has repeatedly asked Peabody for a new, like-for-like fixed term contract from 16 May 2018 and has contacted his local councillor to take up his case.) The Applicant may then be left with no option but to challenge this decision in the High Court (Judicial Review) as unreasonable, unlawful and incapable of legal justification. As the matter stands, therefore, there is a threat to life and well-being considering the following range of factors as applicable:

(i) The Applicant has a history of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and other lung infections. Both he and his wife doubt he has the respiratory health to survive even another year or two on the streets. He is in his late fifties and during his and his wife's first period of homelessness he was twice hospitalised, once with pneumonia in December 2006 and the second time with a viral infection in October 2007. Near the end of their second period of homelessness in April 2014, the Applicant was diagnosed with asthma as well as a chest infection (see para. 31 above).

(ii) Both the Applicant and his wife have serious concerns about the health care the Applicant has or has not received over the years from National Health Service (NHS) England. Prior to his hospitalisation with pneumonia in 2006, he lost consciousness while vomiting and could have easily died had his wife not been with him. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital discharged him 42 hours after admission whilst still unwell (into the shivering cold and dense fog), placing him at risk. The Applicant most recently complained to NHS England about emergency dental treatment he received in January 2018. He complained in part that he had a nerve removed from a tooth but was only prescribed antibiotics after the eruption of the tooth days later. NHS England did not uphold any aspect of the Applicant's complaint. The tooth itself was extracted a month to the day after the emergency treatment.

(iii) Back on the streets the Applicant and his wife will be restricted to sleeping on night buses, notwithstanding the Applicant's asthma and now increased susceptibility to respiratory disease. They were forced into this predicament prior to coming off the streets the second time because of an excessive use of force by police officers to move them out of where they had been sleeping. This included the Applicant's wife being threatened with arrest on the trumped-up charge of assaulting a police officer (see para. 31 above). Since the subsequent escalation of the migration crisis in Europe, the police have been given more powers to crack down on rough sleeping and need less to resort to excessive force (such as arrest without lawful authority).





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8 May 2018: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Today we are cut off the internet for a half an hour


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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

SITE BLOCKS: The blocks on access to our Church and State website continue unabated (WITH UPDATE 17/5/2019: re 1,993rd block since 26 July 2016)

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UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).



Internet cuts have been escalating for two months now; see my post of 9 May, INTERNET CUTS: Are we back to non-stop internet cuts? We pay British Telecom £850 per year for broadband (WITH UPDATE 27/6/2018: re 239th Internet cut since 26 May 2017). Now it appears that blocks on access to our Church and State website have also begun to escalate. Last week our web host, SiteGround, recorded six such blocks. This week we have already had seven blocks; three blocks so far today, and this is only Wednesday! (SiteGround is paid $1,000 per year to host Church and State and manage the server.) Up until tonight I had been recording these blocks in my post of 16 January 2017, SITE BLOCKS: The blocks on access to our Church and State website continue unabated (WITH UPDATE 27/6/2018: re 1,249th block since 26 July 2016).

We have also had to deal with three Facebook blocks against Church and State this month; see my post of 2 June, Fighting for survival in London: Facebook's concerted campaign against Church and State shows no signs of waning (WITH UPDATE 24/6/2018: re Block 40 DAY 8). And these days the category pages on Church and State are under constant attack and to an unprecedented extent. For example, as I point out in my earlier post about the Royal Mail's mishandling of our incoming mail following the loss of our employment contracts to the United States, the second article below has more than 1/2 million Facebook likes/shares (not zero):


(Update 20 April 2019: Today I discovered that the graphic above had been removed from this blog post. Our 5 Most Popular articles have 3.4 million Facebook likes/shares between them as of today's date.)

These are the blocks on access to Church and State since Sunday of last week:

Last week:
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1st full DDoS attack*
From 17/5 3.35pm (ongoing)

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* A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of internet traffic.
Update Summation 17 May 2019

1,993 blocks on access to our Church and State website since 26 July 2016 (89 blocks in 2016; 871 blocks in 2017; 516 blocks in 2018; 517 blocks in 2019); 53 blocks in May 2018 that included 6 blocks on 8 May, the same day as Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations; 93 blocks last month; 128 blocks this month that includes Facebook's 59th block (16 days) against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015; 38 blocks last week; 73 blocks this week; 14 blocks today that have culminated in the ongoing first full DDoS attack since these records began in July 2016. This full DDoS attack started at 3.35pm this afternoon and continues into tomorrow morning, i.e. over 8 hours and counting. (As of 17 May at 11.56pm.)

89 blocks 2016
871 blocks 2017
516 blocks 2018
- January 2018: 55 blocks
- February 2018: 45 blocks
- March 2018: 59 blocks
- April 2018: 42 blocks
- May 2018: 53 blocks
- June 2018: 38 blocks
- July 2018: 31 blocks
- August 2018: 28 blocks
- September 2018: 34 blocks
- October 2018: 42 blocks
- November 2018: 43 blocks
- December 2018: 46 blocks
517 blocks 2019
- January 2019: 44 blocks
- February 2019: 53 blocks
- March 2019: 199 blocks
- April 2019: 93 blocks
- May 2019: 128 blocks (1st full DDoS attack)

This is what a block on access to Church and State looks like in my SiteGround account:





From My Picks:

22 April: Email interception: Immediately after this complaint to our local MP a test email to two close colleagues has been blocked. A 2010 parliamentary letter to now Prime Minister Theresa May revealed in this post (WITH UPDATE 17/5/2019)

'Let me recommend an important web site churchandstate.org.uk. Operating out of London this well-designed and exciting web site covers church-state, population, climate change and other issues. Check it out.' Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Liberty

http://churchandstate.org.uk/about/

Monday, June 18, 2018

Will a District Court Judge tell us we are not tenants of the Mayor of London's Clearing House service? (WITH UPDATE – DAY 36 21/6/2018)

Our Church and State website has no less than 40 Nobel Prize winners on it; for details, see this blog's sidebar under "Church and State" (updated today).

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)

St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson successfully had Declan's claim for £400 (in costs alone) dismissed by writing in a Witness Statement to the Central London County Court that St Mungo's were "keen to work with Mr Heavey to ensure that he remains securely housed and does not face homelessness again". (He also maintained and argued the point in two court hearings before two different District Court judges.) It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings rectified by Williamson as Declan had requested all along; and that rectification only took place after a failed attempt by an international firm of solicitors, Osborne Clarke, to have Declan's claim struck out on the papers. The judge at the preliminary hearing dismissed St Mungo's application to strike out Declan's claim for compensation, and District Judge Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he dismissed the claim.

20 February 2017: The Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Declan files another claim against the Greater London Authority (GLA)-commissioned St Mungo's in the Central London County Court by the end of the week. The new tenancy agreement we are being asked to sign is a shocking document (see here). In reply to Declan's pre-action letter below to St Mungo's CEO Howard Sinclair, it is claimed by St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson that the Mayor of London's Clearing House service, which St Mungo's runs on the Mayor's behalf, "does not have any tenants". It is evident from our two sources of information - the GLA in High Court papers in 2015 and St Mungo's 9-page report entitled "Clearing House at 25" - that we are living in a Clearing House property (with reference to the St Mungo's report), having been "referred for support to the TST [Tenancy Sustainment Team] like all other Clearing House tenants" (to quote from the GLA to the High Court). The St Mungo's report uses the word 'tenant' no less than six times:
From Heavey v Greater London Authority (2015):

"SHP informed the Claimant that it had been asked to put in place exit strategies for Housing First tenants. Since SHP's involvement in the project was to end on 31 March 2015, alternative arrangements were necessary. It was decided as part of the exit strategy in September 2014 that all Housing First tenants would be referred back to the Clearing House for assessment, to ensure that they felt able to manage their tenancies with TST support. In other words, at the end of the Housing First Pilot, the tenants would revert to being standard Clearing House tenants and as such would fall to be referred for support to the TST like all other Clearing House tenants. The Defendant considered it important to ensure that arrangements were in place for the former Housing First tenants so that they continued to have support at the end of the project."

From St Mungo's report "Clearing House at 25":

"Based on average data, we estimate that Clearing House tenants spent more than 110,000 nights on the streets of London before moving into an RSI property. Once housed, 92% never returned to rough sleeping."

"[4] Based on statistics from CHAIN, made up of 2,671 Clearing House tenants."

"The security of a stable home is one of the first steps in helping people to transform their lives, to increase confidence and to begin leading a more fulfilling future, often reconnecting with family or returning to training or work. We know that 15% of tenants who moved in to Clearing House properties since 2008 are now in paid work."

"In 2000, coordinated support from Tenancy Sustainment Teams (TSTs) was introduced to all new tenants and those already in tenancies who required support. Since that time the teams have supported more than 7,500 people."

"The TSTs empower people to lead fulfilling lives by supporting them to address their needs and to develop the confidence and skills to live independently. The teams offer critical support to individuals when they move into often new, unfurnished flats, to help tenants: ..."

"The TST support is tailored to the needs of the individual. They continue to develop their teams' specialist skills to work creatively and in a personalised way with tenants with the most complex needs."

Will a District Court Judge issue a court order effectively stating that the Mayor of London is funding and commissioning his Clearing House and TST services to the tune of £2.6 million per year but the tenants are at the mercy of their housing association landlords? Declan has contacted the Housing Ombudsman to try and engage our landlord, Peabody Trust (see here). This is his pre-action letter to Sinclair for the court:

Howard Sinclair
Chief Executive
St Mungo's
3 Thomas More Square
London
E1W 1YW

22 May 2018

Pre-Action Letter

Dear Mr Sinclair,

Re: Non-compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998

I write as a tenant of the Clearing House, which is run by St Mungo's on behalf of the Mayor of London. I am concerned that I have been issued a tenancy agreement that is in contravention of Article 8 (protection of family life and home) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA).

I first requested in writing a new (like-for-like) fixed term contract on 27 April 2018. I wrote to you on 10 May 2018 to challenge St Mungo's decision to rule out renewing my and my wife's fixed term tenancy. On 16 May 2018, St Mungo's Tenancy Sustainment Team Manager Gemma Goacher agreed during a meeting at my home that a renewed, like-for-like tenancy agreement would be issued to me. However, on 18 May 2018, I received a tenancy agreement that is not a renewed assured shorthold tenancy.

The new tenancy agreement contains conditions in relation to rent (payment and increases) and support that breach the HRA. On 18 May 2018, I wrote to Ms Goacher requesting written assurance that Section A, part 6 would be amended to read as follows, as agreed on 16 May 2018:

The tenancy starts on 17/05/18 and is a renewed assured shorthold tenancy for a fixed term of 2 years. (Emphasis added.)

This, I had hoped, would bring the entire contract into line with the HRA. However, Ms Goacher has been unable to provide me with this written assurance. Please could you provide me with a clear written explanation of why the decision has been made not to provide me with a renewed, like-for-like fixed term contract as agreed on 16 May 2018.

Time is of the essence, as my wife and I have been effectively living in limbo since 17 May 2018, subject to the section 21 procedure – whereby a landlord can evict a tenant without having to give any valid reason, so long as the proper procedure of providing a tenant with a notice giving them, usually, at least 2 months' notice to vacate has been followed.

This limbo state in itself constitutes discrimination, a type of harassment, and a threat to life. Therefore, if I do not receive a full response from you within 14 days of the date of this letter, I intend to issue court proceedings without further notice.

Yours sincerely,

Declan Heavey
Managing Director
Network for Church Monitoring

17 May: Prime Minister Theresa May: Declan's complaint against the Mayor of London's St Mungo's service cites threat to life (WITH UPDATE - DAY 27 12/6/2018)

Last month St Mungo's made the international press for all the wrong reasons. They are accused of helping to get rough sleepers arrested and deported. When the story came through my Russia Today (RT) news feed on 14 May, it left Declan gob smacked. He has already spoken with Diane Taylor, the journalist who is covering the story for the Guardian. This is her up-date piece on the scandal:


DAY 36 UPDATE 21 June (9.35am): This is DAY 36 for us living in a limbo state, subject to a section 21 eviction notice being served (a death threat). On Tuesday the Housing Ombudsman Service wrote to Peabody, asking them to engage with Declan. I have also asked my newly appointed St Mungo's TST Worker to contact Peabody to try to speed up the process. In addition to having been blocked for the 40th recorded time by Facebook without explanation this week (see here), internet cuts continue unabated. On Tuesday we were cut off the internet a record-equalling seven times, and we've already been cut off the internet once this morning; see my blog post of 9 May, INTERNET CUTS: Are we back to non-stop internet cuts? We pay British Telecom £850 per year for broadband (WITH UPDATE 21/6/2018 RE: 230th Internet cut since 26 May 2017). The category pages on our Church and State website are also under constant attack these days and to an unprecedented extent. For example, as I point out in my blog post last year about the Royal Mail's mishandling of our incoming mail following the loss of our employment contracts to the United States, the second article below has more than 1/2 million Facebook likes/shares (not zero):



This is Declan’s threat-to-life paragraph in his recent updated complaint to the United Nations:
Re: Threat to life (The Greater London Authority)

Paragraph 38 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

38. It has been acknowledged by the GLA in judicial review papers that the Applicant and his wife can live independently – they do not have addictions or mental illness or behavioural issues. Their needs are solely related to the harassment and intimidation they routinely face. Following their unavoidable court action against St. Mungo's last year (see para. 36 above), they are extremely concerned that their tenancy will not this time be renewed on the same terms as the original tenancy agreement. (The Applicant has repeatedly asked Peabody for a new, like-for-like fixed term contract from 16 May 2018 and has contacted his local councillor to take up his case.) The Applicant may then be left with no option but to challenge this decision in the High Court (Judicial Review) as unreasonable, unlawful and incapable of legal justification. As the matter stands, therefore, there is a threat to life and well-being considering the following range of factors as applicable:

(i) The Applicant has a history of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and other lung infections. Both he and his wife doubt he has the respiratory health to survive even another year or two on the streets. He is in his late fifties and during his and his wife's first period of homelessness he was twice hospitalised, once with pneumonia in December 2006 and the second time with a viral infection in October 2007. Near the end of their second period of homelessness in April 2014, the Applicant was diagnosed with asthma as well as a chest infection (see para. 31 above).

(ii) Both the Applicant and his wife have serious concerns about the health care the Applicant has or has not received over the years from National Health Service (NHS) England. Prior to his hospitalisation with pneumonia in 2006, he lost consciousness while vomiting and could have easily died had his wife not been with him. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital discharged him 42 hours after admission whilst still unwell (into the shivering cold and dense fog), placing him at risk. The Applicant most recently complained to NHS England about emergency dental treatment he received in January 2018. He complained in part that he had a nerve removed from a tooth but was only prescribed antibiotics after the eruption of the tooth days later. NHS England did not uphold any aspect of the Applicant's complaint. The tooth itself was extracted a month to the day after the emergency treatment.

(iii) Back on the streets the Applicant and his wife will be restricted to sleeping on night buses, notwithstanding the Applicant's asthma and now increased susceptibility to respiratory disease. They were forced into this predicament prior to coming off the streets the second time because of an excessive use of force by police officers to move them out of where they had been sleeping. This included the Applicant's wife being threatened with arrest on the trumped-up charge of assaulting a police officer (see para. 31 above). Since the subsequent escalation of the migration crisis in Europe, the police have been given more powers to crack down on rough sleeping and need less to resort to excessive force (such as arrest without lawful authority).





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8 May 2018: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Today we are cut off the internet for a half an hour


http://churchandstate.org.uk/honorary-associates/

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Housing Ombudsman: Last-ditch attempt to avoid court action against the Mayor of London's rough sleeping services run by St Mungo's (WITH UPDATE - DAY 33 18/6/2018)

Our Church and State website has no less than 40 Nobel Prize winners on it; for details, see this blog's sidebar under "Church and State" (updated today).

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)

St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson successfully had Declan's claim for £400 (in costs alone) dismissed by writing in a Witness Statement to the Central London County Court that St Mungo's were "keen to work with Mr Heavey to ensure that he remains securely housed and does not face homelessness again". (He also maintained and argued the point in two court hearings before two different District Court judges.) It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings rectified by Williamson as Declan had requested all along; and that rectification only took place after a failed attempt by an international firm of solicitors, Osborne Clarke, to have Declan's claim struck out on the papers. The judge at the preliminary hearing dismissed St Mungo's application to strike out Declan's claim for compensation, and District Judge Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he dismissed the claim.

20 February 2017: The Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)

Declan is ready to file another claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's in the Central London County Court, and at the drop of a hat; see my blog post of 14 June, Living in limbo (a threat to life): Will St Mungo's explain how we are not tenants of the Mayor of London's Clearing House service? (WITH UPDATE - DAY 32 17/6/2018). The new tenancy agreement we are being asked to sign is a shocking document (see below). By way of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Declan is currently trying to engage our landlord, Peabody Trust. However, Peabody don't seem to want to know. This is Declan's email this afternoon to the Housing Ombudsman Service:

Dispute Resolution Team
Housing Ombudsman Service

Address removed for email


17 June 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

Complaint: 201802542 - Peabody Trust

Please could a member of the Housing Ombudsman Service (HOS) Dispute Resolution Team contact me?

I first complained to Peabody Trust on 22 May about my new tenancy agreement. However, I have yet to receive a response of any description from the appropriate team to my complaint, notwithstanding my repeated telephone and written requests for same.

I respectfully request that HOS encourage Peabody to communicate with me about my concerns.

Yours sincerely,

Declan Heavey

Mobile: 0788 043 7681
Email: dheavey@gmail.com

On 16 May, St Mungo's and Peabody agreed to a renewed 2 year fixed term tenancy for us. However, what we received from Peabody two days later is far from renewed. It's a shocking document that puts us the other end of a section 21 eviction notice (damned if we sign and damned if we don't), and it seems to have been drawn up very much with eviction in mind. I have put together some screenshots in preparation for court action.

Our previous tenancy agreement stated "renewed":

The new tenancy agreement does not state "renewed":

Our previous tenancy agreement is specific on time and amount of rent increase:

The new tenancy agreement is not specific on time and amount of rent increase:

Our previous tenancy agreement specifies "weekly rent":

The new tenancy agreement specifies "monthly rent":

Our previous tenancy agreement makes no mention of "visiting support":

The new tenancy agreement specifies "visiting support":

Our previous tenancy agreement specifies "8 weeks" in arrears for possession:

The new tenancy agreement specifies "14 days" in arrears for possession:


DAY 33 UPDATE 18 June (10.57am): This is DAY 33 for us living in a limbo state, subject to a section 21 eviction notice any day of the week. This morning Declan phoned the Housing Ombudsman Service. He was told that his case worker is Gillian Lowdon, but that today she is in training and she may phone him on Thursday. Having been blocked by Facebook without explanation yesterday until next Sunday (see here), it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we are back in the Central London County Court by the end of the week. We were evicted from our previous flat in March 2013 because according to our then live-in landlady's ex-husband, Dr Nigel McKenzie, a consultant psychiatrist in Highgate Mental Health Centre, our flat was needed for somebody with a mental illness. As Declan states in paragraph 8 of his recent updated complaint to the United Nations, former MI5 whistleblower David Shayler also lived with human rights activist Belinda McKenzie in the same political 'safe house' for a couple of years until 2007. According to BBC Panorama, Shayler "caused the biggest crisis of official secrecy since the spy catcher affair"; he was jailed for seven weeks in 2002 for breaking the Official Secrets Act. It's unfortunate that Shayler declared himself the Messiah in 2007, became a squatter, and was subsequently ridiculed in the press for changing his name to Delores Kane. A New Statesman article published in September 2006 featuring Shayler and Belinda gives no indication that Shayler believed he was the Messiah at that time; whilst a Daily Mail interview with him the following year reveals he believed himself to be Jesus by June 2007. He has never regained his normal self.
The Esquire article below* is mentioned in a Guardian article dated 27 March 2012. It's an eye-opener, highlighting the monitoring and surveillance that Shayler had to live with back in 2000, and the contradictory briefings and slanders that were coming out of the British establishment and the media. The author, Dr Eamonn O'Neill, is a lecturer in journalism at Strathclyde University.

*On 2 May 2013, Issuu removed this pdf from my Issuu account following a copyright complaint by Hearst Communications. I had uploaded the article to my Issuu account in December 2012. In March 2013, when last I checked, the article had been viewed more than 15,000 times. It can be read here.

BBC PANORAMA: The David Shayler Affair (August 1998)

Former MI5 whistleblower David Shayler "caused the biggest crisis of official secrecy since the spy catcher affair", according to BBC Panorama. He was jailed for seven weeks in 2002 for breaking the Official Secrets Act.

Facebook's 40th block against our Church and State website since 1 December 2015. No explanation provided.




2 June: Fighting for survival in London: Facebook's concerted campaign against Church and State shows no signs of waning (WITH UPDATE 17/6/2018 RE: Block 40 DAY 1)

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Living in limbo (a threat to life): Will St Mungo's explain how we are not tenants of the Mayor of London's Clearing House service? (WITH UPDATE - DAY 32 17/6/2018)

Endless bad treatment.
- Donald Collins, President of ISAF, an NGO dedicated to helping women

Our Church and State website has no less than 40 Nobel Prize winners on it; for details, see this blog's sidebar under "Church and State" (updated today).

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms formulates what is the core of free speech. "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression." In an important interpretation of this article, the European Court of Human Rights in Handyside v. UK (1976) indicated that this "freedom of expression" should be construed as follows. It "is applicable not only to 'information' or 'ideas' that are favourably received, or regarded as inoffensive, or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population." Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no "democratic society" (see Cliteur, 2010).
Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)

St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson successfully had Declan's claim for £400 (in costs alone) dismissed by writing in a Witness Statement to the Central London County Court that St Mungo's were "keen to work with Mr Heavey to ensure that he remains securely housed and does not face homelessness again". (He also maintained and argued the point in two court hearings before two different District Court judges.) It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings rectified by Williamson as Declan had requested all along; and that rectification only took place after a failed attempt by an international firm of solicitors, Osborne Clarke, to have Declan's claim struck out on the papers. The judge at the preliminary hearing dismissed St Mungo's application to strike out Declan's claim for compensation, and District Judge Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he dismissed the claim.

20 February 2017: The Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Greater London Authority-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)

Declan is ready to file another claim against the Greater London Authority (GLA)-commissioned St Mungo's in the Central London County Court, and at the drop of a hat. The new tenancy agreement we are being asked to sign is a shocking document (see here). In reply to Declan's pre-action letter below to St Mungo's CEO Howard Sinclair, it is claimed by St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson that the Mayor of London's Clearing House service, which St Mungo's runs on the Mayor's behalf, "does not have any tenants". It is evident from our two sources of information - the GLA in High Court papers in 2015 and St Mungo's 9-page report entitled "Clearing House at 25" - that we are living in a Clearing House property (with reference to the St Mungo's report), having been "referred for support to the TST [Tenancy Sustainment Team] like all other Clearing House tenants" (to quote from the GLA to the High Court). The St Mungo's report uses the word 'tenant' no less than six times:
From Heavey v Greater London Authority (2015):

"SHP informed the Claimant that it had been asked to put in place exit strategies for Housing First tenants. Since SHP's involvement in the project was to end on 31 March 2015, alternative arrangements were necessary. It was decided as part of the exit strategy in September 2014 that all Housing First tenants would be referred back to the Clearing House for assessment, to ensure that they felt able to manage their tenancies with TST support. In other words, at the end of the Housing First Pilot, the tenants would revert to being standard Clearing House tenants and as such would fall to be referred for support to the TST like all other Clearing House tenants. The Defendant considered it important to ensure that arrangements were in place for the former Housing First tenants so that they continued to have support at the end of the project."

From St Mungo's report "Clearing House at 25":

"Based on average data, we estimate that Clearing House tenants spent more than 110,000 nights on the streets of London before moving into an RSI property. Once housed, 92% never returned to rough sleeping."

"[4] Based on statistics from CHAIN, made up of 2,671 Clearing House tenants."

"The security of a stable home is one of the first steps in helping people to transform their lives, to increase confidence and to begin leading a more fulfilling future, often reconnecting with family or returning to training or work. We know that 15% of tenants who moved in to Clearing House properties since 2008 are now in paid work."

"In 2000, coordinated support from Tenancy Sustainment Teams (TSTs) was introduced to all new tenants and those already in tenancies who required support. Since that time the teams have supported more than 7,500 people."

"The TSTs empower people to lead fulfilling lives by supporting them to address their needs and to develop the confidence and skills to live independently. The teams offer critical support to individuals when they move into often new, unfurnished flats, to help tenants: ..."

"The TST support is tailored to the needs of the individual. They continue to develop their teams' specialist skills to work creatively and in a personalised way with tenants with the most complex needs."

This is Declan's pre-action letter to Sinclair:

Howard Sinclair
Chief Executive
St Mungo's
3 Thomas More Square
London
E1W 1YW

22 May 2018

Pre-Action Letter

Dear Mr Sinclair,

Re: Non-compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998

I write as a tenant of the Clearing House, which is run by St Mungo's on behalf of the Mayor of London. I am concerned that I have been issued a tenancy agreement that is in contravention of Article 8 (protection of family life and home) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA).

I first requested in writing a new (like-for-like) fixed term contract on 27 April 2018. I wrote to you on 10 May 2018 to challenge St Mungo's decision to rule out renewing my and my wife's fixed term tenancy. On 16 May 2018, St Mungo's Tenancy Sustainment Team Manager Gemma Goacher agreed during a meeting at my home that a renewed, like-for-like tenancy agreement would be issued to me. However, on 18 May 2018, I received a tenancy agreement that is not a renewed assured shorthold tenancy.

The new tenancy agreement contains conditions in relation to rent (payment and increases) and support that breach the HRA. On 18 May 2018, I wrote to Ms Goacher requesting written assurance that Section A, part 6 would be amended to read as follows, as agreed on 16 May 2018:

The tenancy starts on 17/05/18 and is a renewed assured shorthold tenancy for a fixed term of 2 years. (Emphasis added.)

This, I had hoped, would bring the entire contract into line with the HRA. However, Ms Goacher has been unable to provide me with this written assurance. Please could you provide me with a clear written explanation of why the decision has been made not to provide me with a renewed, like-for-like fixed term contract as agreed on 16 May 2018.

Time is of the essence, as my wife and I have been effectively living in limbo since 17 May 2018, subject to the section 21 procedure – whereby a landlord can evict a tenant without having to give any valid reason, so long as the proper procedure of providing a tenant with a notice giving them, usually, at least 2 months' notice to vacate has been followed.

This limbo state in itself constitutes discrimination, a type of harassment, and a threat to life. Therefore, if I do not receive a full response from you within 14 days of the date of this letter, I intend to issue court proceedings without further notice.

Yours sincerely,

Declan Heavey
Managing Director
Network for Church Monitoring

17 May: Prime Minister Theresa May: Declan's complaint against the Mayor of London's St Mungo's service cites threat to life (WITH UPDATE - DAY 27 12/6/2018)

Last month St Mungo's made the international press for all the wrong reasons. They are accused of helping to get rough sleepers arrested and deported. When the story came through my Russia Today (RT) news feed on 14 May, it left Declan gob smacked. He has already spoken with Diane Taylor, the journalist who is covering the story for the Guardian. This is her up-date piece on the scandal:


DAY 32 UPDATE 17 June (12.42pm): This is DAY 32 for us living in a limbo state. Last week Declan asked Williamson to explain: 1) how St Mungo's is incorrect in its reference to "Clearing House properties", and 2) how both the GLA and St Mungo's are incorrect in their repeated reference to "Clearing House tenants". Williamson replied by writing that the terms "Clearing House properties" and "Clearing House tenants" are "shorthand terms", which is a nonsensical implication. Is it that the Mayor of London is funding and commissioning his Clearing House and TST services to the tune of £2.6 million per year but the tenants are at the mercy of their housing association landlords? This afternoon Declan wrote to the Housing Ombudsman Service to request that they encourage our landlord, Peabody Trust, to communicate with him about our concerns (see here). Meanwhile, internet cuts continue unabated; see my blog post of 9 May, INTERNET CUTS: Are we back to non-stop internet cuts? We pay British Telecom £850 per year for broadband (WITH UPDATE 17/6/2018 RE: 219th Internet cut since 26 May 2017). And I've just been blocked by Facebook for a week without explanation (see here). This is Declan's threat-to-life paragraph in his recent updated complaint to the United Nations:
Re: Threat to life (The Greater London Authority)

Paragraph 38 of Declan's updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

38. It has been acknowledged by the GLA in judicial review papers that the Applicant and his wife can live independently – they do not have addictions or mental illness or behavioural issues. Their needs are solely related to the harassment and intimidation they routinely face. Following their unavoidable court action against St. Mungo's last year (see para. 36 above), they are extremely concerned that their tenancy will not this time be renewed on the same terms as the original tenancy agreement. (The Applicant has repeatedly asked Peabody for a new, like-for-like fixed term contract from 16 May 2018 and has contacted his local councillor to take up his case.) The Applicant may then be left with no option but to challenge this decision in the High Court (Judicial Review) as unreasonable, unlawful and incapable of legal justification. As the matter stands, therefore, there is a threat to life and well-being considering the following range of factors as applicable:

(i) The Applicant has a history of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis and other lung infections. Both he and his wife doubt he has the respiratory health to survive even another year or two on the streets. He is in his late fifties and during his and his wife's first period of homelessness he was twice hospitalised, once with pneumonia in December 2006 and the second time with a viral infection in October 2007. Near the end of their second period of homelessness in April 2014, the Applicant was diagnosed with asthma as well as a chest infection (see para. 31 above).

(ii) Both the Applicant and his wife have serious concerns about the health care the Applicant has or has not received over the years from National Health Service (NHS) England. Prior to his hospitalisation with pneumonia in 2006, he lost consciousness while vomiting and could have easily died had his wife not been with him. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital discharged him 42 hours after admission whilst still unwell (into the shivering cold and dense fog), placing him at risk. The Applicant most recently complained to NHS England about emergency dental treatment he received in January 2018. He complained in part that he had a nerve removed from a tooth but was only prescribed antibiotics after the eruption of the tooth days later. NHS England did not uphold any aspect of the Applicant's complaint. The tooth itself was extracted a month to the day after the emergency treatment.

(iii) Back on the streets the Applicant and his wife will be restricted to sleeping on night buses, notwithstanding the Applicant's asthma and now increased susceptibility to respiratory disease. They were forced into this predicament prior to coming off the streets the second time because of an excessive use of force by police officers to move them out of where they had been sleeping. This included the Applicant's wife being threatened with arrest on the trumped-up charge of assaulting a police officer (see para. 31 above). Since the subsequent escalation of the migration crisis in Europe, the police have been given more powers to crack down on rough sleeping and need less to resort to excessive force (such as arrest without lawful authority).





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8 May 2018: Threat to life: Updated complaint to the United Nations under Article 19 (freedom of expression) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Today we are cut off the internet for a half an hour


http://churchandstate.org.uk/honorary-associates/