Friday, October 25, 2019

St Mungo's: "Unconscionable behaviour". Still nothing from the Executive Director of this Mayor of London-commissioned charity who asked Declan to hold off on legal action three weeks ago (Updated 31/10/2019)

Our Church and State website has no less than 57 Nobel Laureates on it; for details, see this blog's sidebar under "Church and State" (updated today).

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).

6/13/19

This obscene disregard for your rights seems to continue unresolved!

Donald A. Collins
Founder, International Services Assistance Fund

St Mungo's is funded by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to run a number of his rough sleepers initiatives.


Claimant: Declan Heavey
Defendant: St Mungo's

From Particulars of Claim

Declan and I are housed in a flat that is part of the Mayor of London's Rough Sleepers Initiative. It is clear from these paragraphs 9 and 10 of Declan's particulars of claim (under the subheading "Unconscionable behaviour") that there is serious intent behind the ongoing threat to the roof over our heads posed by this taxpayer-funded charity.

9. Mr. Williamson's indecision over the Claimant's wife's case notes precludes the Claimant from even meeting with his TST caseworker. It has become apparent from his indecision over the Claimant's wife's amends that Mr. Williamson is not playing with a straight hand and wants only to accuse her and/or the Claimant of not wanting the support that TST can provide as a service, which would provide Peabody with grounds for the termination of tenancy (SD, pp. 1-6). Since 4 October 2019, the Claimant has also effectively been prevented from contacting TST North by phone. Mr. Hussein has not responded to an email the Claimant sent to him that day. It reads: "Further to our emails and telephone conversation yesterday, please can you confirm that no notes have been added on Opal this past week under my name without my authorisation and consent" (SD, p. 8). Following the removal in January 2019 of outrageous communication notes that were being held against the Claimant since May 2018, TST North Service Manager Robert Buck wrote: "Moving forward all and any notes will be agreed upon by you and TST before inputting into our Opal system." Subsequent to and despite this assurance, the Claimant's TST caseworker inputted notes on the system without the Claimant's knowledge or consent, including, inter alia, a false and misleading note that the Claimant wanted to explore 'training' as well as LD volunteering. (The Claimant has repeatedly explained that TST North's Employment, Training and Education service is irrelevant, illogical and inappropriate in his circumstances.) The Claimant does not wish to trigger another protracted battle over phone communication in the absence of an up-to-date assurance from the Defendant that there have been no more notes added on Opal other than those previously shown to him; that is, if Mr. Hussein has not already created such a battle for him.

10. The Claimant's lawful rights and interests have been repeatedly infringed upon by the Defendant. This is a view shared by Donald A. Collins, Sr., Founder and Treasurer of the Washington, D.C.-based International Services Assistance Fund. Mr. Collins states that: "My organization has had many dealings with Declan and his wife Maria for well over a decade. Their good works and help to so many have been a source of great satisfaction to all of us at our non profit which was given its letter of governance in 1977 and has with help from the Heaveys been able to do good work." On 13 June 2019, with reference to the Claimant's then battle with his TST caseworker over case notes, Mr. Collins wrote: "This obscene disregard for your rights seems to continue unresolved!" Two days after the Claimant's claim letter dated 12 August 2019, Mr. Collins wrote: "I have looked at the long correspondence regarding your tenancy and clearly you have made a powerful case for the unconscionable behavior of the agency in control of your tenancy" (SD, p. 21). These are but two of Mr. Collins's many comments concerning correspondence regarding the Claimant's tenancy, and are quoted here with his permission. Mr Collins additionally states that: "Obviously the sterling record of the Heaveys as model tenants and as desirable neighbors has been evident to everyone with whom they have dealings." In the circumstances, and in particular taking into account the unreasonable absence of the support he needs to stabilise his tenancy, the Claimant believes that he must seek relief in court.

31 October: St Mungo's: Declan files his pleadings today. He is forced to take action against this Mayor of London-commissioned charity to even get our caseworkers to vouch over the phone that we are clients of theirs


See paragraph 6(c) regarding NHS England.


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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 UN, 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 Associate Professor in Journalism at Edinburgh Napier 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.

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