We're ready to take the Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's back to court. No further notice required
10/4/19
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Donald A. Collins
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County Court at Central London, Royal Courts of Justice
Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)
Trial held in the Central London County Court, Royal Courts of Justice on 20 February 2017.
On 23 August 2018, Declan complained to the Information Commissioner's Office about case notes St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson assured the Court at trial in February 2017 had been rectified by him but were in fact being held under my name. It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings so-called 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. DJ Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he dismissed the claim at trial. Williamson: "The court case concerned your complaint about the notes on your record. My understanding is that following the court case it became apparent that the note in contention was mirrored on your wife's record - which I don't recall being aware of at the time - and this was subsequently amended to reflect the change we had made to yours. The court was therefore not misled." We strongly disagree that the court was not misled.
20 February 2017: Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)
Declan and I are housed in a flat that is part of the Mayor of London's Rough Sleepers Initiative. This email has been readied as a court document to be filed in the Central London County Court without further notice:
For the attention of Howard Sinclair, CEO, St Mungo's
Dominic Williamson
Executive Director of Strategy and Policy
St Mungo's
Address removed for email
4 October 2019
Dear Mr Williamson,
Thank you for your phone call this afternoon.
Yesterday I received a call from Marc Appleton concerning my recent request for Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) support. I appreciate his willingness to meet me on 14 October. However, I regret that due to the current and unforeseen problems with my wife's case notes, I am not in a position to meet with Marc or anyone from St Mungo's. And I repeat that I found your Quality team's handling of my original complaint to be ineffective, unfair and biased. I am not willing to go through that experience ever again.
I was shocked to learn from Ilyas Hussein yesterday that Sofia Pires may leave TST North today without agreeing case notes with my wife. Ilyas clarified that any decisions taken with regard to my wife's case notes are made by you as the person who has ultimate responsibility in St Mungo's for information security and governance. Sofia has this afternoon informed my wife that they haven't come to an agreement about notes yet, but has not provided my wife with something she can agree upon. My wife is happy that her amends fully meet the standard demanded by the Data Protection Act and that they are truthful.
As matters stand, there is a failure by TST North to provide me with satisfactory support in respect of a personal referee for learning disability volunteering (either in writing or over the phone), which poses an ongoing threat to life and/or property. I understand that the same may also apply in regard to my wife when it comes to a personal referee for end-of-life care volunteering. This unquestionably constitutes a failure to provide satisfactory support - and this notwithstanding my almost four months of dialogue with your TST team on this issue.
In this situation, I believe that I must seek relief in court.
Yours sincerely,
Declan Heavey
Managing Director
Network for Church Monitoring
Claimant: Declan Heavey
Defendant: St Mungo's
Brief details of claim
The Claimant is a tenant of the Defendant's Clearing House. For the entire week commencing 8 July 2019, the Defendant failed to complete its end of an agreement for support that it had with the Claimant. Since 6 August 2019, the Claimant has fought for a personal reference for learning disability volunteering, and that he believes should be issued to put things right. As matters stand, there is a failure by the Defendant to provide the Claimant with satisfactory support in respect of a personal referee for LD volunteering (either in writing or over the phone), which poses an ongoing threat to life and/or property. The Claimant contends that this constitutes a failure to provide satisfactory support - and this notwithstanding his almost four months of dialogue with the Defendant on this issue. It also comes on foot of a string of other violations of the Human Rights Act 1998 that have had a destabilising effect upon his tenancy month in, month out for well over a year. The Claimant is, therefore, making an application to the Court for a declaration that the Defendant has acted unreasonably and in breach of duty towards him. The Claimant seeks damages for distress and costs.
Value
The Claimant expects to recover not more than £1,000.
Defendant: St Mungo's
Brief details of claim
The Claimant is a tenant of the Defendant's Clearing House. For the entire week commencing 8 July 2019, the Defendant failed to complete its end of an agreement for support that it had with the Claimant. Since 6 August 2019, the Claimant has fought for a personal reference for learning disability volunteering, and that he believes should be issued to put things right. As matters stand, there is a failure by the Defendant to provide the Claimant with satisfactory support in respect of a personal referee for LD volunteering (either in writing or over the phone), which poses an ongoing threat to life and/or property. The Claimant contends that this constitutes a failure to provide satisfactory support - and this notwithstanding his almost four months of dialogue with the Defendant on this issue. It also comes on foot of a string of other violations of the Human Rights Act 1998 that have had a destabilising effect upon his tenancy month in, month out for well over a year. The Claimant is, therefore, making an application to the Court for a declaration that the Defendant has acted unreasonably and in breach of duty towards him. The Claimant seeks damages for distress and costs.
Value
The Claimant expects to recover not more than £1,000.
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