General Discussion and Theories #4

[SnooperDuper]

Then I guess there is a good faith reason for his mother to have control of his properties, to sell to pay for his defense.

Well I can understand liquidating one property in that case...but ALL of the properties, worth over $12M?

 

[Alethea Dice]

Interesting thing about that...DP states on his LinkedIn that his current employment (since Sept 2014) is as the president of Prehistoric Stoneworks.

Apparently his legal career, by his own account, ended in July 2013.

I do see where he articled as a student on Bay street.

I guess sinks are more lucrative than the legal profession?



http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/0...egal-fees-for-three-men-accused-of-kidnapping

The math: if DP spent an hour and a half or two every day on the case since DM's arrest, the bill would already top $1M.

At least DP has a break: his other murder case, MP, went on unexpected hiatus just about the same time that DP dropped off the DM case

http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/5710907-murder-trial-won-t-hear-more-evidence-until-fall/

I noticed that too, but assumed it was just a typo since we know he was still working as a lawyer after July 2013.

Makes one kind of wonder though why the other case is now on hiatus.

I doubt that he worked on DM's case every day, but still, $700 per hour seems a bit exorbitant, doesn't it?

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

Well I can understand liquidating one property in that case...but ALL of the properties, worth over $12M?

I'm thinking just his properties, the ones he transferred for $1. The others may have paid the hangar debt and gone back into the business accounts.

 

[SnooperDuper]

I noticed that too, but assumed it was just a typo since we know he was still working as a lawyer after July 2013.

Makes one kind of wonder though why the other case is now on hiatus.

I doubt that he worked on DM's case every day, but still, $700 per hour seems a bit exorbitant, doesn't it?

JMO

Maybe DP has decided so "sink" his legal career?

Yeah, I thought that $700/hr was pretty rich too...that's only 1428.5 hours or 41 weeks x 35 hours to make it to $1M in billings. (It's been 121 weeks since DM was arrested).

Anyway, I always wondered how big the legal bills would be.

 

[SnooperDuper]

I'm thinking just his properties, the ones he transferred for $1. The others may have paid the hangar debt and gone back into the business accounts.

Isn't it a little weird that one of those properties ended up in the name of DP's business partner?

 

[cansleuther]

That's odd. The Pickering address listed on DP's website is actually the home/office of MWJ's lawyer FD.

http://www.justicenet.ca/professional/285/Fariborz-Davoudi/

http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/2014/11/triple-threat-matthew-ward-jackson-dellen-millard-and-mark-smich-at-the-jane-and-finch-courthouse.html

 

[matou]

Yeah weird that Millard's defense lawyer's friend and partner buys Wayne's house, where a murder DP was supposed to be defending took place. Seems unethical and wrong.

 

[Kamille]

Then I guess there is a good faith reason for his mother to have control of his properties, to sell to pay for his defense.

His mother had power of attorney over all the properties and the business before the questionable transaction. Once that took place, DM no longer had any properties in his name. Everything was in the company name or in MB's name. When those 3 properties were sold, the money went to her. We have no idea where the funds to pay for his defence are being taken from. She also has power of attorney over the money from the sale of everything else and can easily use it as well.

Removing his name (and transferring them to his mother for $1) from the properties that were not tied to the business and WM's estate effectively took them out of reach of any creditors. And leaves a nice little nest egg for his mother. Smells like fraudulent conveyence to me. If he wanted his mother to have a retirement fund, he needed to do it before he was arrested.

MOO

 

[Alethea Dice]

Isn't it a little weird that one of those properties ended up in the name of DP's business partner?

I guess I didn't find it that weird. If he was in the market, he was certainly in the right place to know about it going up for sale. It wouldn't have been DP who handled the sale. It would have been a real estate lawyer, maybe the same lawyer the family would have used for other property transactions. FWIW, it wasn't DP who handled the transfer either.

John David Brunt, a real estate and commercial lawyer with Blaney McMurtry, handled the transfers, according to public documents. Brunt said in an email that he could not comment on the transfers due to client-solicitor privilege.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/06/05/millard_land_deals_beyond_smelly_experts_say.html

JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

His mother had power of attorney over all the properties and the business before the questionable transaction. Once that took place, DM no longer had any properties in his name. Everything was in the company name or in MB's name. When those 3 properties were sold, the money went to her. We have no idea where the funds to pay for his defence are being taken from. She also has power of attorney over the money from the sale of everything else and can easily use it as well.

Removing his name (and transferring them to his mother for $1) from the properties that were not tied to the business and WM's estate effectively took them out of reach of any creditors. And leaves a nice little nest egg for his mother. Smells like fraudulent conveyence to me. If he wanted his mother to have a retirement fund, he needed to do it before he was arrested.

MOO

Why do you think everything was in the company name? He only signed over the three properties to his mother. For the others, he only signed over power of attorney. The others may be tied to the Estate, but I believe most were not in the company's name. For that matter, even the Maple Gate home could be tied to the Estate. Why transfer that one over to her name instead of the farm, unless because it was the family home and he thought the funds might be needed for his defense?

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36090&d=1374973979

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36088&d=1374973934

And the one lawyer interviewed said that would not take the properties out of reach of any creditors. So I guess it would depend on how well the money can be traced from the sales by the time any creditors make their claims.

“The purpose of doing this is opaque to me,” he said. “[Millard] has not put these three properties out of reach of his creditors. He has only placed an obstacle in their path, which a plaintiff lawyer can circumvent.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/06/05/millard_land_deals_beyond_smelly_experts_say.html

JMO

 

[Juballee]

Wouldn't it also have made the sale of those properties difficult, to have to wait until visitations to be able to have him sign the documents if an offer came in? Usually those things are time sensitive, it may have just been to make the sales easier.

 

[SnooperDuper]

Is this the MW in this case?

[video=twitter;630784803252633600]https://twitter.com/AnnB03/status/630784803252633600[/video]

 

[Arnie M]

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Tried looking up a few things on ontariocourtdates.ca ...... problem is there are so many different jurisdictions and different courtrooms ..... you almost need all the information you are searching for before you do a search in order to do a search.

Tried a Google advance search of the complete website using specific names but that did not work either .... google bots must be disabled .

 

[matou]

I went through everything for Toronto and didn't find it for yesterday's date. May have been for another date. I'm guessing the MW is Matthew Ward?

 

[SnooperDuper]

I went through everything for Toronto and didn't find it for yesterday's date. May have been for another date. I'm guessing the MW is Matthew Ward?

No, another one of the M's is a MW. I think MWJ would show up as MWJ. Anyway, is this a signal that the gun trial is over?

 

[SnooperDuper]

Tomorrow is Tim Bosma's birthday. He would have been 35.

I feel so much for SB and her family, who are now facing a third birthday without him, as we approach the kids-and-holiday, back-to-school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas season. Tim should be there for his family, and he's not, through no fault of his own.

DM turns 30 in 3 weeks, and four days after that, he's back in court September 3.

23 weeks, or just under 5-1/2 months, until the trial.

R.I.P. Tim, justice is coming.

 

[SnooperDuper]

Ann Brocklehurst ‏@AnnB03
Matthew Ward-Jackson discharged re January 2014 drug and weapon charges. Still facing weapons trafficking charges related to Dellen Millard

https://twitter.com/AnnB03/status/631133805500350464

 

[SnooperDuper]

What does "discharged" mean?

Absolute discharge
An absolute discharge is the lowest-level adult sentence that an offender can get.

If an offender gets an absolute discharge, a finding of guilt is made but no conviction is registered, and they are not given any conditions to follow (i.e. a probation order). The offender is finished with their case that day. They don’t have to come to court again or check in with a probation officer.

An absolute discharge will stay on an offender’s criminal record for one year after the date they received the discharge. The offender doesn’t have to apply for a pardon for the discharge to be removed from their record.

http://lawfacts.ca/node/60

 

[Alethea Dice]

Ann Brocklehurst ‏@AnnB03
Matthew Ward-Jackson discharged re January 2014 drug and weapon charges. Still facing weapons trafficking charges related to Dellen Millard

https://twitter.com/AnnB03/status/631133805500350464

How on earth could they discharge him when loaded weapons were involved???

An individual may be discharged if it is in the best interest of the individual and if it is not against the public interest. The effect of a discharge is that the accused does not receive a criminal conviction or a criminal record. This makes a discharge very advantageous for first-time offenders and those guilty of minor offences.

http://www.lawnow.org/absolute-conditional-discharges-canadian-criminal-law/

I'm sorry, but that's not a minor offence to me and it should be against the public interest. JMO

 

[Alethea Dice]

Well, I guess his last two trials should bode well for him in the next one for weapons trafficking. For some reason, they don't seem to want to give him any criminal convictions or a criminal record. :sheesh: :fishy: