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Sept – Oct ’03 Cawston Park site purchased
Sept – Oct ’03 Cawston Park site purchased.
C2 appointed Finance Director of Cawston Park.
David Prior invests in Chancellor Care Ltd.
Dr Simon Barker appointed medical director of Cawston Park and invests in Chancellor Care Ltd.
C1 appointed General Manager of Cawston Park and invests in Chancellor Care Ltd.
Mark Deveney appointed as Head of Care at Cawston Park.
Martin Ward appointed as an “external independent specialist consultant”.
Mr Drewery employed.
24th Oct ’03 Meeting; notes stated “additional cover e.g. specialling will be at £13 per hour”
In/around Nov ‘03 Cawston Park begins to admit patients. Two sites the Grange and the Manor
28th Dec ’03 Letter to Dr Rowley, Suffolk PCT. C1 describes extra care cost (£312 per day) due to need for an extra member of staff and also to a charge of £13 per hour.
In/around Jan ‘04 C2 invests in Chancellor Care Ltd.
6 Jan ’04 Service Level Agreement signed between Cawston Park and Norwich PCT.
8th March 04 Date First registered with Healthcare Commission as the new responsible body 15 beds.
8th March 2004 C1 sets out basis of extra care charge to Dr Rowley.
20th June 2004; Letter from Mr Pyke, a lead nurse referring to dangerously low staffing levels.
24th June 2004 Health Care commission report; following an announced inspection by Inspector Peter Johnson between 23rd and 25th June “ Cawston Manor has demonstrated the majority of the national minimum standards were met with few areas of non compliance”.
On 9th July 2004 C1 also equated care to “specialling” in a letter to Ms Lawton, Peterborough District Hospital.
8 Sept ’04 Selby and York PCT challenge the cost levied a month in advance and by letter of 10th September 2004 from Mr Deveney told it was charged at £13 per hour and will be reviewed; and if not necessary they will get a refund.
Late ’04 Chancellor Children’s Care Limited purchased a small 8 bedded children's home (“Stubbs House”).
Late ’04 Mr Chancellor agreed to support a management buyout of Chancellor Care by the Claimants with the assistance of Lloyd’s Development Capital (“LDC”).
24th Nov 04 A document draft by Mr Deveney was shared with Claimants, in which Mr Deveney attempted a definition of extra care
Apr 05 Chancellor care prices
Apr 2005 PwC due diligence assessment.
Apr ’05 Mental Health Act Commission visit (appeared to be appropriate staffing).
31 Mar 05 SLA between Cawston Park and Norwich PCT signed; extra care is defined (H/5644).
April ’05 Mr Brook commenced employment at Cawston Park as Head of Support and Development.
6 May ’05 AD Care Ltd incorporated.
23 May 05 PwC report
- Heading
- Evidence 14 - 16
- Defendant’s witnesses 124 - 169
- Law 201 - 203
- Analysis 215 - 216
- Introduction
- Facts; an overview
- The Parties’ Cases
- PARTICULARS OF MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
- PARTICULARS OF MISFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE
- Evidence
- Defendant’s witnesses
- Mr Deveney’s disclosure and associated evidence
- Lisa Vescio and Paul Vincent
- Case Summary and MG6
- To summarise At this juncture in the inquiry it is evident that
- MG6
- The drugs investigation
- Claimants witnesses
- Mr Breeze
- Mr Wilson
- However he also explained that
- The following points are noteworthy
- Mr Ward
- Mr Chancellor
- He continued
- Anthony Bull
- Mr Drewery
- Charles Bott KC
- Margaretha Gaisford
- Mr Cooper
- There was then a diversion into small talk and it was later stated by DS Brownsell that
- City Club Evidence
- Victor Miller
- Mr Pointer
- The restraint proceedings and the evidence of Mrs Breeze and DC Wilcox
- Other witnesses
- David Prior
- David Graham
- Mr Graham continued
- Susan Smith
- Raymond Adcock
- Sandra Grunwald
- James Braithwaite
- Richard Innes
- Sir Norman Lamb
- Corinne Scicluna
- Dr John Olive
- Defendant’s witnesses
- Closed mind
- Conduct of officers
- Pressure to achieve a result
- Health Care Commission
- Mr Cooper
- Ms Gaisford
- Deveney’s computer
- 14 th November 2006
- Linda Todd
- Mr Prior
- Dr Barker
- Missing Rough Book
- Dr Badcock
- Charges levied
- Kelling Park
- PwC
- Questionnaire
- Mr Bull
- Mr Drewery
- Exclusion from court
- Mr Breeze’s interviews
- Weight attached to other evidence
- DLA Piper letter
- Mr Ward
- DS Brownsell’s mindset
- Pleaded case
- DC Baker
- SIOs
- Mr Cooper
- 14 th November, Ms Gaisford and arrests
- City Club
- Mr Bull
- Mr Chancellor
- Mr Ward
- DC Deacon
- DC Wilcox
- DC Flynn
- Willan and Woodhead
- Mr Bull
- Mr Ward
- Judith Cass
- Draft, unsigned statement of Mr Tarrant
- Other Statements/Interviews
- Dr Barker
- And
- Linda Todd
- And in respect of the meeting to agree terms
- Documentary Evidence
- The Hird Report
- The trial and the failure of the prosecution
- After Mr Brook gave evidence Counsel took stock. As they stated
- Post Prosecution
- IPCC
- Reasonable and probable cause
- Honest belief
- Objective analysis
- Malice
- Misfeasance in public office
- Conduct in the exercise of public power
- Acting dishonestly/in bad faith
- Limitation for misfeasance in Public office
- Analysis
- The investigation and prosecution; a critique
- Interviews
- Witness tampering
- The honest belief of officers
- Other pleaded issues
- PwC
- Healthcare Commission
- Was the case summary deliberately “slanted”
- Was there reasonable and probable cause?
- Malice
- The prosecutor?
- Conclusion
- and
- Sept – Oct ’03 Cawston Park site purchased
- 25 May ’05 Management buy-out of Chancellor Care Ltd
- 15 Aug ’05 Mr Cooper commenced employment at Cawston Park as Operations Manager
- Dec 2005 (per Particulars of Claim)
- 27 Jan ’06 Allegation made by Mr Deveney to NHS CFS
- 4 July ’06 Report prepared by DS Kirkham re Operation Genus addressed to Det Supt Julian Blazeby
- 1 Aug ’06 Meeting between NHS CFS and the Major Investigation team
- 19 Sept ’06 Unannounced inspection of Cawston Park by HCC
- 29 March ’07 Statement signed by Mr Brook
- 23 Aug ’10 Outcome of Operation Meridian Review communicated to Claimants
- Letter of Response
- Amended Reply to Defence
- Conclusions