#Legal Dispute

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On 14th January 1529 after a long legal dispute, Euphemia Leslie secured her position as Prioress of Elcho near Perth.

Euphemia Leslie seems to have been the illegitimate daughter of Walter Leslie, the Parish Priest at Kirkton of Menmuir in what is today Angus. She was brought up in the Nunnery at Elcho, south east of Perth. The circumstances are unclear, but on 6 November 1526, Euphemia sought Papal dispensation to become Prioress of the Convent. She needed the dispensation because of her young age - she was only 18 - and because of her parentage.

This caused a problem, because there was already a sitting Prioress of Elcho, Elizabeth Swinton, who had no intention of relinquishing her post to Euphemia. Quite how this came about, and why Papal dispensation was given in light of this, is unclear. In 1527, Euphemia pressed her case more strongly by arriving at the nunnery with her brother and a hundred armed supporters, imprisoning Elizabeth Swinton in her rooms until she agreed to resign, which she duly did. The legal dispute between the two rumbled on until 14th January 1529, when Euphemia Leslie finally secured her position as Prioress.

Euphemia’s first move was to grant leases of land to her brother and to others who had supported her during her dispute with Elizabeth Swinton.

The Nunnery was damaged by the English in 1547 and had not recovered by the time of the Reformation in 1560. Elcho carried on in a diminished form after the Reformation.

When she died in 1570, Euphemia left a will (the only will left by a Scottish Prioress to have survived) in which she set out the pension rights of the nuns who remained at the nunnery.

Not much remains of the Abbey, the castle , as seen in the pic, which was adjoined to the Abbey has survived but only the occasional remnants of Elcho Abbey can be seen.

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Widow loses life savings after ‘firetrap’ developer fails to repay €150k loan

A controversial developer who asked to borrow the life savings of an 81-year-old widow has failed to repay the money after half a decade of broken promises.

In 2017, the widow gave €160,000 in cash to developer Paddy Byrne, who built the Millfield Manor estate in Co. Kildare where six houses burnt to the ground in under 30 minutes in 2015.

The cash was for a penthouse apartment in Dublin she planned to move into.

The development was built by Victoria Homes, a company that was established by Mr Byrne’s sister Joan just before Mr Byrne was precluded from acting as a company director in Ireland for five years.

After viewing plans for the €630,000 property, in a development called Greygates in Mount Merrion, the pensioner withdrew the cash from her bank and gave it to Mr Byrne.

Some €10,000 of this was a deposit, with the remaining €150,000 provided on the advice of a third party who was known to Mr Byrne and the widow, who said the cash would secure a good price.

According to a handwritten receipt, signed by Mr Byrne, the money was provided on May 29, 2017.

But in November 2017 the widow, a retired primary school teacher, found a more suitable home and asked for her money back.

Mr Byrne agreed to this, saying he would have no problem selling the penthouse and promptly refunded the €10,000 deposit.

However, he asked that the remaining €150,000 be treated as a 14-month loan and promised to pay a 10% annual interest rate.

This effectively turned the widow into an unwitting creditor of Victoria Homes.

According to a handwritten agreement, signed by Mr Byrne, the loan was to be ‘paid back from the sales proceeds’ of the penthouse at his Greygates development.

More than half a decade later, the loan remains unpaid – even after the widow made a criminal complaint to gardaí and took legal action to secure a judgement.

As it is a civil matter, the Garda investigation faltered. And because various other unpaid creditors had previously secured judgements against Victoria Homes, the widow is now unlikely to get her savings back. During the Celtic Tiger years, Paddy Byrne was renowned for his €2.4m Sikorsky helicopter and sponsorship of the Irish National Hunt festival.

But in 2011 his then-firm, Barrack Homes, went bust and Mr Byrne declared bankruptcy in Britain with debts of €100m.

He was banned from acting as a UK director for 10 years in 2012.

This ban was scheduled to end in 2022 – and ran the full course – but it only applied in the UK and Wales.

According to the UK insolvency register today, Mr Byrne’s discharge from UK bankruptcy is ‘suspended indefinitely’ until the fulfilment of conditions made in a 2012 court order.

Separately, in Ireland, he was also restricted from acting as a director for a period of five years – which ended in January 2018.

Mr Byrne is also known for building the Millfield Manor estate in Newbridge, Co. Kildare, where half a dozen houses were razed to the ground within 30 minutes in 2015.

A report into the blaze found ‘major and life-threatening serious shortfalls and discrepancies and deviations from the minimum requirements of the national mandatory building regulations’ at Mr Byrne’s development.

Today, having exited bankruptcy, Mr Byrne is best known as the figurehead behind Victoria Homes and associated businesses, which was set up by his sister and her husband in December 2012, while he was bankrupt.

Mr Byrne was not a director or owner of Victoria Homes during the period of his bankruptcy. But, in 2017, Mr Byrne’s sister and her husband stepped back from Victoria Homes, transferring their shares to an offshore entity in Belize city called Victoria Holdings.

In November 2022, the main lenders to Victoria Homes – the Lotus Development Group – forced the firm into receivership for the second time.

In 2020, Lotus had forced a previous short-lived receivership before agreeing a deal that saw Victoria Homes begin trading normally once more.

Today, Mr Byrne appears to have left Victoria Homes behind and seems to be focusing on a new firm instead.

Set up in the summer of 2020, Branach Developments is entirely owned by Mr Byrne and is not encumbered by any bank debt or mortgages as Victoria Homes was.

According to the latest filed accounts, for the year ended 2021, Branach Developments held ‘tangible assets’ of €210,000 and ‘stocks’ of €600,000.

The accounts also show that, in 2021, Mr Byrne provided the company with an interest-free loan of €1,024,438.

Just last week Mr Byrne’s new firm was one of the winners at the National Property Awards sponsored by the Business Post and Deloitte, among others.

At the award ceremony, Branach Developments took home the prize for best sustainability initiative of the year.

However, Mr Byrne, who shuns publicity and is rarely photographed, does not appear to have attended the ceremony and the award was accepted by a colleague.

This week the Irish Mail on Sunday sent queries to Mr Byrne via his mobile phone, his email at Victoria Homes and his email at Branach Developments, without response.

Queries to his solicitor and the separate accountancy firms representing Victoria Homes and Branach Developments also went unanswered as did calls to the numbers on the websites of these firms.

Mr Byrne also previously declined to respond to questions from the MoS relating to the establishment of Victoria Homes during the period of his bankruptcy.

At the time, Mr Byrne appeared to be living at Ballinrahin House, close to Rathangan on the border of Offaly and Kildare.

The home is a luxury build on 26 acres of stud-railed paddocks with six stables and a 1.3km tree-lined avenue behind electric gates.

The property was on sale for €2.8m in 2009, but land registry records confirm that, in November 2014, it was sold to Victoria Homes for a knockdown price of €484,000.

Ownership of Ballinrahin House was transferred offshore to Victoria Holdings in Belize on April 10, 2018, just weeks before Mr Byrne was due to repay the €150,000 back to the widow.

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[thehappyspaceman]

Hey y'all.

You may have noticed that several of my reviews are no longer available on YouTube. Well, unfortunately, a lot of them have been blocked in the U.S. during the YouTube/SESAC legal dispute.

Reviews that were affected by this dispute include:

Top 10 Surprising One-Hit Wonders

A Look Back at Gangnam Style

Top 6 Most Hated Christmas Songs

Caress of Steel by Rush

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Slave to the Grind by Skid Row

Another Top 10 Worst Censored Lyrics

Sorry. :/

I really am sorry, guys. This is super disheartening, especially as I'm still dealing with YouTube's copyright BS with my Rudolph review, and I wish there was something more I could say or do besides that. But I guess this really just highlights the need for another platform to break up YouTube's monopoly on the video sharing business. Because this is unfair, and it's the biggest reason why I've lost motivation to keep making reviews.

In the meantime, all of those videos are available on Vimeo if you want to watch them.

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Election Commission Seeks Further Clarification from Supreme Court on PTI Reserved Seats

Islamabad, September 26, 2024– The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has once again approached the Supreme Court, seeking clarification regarding the reserved seats for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in light of recent legal developments.In its appeal, the ECP has requested guidance on how to reconcile the July 12 court decision with the newly passed Election Amendment Act. The commission…

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InterDigital Patent Case Against Oppo, RealMe, and OnePlus

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Tesla vs. Tesla Power: The Trademark Battle Unfolds

Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. has taken legal action against Gurugram-based Tesla Power India Ltd for trademark infringement, as revealed by a Delhi High Court record. The electric vehicle (EV) giant, headquartered in Delaware, United States, alleges that the Indian company is unlawfully using the trade names "Tesla Power" and "Tesla Power USA."

In response, Tesla Power has asserted that it has no plans to manufacture EVs and will not market any other entities' EVs under the disputed trademark. Despite this, Tesla Inc. contends that the Indian company continued to use its brand name even after receiving a cease-and-desist notice in April 2022, prompting the lawsuit.

The Delhi High Court has granted Tesla Power three weeks to submit written responses following the presentation of supporting documents. The next hearing is scheduled for May 22.

This legal dispute emerges amidst discussions of Tesla's potential entry into the Indian market. Elon Musk's anticipated visit to India was canceled in April, followed by a surprise trip to China. Meanwhile, Tesla Power, reportedly present in India prior to Musk's Tesla, asserts having obtained all necessary government approvals.

India's recent reduction of import duties on electric cars aims to attract investments in the EV sector, a move seen as facilitating Tesla's potential entry into the Indian market.

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You wouldn't last a day in the asylum I was raised in

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[yesterdayiwrote]

My favourite bit of lore from the Galex LA trip is that while following his Bestie to LA to play wingman on his first date, George went on a date with Maisy Kay - as in the daughter of the owner of Rokit who also inexplicably had her name on his helmet for 3 years - to the Ford v Ferrari premiere. I have no idea who invited who, but please observe the vibes and draw your own conclusions of how it went...

[sojourner-between-worlds]

SEASON FOUR IS HERE

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well THAT sucks big time

[sea-buns]

So do we have any idea what happens when the Fey doesn't hold up their end of the bargain? It was her responsibility to ensure they all lived, right? Is there a precedent for this? Do we take it Fey court? Is there a Fey Phoenix Wright that can represent us?

[birdmenmanga]

new alex dia article dropped and first of all go off miss howard but like. is it just me or is it completely stupid that the US is trying to fund antitranshuman bioweapons at this point in time??? like... what's going on in the heads of the us politicians. if it passes it's going to 100% count as "acts of aggression" by the fucking bird treaty and then what? are they gonna firebomb the ny flocks??? be real. the US military can't win even WITH ath bioweapons it's just a matter of how many transhumans are gonna die at this point

full article under cut since it's paywalled (sorry it's just screenshots I'll add alt text when I get home)