68 Randolph Avenue Ltd

George Meredith made this Freedom of Information request to Westminster City Council

The request was partially successful.

From: George Meredith

9 January 2011

Dear Westminster City Council,

Could you confirm if Councillor Melvyn Caplan has a
personal/prejudicial interest in any current or former director of
68 Randolph Avenue Ltd.

Yours faithfully,

George Meredith

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Mr Michael Eaton-Jones left an annotation ( 9 January 2011)

His partner's mother was a former director of this company.

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Westminster City Council

10 January 2011

Confirmation of Freedom Of Information Request

Thank you for your request for information.

Your request details have now been recorded and will be passed on to the
appropriate Divisional Records Officer for action.

This Freedom Of Information Request was based on the following
information:

Name: George Meredith
Address: see email address
Email: [email address]
Telephone:
Request Details: Could you confirm if Councillor Melvyn Caplan has a
personal/prejudicial interest in any current or former director of 68
Randolph Avenue Ltd.

FOI Reference Number: 6415
Target Completion Date: 07/02/2011

Please do not reply to this email.
This is an automatic response to your request, and replies to this message
will not be actioned.

If you need to contact Westminster City Council regarding your request,
please contact:

mailto:[Westminster City Council request email]
Tel:020 7641 3921

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everybodylovesadame left an annotation (11 January 2011)

Oo-er missus...what about these then

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/Compan...

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Alicia left an annotation (12 January 2011)

Don't tell me they've been using empty properties to run Ltd companies from????...that might explain their housing "shortage"!!!!!!

http://www.westendextra.com/news/2010/ma...

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Bob left an annotation (13 January 2011)

This is getting serious..........

http://directorsuk.livejournal.com/739.h...

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Simon Jones left an annotation (15 January 2011)

Westminster Council are under the illusion that they above the law due to having "friends in high places". Well guess what? Our "friend in high places" is bigger than their " friend in high places" (as they're going to find out)!

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The WiCCa man left an annotation (24 January 2011)

Lord Summerisle

"Do sit down Sergeant. Shocks are so much better absorbed with the knees bent.

Have you asked them yet? About Octagon Movie and Media Ltd? Company number 02960375?

You have? Good,good.

Come. It's time to keep your appointment with the WiCCa man"

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Simon Jones left an annotation (25 January 2011)

Someone's been busy trying to hide the "evidence" !

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/8...

But it's too late.....the cat is out of the bag!!!!!!!!

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Simon Jones left an annotation (25 January 2011)

Naughty naughty......

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/8...

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I,Claudius left an annotation (25 January 2011)

Parietes habent aures:

excogitatum est super his, ut homines quidam ignoti, vilitate ipsa parum cavendi ad colligendos rumores per Westminster latera cuncta destinarentur relaturi quae audirent. [...] ideoque etiam parietes arcanorum soli conscii timebantur.

After these events, it was devised that certain unknown men, who were little to be feared on account of their utter unimportance, were sent to gather rumours throughout all the corners of Westminster and to report back what they heard. [...] And so even the walls, the lone confidantes of secrets, were feared.

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From: George Meredith

5 February 2011

Dear Westminster City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westminster City
Council's handling of my FOI request '68 Randolph Avenue Ltd'.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westminster City
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Councillor Melvyn Caplan'.

This request is now overdue.

You have yet again failed to supply a response within the legal
timeframe of the FOI 2000 Act.

This is unlawful.

Please ask somebody in your legal department to look into this
failure AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.

Yours faithfully,

George Meredith

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

7 February 2011

Dear Mr Meredith,

Thank you for your recent request submitted to the Council under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is due for completion today,
07/02/2011.

I note that you have requested an Internal Review on the basis that you
have not received a response.

The department that was dealing with your request attempted to send the
response on the 2^nd February 2011, but as you have not received it I have
re-provided it below:

Request 6415

Could you confirm if Councillor Melvyn Caplan has a personal/prejudicial
interest in any current or former director of 68 Randolph Avenue Ltd.

Response

The address is in Councillor Caplan's Ward and he knows some people who
live there. They are not close associates of his within the meaning of
the Members' Code of Conduct.

As this response is being provided on the completion due date, i.e. within
the twenty working day period, I have not undertaken an Internal Review.

Should you have any further queries please contact me care of the details
below.

Yours sincerely,

Tanya Holden

DP & FOI Officer

Knowledge & Information Management Team

101 Orchardson Street

London

NW8 8EA

T: 0207 641 6451

F: 0207 641 2872

E: [email address]

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From: George Meredith

8 February 2011

Dear Miss Holden,

I consider myself to be reasonably intelligent but I have been
non-plussed by your answer!

Could you confirm that your response to this request is as follows:

"The address is in Councillor Caplan's Ward and he knows some
people who live there. They are not close associates of his within
the meaning of the Members' Code of Conduct."

Yours sincerely,

George Meredith

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Alex Skene left an annotation ( 8 February 2011)

In case it helps with your query, the directors for this company can be found on this useful website:
http://directors.mapofpower.com/companie...

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Stuart left an annotation ( 8 February 2011)

This might help too...

http://directorsuk.livejournal.com/739.h...

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From: George Meredith

11 February 2011

Dear Westminster City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am requesting that you reconsider your response following the
outcome of FOI/6021:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

George Meredith

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From: Preston, Catherine
Westminster City Council

14 February 2011

Dear Mr Meredith

Thank you for your email below regarding the response to your recent request to the council. However it is not clear from your correspondence on what grounds you wish the council to conduct an internal review.

Could you therefore please set out your grounds for requesting an internal as clearly as possible. Once we receive your email, you case will be referred to a member of the Knowledge and Information Management Team who will conduct an internal review in accordance with Stage 1 of the Council's Complaints Procedure and respond to you within 20 working days.

Until the grounds for complaint are received, the council is unable to take any further action with regard to this matter.

Yours sincerely

Catherine Preston
Knowledge and Information Management Team
Information Services
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London NW8 8EA
Tel: 020 7641 3921
Fax: 020 7641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
www.westminster.gov.uk

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From: George Meredith

16 February 2011

Dear Miss Preston,

I have been deliberating over your initial (and quite bizarre)
response to my request which reads....

"The address is in Councillor Caplan's Ward and he knows some
people who live there. They are not close associates of his within
the meaning of the Members' Code of Conduct."

As previusly mentioned this nonsensical reply had confused me and
it may be due to this fact...

The company, 68 Randolph Avenue Ltd, is based at:

Station House
9-13 Swiss Terrace
Swiss Cottage
NW6 4RR

...which is blatantly not in Councillor Caplan's ward at all.

With the greatest of respect what the Dickens does your response
mean?

Yours sincerely,

George Meredith

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David Boothroyd left an annotation (16 February 2011)

Station House in NW6 is not in Little Venice ward (it isn't even in Westminster) but 68 Randolph Avenue is in Little Venice ward. I would assume that 68 Randolph Avenue Ltd is the limited company set up to manage the freehold of a building which has been divided into leasehold flats where the leaseholders have a share of the freehold.

The registered office of the company is presumably that of the managing agents whom the leaseholders have appointed. Given the address, I'd guess that that is Pembertons Property Management.

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George Meredith left an annotation (17 February 2011)

Thanks David! Very helpful info. I look forward to their reply!

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From: George Meredith

20 April 2011

Dear Westminster City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Westminster City
Council's handling of my FOI request '68 Randolph Avenue Ltd'.

Westminster Council is obliged to conduct a full Internal Review
into it's confusing and illiterate response to this Freedom of
Information request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/68...

Yours faithfully,

George Meredith

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

27 April 2011

Attachment Response to Request for Internal Review FOI6415 Meredith.doc
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Dear Mr Meredith

Please find attached the council's response to your request for an internal review into the handling of your recent Freedom of Information Request

Yours sincerely

Catherine Preston
Knowledge and Information Management Team
Information Services
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London NW8 8EA
Tel: 020 7641 3921
Fax: 020 7641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
www.westminster.gov.uk

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Richard Scott left an annotation (27 April 2011)

Funniest thing I've seen on here for quite a while!

So they misread the question and yet only PARTIALLY upheld the complaint?

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From: George Meredith

27 April 2011

Dear Miss Catherine Preston,

April Fool's Day has now passed and this joke of an answer isn't
even remotely funny.

The next step will be a request for an Internal Review of your
Internal Review and then off to the ICO for their amusement.

Yours sincerely,

George Meredith

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

5 May 2011

Dear Mr Meredith,

Thank you for your email below.

Should you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, or the
Internal Review which has been undertaken in respect of it, then your
remaining recourse is to refer your complaint to the Information
Commissioner under section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I
have provided his details below :

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45
Fax: 01625 524510
Web: [1]www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Tanya Holden
DP & FOI Officer
Knowledge & Information Management Team

101 Orchardson Street
London
NW8 8EA
T: 0207 641 6451
F: 0207 641 2872
E: [email address]

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