Truth is never defamatory
We refer to my posts below re Jonathon Mann and Dr Gerald Waters.
We have received a letter from their lawyers to which, in the interest of transparency, we reply to as follows.
Open letter to Alan Ringwood
Thank you for your letter dated 22 September. alan ringwood letter
We note that you state it is not for publication. At transparency we act in an open and transparent manner and we do not do confidential deals as in our opinion this encourages corruption..
If you believe there is some legal reason why the letter cannot be published please advise us of the act and section and we will consider that.
You state that you act for IHO Limited (“IHO”) and for its directors Dr Gerald Waters and Elizabeth Pillinger and for Mr Jonathon Mann, we wish to draw your attention to the following
- IHO Limited has one shareholder IHO Holdings Limited
- You will notice that on the share picture the large dark area is the ownership of EGMONT TRUSTEES JMIHO LIMITED we have it on good authority that these shares are owned by Jonathon Mann
- Mr Mann is a disqualified director and has in the past few weeks either entered a plea of guilty or been found guilty of running a company while disqualified.
- The company HQ PHYSIOLOGY LIMITED which is now in liquidation , marketed the Fix product .
- The product was masterminded by Mann and when the company was wound up he got his flat mate Dr Gerald Waters and his new girlfriend Elizabeth Pillinger to become directors.
- Our investigations reveal this is a common MO ( modus operandi ) of Mr. Mann who then runs the company in the background. So any one dealing with IHO is actually dealing with Mr Mann and since he is a con artist this is a fact that people may wish to consider when becoming involved.
It concerns us that you claim that the web site is defamatory ,We note that you claim to be a defamation lawyer . As a defamation lawyer you will also be aware that truth is never defamatory and that honest opinion is a defence. Truth Honest opinion Honest opinion where corrupt motive attributed to plaintiff.
We can assure you that what we have written is truthful however if you have evidence to the contrary I hope that you can supply that to us and we will consider it.
We also draw your attention to section 25, Your clients have been aware of the web site for some time now and they are well outside the 5 day period , I can make the copy of the defamatory post by Dr Gerald Waters available to you should you require it.
You also complain about the breach of copy right perhaps you need to take that up with Food town as the photo is mirrored from their site.
You allege that we suggest that the fix product is a scam , could you please point out where we have made that allegation as in reading our site we believe that it makes it quite clear that was advise caution for anyone buying in to any product promoted by Jonathon Mann and he has been promoting FIX as a healing agent.
We note that its trade marked as a pharmaceutical and medicinal preparations, to that end could you please provide the evidence that it is licensed accordingly .( Trade Mark Number (210) 812005) If we do not hear we will presume that it is not licensed and will ensure that appropriate action for the protection of the public, is taken .
We do note that it is not listed on the med safe web site could you please advise why it is not listed. If not is a Pharmaceutical product is the trademark under that category not misleading?
We also appreciate that you claim FIX is natural, just because something is natural does not infer that it is good for you and does not make it a medicine.
Arsenic is natural. It kills!
As to the comments of Dr Waters, when a medical doctor , specialising in renal makes a public statement with regards to a person he has not examined and calls them “sociopathic” , then we think that this is serious enough to bring to the attention of the medical profession, especially when he uses the hospital board computers to post this comment ( which has been moderated as we will not be part of any defamation )
Sociopath in our interpretation is “a person, as a psychopathic personality, whose behaviour is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience” further interpretations are found here
The complaint we have lodged with regards to Dr Waters Action has no doubt sparked this knee jerk reaction, He is a health professional who is working with a convicted fraudster who has passed himself off as a health professional. We would have thought that Doctors should not be seen to condone this action and should distance themselves from it.
We do not have a campaign against Mr Mann, our desire is to have an open and transparent society where people can openly warn each other of scams and scamsters , so that we can reduce the number of victims.
With regards to the Verisure site
Con is short for convicted and confidence , there can be no doubt that Mr Mann is a convict, “”a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court” and that he has used confidence trickery to make others believe that he had qualifications which he did not possess.
The truth Hurts. So when people act with integrity they can only be portrayed with integrity, when they choose to act in a contrary manner we have the right of freedom of speech and the right to warn others.
We have no intention of damaging the IHO business our intention is to ensure that anyone who deals with Mr Mann and his companies do so with eyes open.
We are happy to alter or remove any material from the sites if you provide the evidence which shows that we are wrong .
Please be advised that any response will be published in the interest of transparency.
Thank you transparencynz!
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