Bennett Jones Industries - Banks and Financial Institutions

The multi-faceted nature of banking law today calls for lawyers with the resources to handle just about any commercial financial transaction. Acting as counsel to domestic and foreign chartered banks, trust companies, merchant banks, provincial treasuries, commercial credit grantors, income fund companies, foreign lending institutions and major corporate borrowers, Bennett Jones offers clients a broad spectrum of legal and advisory services geared toward the changing needs and demands of the financial services industry.

We routinely advise on the structuring and documentation of domestic and cross-border loan facilities. Our broad experience and expertise in this area ranges from large, syndicated cash-flow senior debt financings arranged by both domestic and foreign banks to mid-market asset based and senior and mezzanine commercial loan transactions. In recent years, our lawyers have been primary counsel, acting for lenders, sponsors and borrowers, on a number of the largest highly leveraged acquisitions in the Canadian market. We also have broad experience in project finance, public and private debt issues and restructurings.

Our complementary M&A, private equity, capital markets, tax and real estate expertise allow us to deliver to our clients the full spectrum of skills and experience necessary to ensure they are provided with thorough, knowledgeable and timely counsel for all aspects of their lending and other debt financing transactions.

LTD & Associates Inc. Recent Projects

Toronto International Film Festival 2003 - 2005

Coordinated all aspects of personal security for numerous major motion picture stars during the festival.

LifeFest Toronto

2005 & 2006: LTD & Associates Inc. were featured guest speakers on the topics of Identity Theft and Safety For Women.

2004: Responsible for the safety and security of Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and Sarah Ferguson The Duchess of York.

Conservative Party of Canada - Leadership Convention 2004

Coordinated all aspects of security during the Leadership Convention. Responsible for the safety and security of the leadership candidates, Provincial Premiers (Past and Present) and other dignitaries.

Wrestlemania X8 - Toronto

Coordinated all on site and off site security for over 400 World Wrestling Entertainment employees, including executives, talent, family members and media, during a five-day period.

Security for the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Committee

We were extremely proud to have been selected to coordinate all on site and advance security issues both domestically and abroad, for the Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid Committee.

Government Projects

Coordinated all aspects of security throughout the province for both the Federal and Provincial Conservative Parties and the Provincial Liberal Party, during conventions, live media debates, public hearings and other events. Responsible for the safety and security of Provincial Premiers (past and present), Provincial Cabinet Members, Mayors and other dignitaries.

Red Hill Valley

Coordinated security for the City of Hamilton, during the construction of the Red Hill Valley Expressway project. Ensuring Aboriginal Rights and Land Claim Security Issues were protected, along with security of on site workers and the public.

Ontario Economic Summit 2004-2005

On behalf of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, we were responsible for the on-site and personal security of political figures from both Canada and the United States, along with high profile international business leaders.

British Royal Visit

Honoured to have been selected to escort HRH Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Phillip and other dignitaries during a State Visit to Toronto.

Tent City

On behalf of our client Home Depot Canada, developed, coordinated and project managed the safe, humane and effective removal of "illegal squatters" from Toronto's infamous "Tent City", the largest and longest running illegal squat in Canadian history. Additionally, oversaw the subsequent removal of contaminated/toxic growth and the capping of 13 acres of contaminated soils from this site.

Craig T. Matthews & Associates, LPA Dayton Elder Fraud Attorneys

Serving Clients In Dayton, Cincinnati And Throughout Central And Southern Ohio

"A society's quality and durability can best be measured by the respect and care given to its elder citizens." Arnold Toynbee

At the law firm of Craig T. Matthews & Associates, LPA, we protect those who can't protect themselves. We are one of the few litigation firms in the Dayton, Cincinnati area that places a primary focus on elder financial abuse. Our founding attorney, Craig Matthews, has been helping seniors and vulnerable adults recover millions of dollars in financial damages since 1978. He is recognized as one of the region's most powerful legal advocates on behalf of senior citizens victimized by financial elder abuse and consumer fraud.

Mr. Matthews has earned Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV Preeminent* peer review rating for ethical standards and legal ability. He has many years of litigation experience in the area of financial forensics and has been featured in newspaper articles and television news reports about financial elder abuse. His national recognition includes consulting with the FBI on a case involving financial fraud by a bank manager. Learn more at our Verdicts and Settlements page.

From offices in Dayton and Cincinnati, our lawyers litigate on behalf of the elderly and vulnerable adults in communities throughout western, central and southern Ohio, including West Chester, Lebanon, and Springboro. Call us or contact us by email to arrange an initial consultation with one of our experienced Dayton elder fraud lawyers today.

We focus our practice primarily in the following areas of litigation:

·         Financial elder abuse: Including financial exploitation and unauthorized access to an elderly person's financial accounts or property assets, often by trusted family members.

·         Elder law litigation: We also protect the rights of senior citizens who have fallen victim to fraudulent home repair schemes, inappropriate insurance policies and other types of fraudulent consumer services that often target the elderly and vulnerable. We also protect the rights of senior citizens facing neglect or abuse in a residential nursing home or home health care environment.

·         Will Contents litigation: We litigate disputes when assets do not pass to rightful heirs and beneficiaries because of incompetence or undue influence at the time the last will and testament was signed.

·         Guardianship litigation: We pursue applications for the appointment of a guardian if an elderly person is being taken advantage of but lacks insight or judgment and cannot protect themselves. And we defend elderly persons who must fight for their independence after a family member or other files an application to declare them incompetent for their own financial gain.

·         Blended Families: The death of a spouse is commonly followed with a second marriage by the widow or widower. The second marriage can result in additional children. This is the “blended family.” Blended families can present unique estate planning goals.

Our elder law practice also includes guardianships, wills and trust, estate planning, and probate litigation.

Contact An Experienced Dayton and Cincinnati Financial Elder Abuse Lawyer At Our Firm

Call us at 937-434-9393 or use our convenient email contact form to arrange an initial consultation and evaluation of your case. Our office hours in Dayton are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For our Cincinnati office, please call to schedule an appointment.

We practice with integrity, including a reasonable retainer and attorneys' fees based on responsible billing policies. We accept credit cards for your convenience.

Westward Housing Group: Transparency and Efficiency

We are clear about how we spend money.

It is important that we demonstrate value for money in the delivery of services to our customers.

As a business for social purpose, we want to invest our money in the things that matter most - our customers and our communities.  We will continue to consult with our customers about the information we publish.

Fraud

Westward's efforts to invest our money in the things that matter most - our customers and our communities - can be jeopardised by fraud.  Fraud threatens a reduction in the availability and quality of homes, so we take it very seriously.

There are many different types of fraud including illegal subletting, false housing applications, fraud in contracting or works, fraud in procurement, and fraudulent accounting.

We aim to deal firmly with any instance of fraud.  We will take seriously, investigate and deal with any suspected fraudulent activity whether reported by customers, staff, or through whistle-blowing.

Customers with concerns about fraudulent activity should contact their housing officer in the first instance, or call 0300 100 1015 and ask to speak to the Westward company secretary.

Westward includes: Westcountry Housing and Support, Tarka Housing, Horizon Homes and Help to Buy South West. Westward Housing Group Ltd, exempt charity. Templar House, Collett Way, Newton Abbot TQ12 4PH.

Westcountry Housing Association Ltd, exempt charity, (address as Westward).

Tarka Housing Ltd, exempt charity. Tarka House, Clovelly Road Industrial Estate, Bideford EX39 3HN.

ShareWest Limited. Company no: 8800407. Sharewest is a subsidiary of Tarka Housing Ltd. Address and VAT no (same as Westward Group): 918 2212 42. Board members: Felicity King (Finance Director), Barbara Shaw (Chief Executive), The Guinness Partnership Limited (Stephen Lodge is authorised to act as representative as regards Guinness Partnership’s shareholding)

QVF Group: Forensic insolvency investigations

QVF Group Fraud Investigators Civil Risk Management

An Insolvency Practitioner may identify a company that has failed to the detriment of creditors as a consequence of negligence, misconduct or fraudulent misappropriation of company assets by directors or other associated parties.

The QVF Group forensic insolvency capability brings together the expertise of our investigation team and our asset recovery team.

Forensic insolvency investigation services are required when:

·         A director or another party has contributed to the failure of a business through negligence, misconduct or misappropriation of assets.

·         Where recovery is not pursued due to a lack of funds our forensic insolvency team aim to provide a service to creditors and pursue the fraudster through the civil courts.

QVF can support Insolvency Practitioners or their appointed legal teams in the pursuit of insolvency related claims in both corporate insolvency and personal bankruptcy.

Employing a staged and proportionate approach maximises the chances of recovery of assets. QVF Group has a number of expert fraud investigators with many years of experience investigating fraud and compiling detailed files of evidence for either civil or criminal proceedings.

Our Personal Credit Data Report (PCD) solution is an invaluable starting point in any investigation as it allows us legal access to financial information held on individuals.

This data can yield detailed information, invaluable for assessing an individual’s actual financial position. Our solutions can identify financial liabilities and assets – enabling our clients at a very early stage to make an informed decision on the viability of a case and the potential for asset recovery.

Bradley Research Group

Microarrays

The Bradley Group has worked in the micro-array area for some four years and has led to the development of a generic HT screening method for the determination of the substrate specificity of proteases, kinases and phosphatases etc. (Interfacing DNA Arrays with Combinatorial Libraries, Chem. Commun., 2005 and the last paper 2006 presents a 10,000 member peptide library). With time interest in micro-arrays has been extended to include arrays based around small molecule and polymer based transfection agents (Polyplexes and Lipoplexes for Mammalian Gene Delivery (see: Traditional to Micro-array Screening, Combinatorial Chemistry and High-Throughput Screening, 2004, 447, in which libraries of small molecules within polymers were screened for their cellular transfection abilities (delivery of DNA into cells). This is important in so called gene therapy or antisense studies. Thus there is a need to be able to efficiently deliver DNA (or RNAi) into cells. This project aims to produce new reagents, tools and methods for DNA delivery.

Cell microarray

Stem cell control and manipulation

The Bradley group has developed so called polymer micro-arrays. This is in essence a glass microscope slide with 2,000 different polymers printed in a spot like manner across the array. This array can then be screened with mammalian cells to identify polymers that are cell selective. We are currently interested in preparing arrays that will allow cell release, of finding polymers that will allow small molecules to be placed in the array to modulate cell phenotype (physical changes). Currently, a new approach to transfect mammalian cells on polymer microarray platforms has been achieved.

Cellular Delivery

The successful and efficient introduction and delivery of materials into cells is of fundamental importance throughout many areas of biology. It is critical for the analysis of function, the perturbation of specific cellular processes, and the development of novel therapeutic strategies. The Bradley group has carried out numerous studies with small, mono-disperse, cross-linked beads (we can routinely prepare a variety of cross-linked beads from 200 nm - 5 µm) on a variety of cultured cell lines. Remarkably, and quite generally, these beads are taken up by cells These particles have a number of advantages over other approaches. Firstly, a diverse range of compounds can be attached to the microspheres including small molecule inhibitors, peptides, RNA and DNA. They are large enough to visualise using standard microscopy techniques (unlike nano-particles). They are not diluted within the cell. Populations of cells containing beads can be readily sorted automatically from other cells for subsequent analysis and it is possible to get very high uptake rates (this can be modulated through alteration of the bead size and incubation time).

HT Physical Organic Chemistry

The research group routinely uses high-thorough chemical methods to prepare chemical entities (why make one when in the same time you can make 10!). However to date little has been carried out in the area of utilising HT methods in physical organic chemistry for reaction predication, mechanistic interrogation and reaction profiling. We have begun to look at tools and chemistries to allow Hammett plots and reaction predictions to be determined by mass spectrometry with a single injection on an LCMS allowing complete interrogation and interpretation of a reaction. This research offers an approach that will enable the first steps to be taken forward for HT reaction prediction and the generation of kinetic parameters and challenges current philosophy in offering new methods orders of magnitude faster than those currently used.

Combinatorial Chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry evolved from work in the area of peptide chemistry, specially from the need to produce large munbers of products either by preparing single compounds in parallel synthesis or by preparing many compounds simultaneously in mixtures. Using combinatorial techniques these large numbers of compounds can be prepared in a faster, more efficient and cheaper way and can give rise to millions of compounds. These compounds can then be screened for the desired property (e.g. a new catalytic activity, enzyme inhibitor). Combinatorial Chemistry is now widely applied within the pharmaceutical industry as a means of identifying new leads (through random screens) and optimising the potency of feasible drug candidates (lead optimisation).

Elliott Tool Technologies: Tube Installation

Elliott is your one stop shop for tube installation tools. From start to finish, Elliott has the tube installation tools you need to get the job done. From tube gauges to tube pilots to tube end facers and more, Elliott is the only place you need to go when you have a tube installation job to complete.