The Firm That Picks on Techrights is Accustomed to Working With Criminals
They've sent us over 5 KG of legal papers! Going for the Guinness Book of World Records?
In April 2024 we went to see a trusted lawyer nearby. We only went there because we had received some papers with the court's stamp, which means ignoring the communication was not an option. The lawyer, who charged us nothing, was relaxed and candid about the whole thing. We consider him a friend (that is the word he uses to describe the relationship). He looked through the particulars and said it was only a bunch of expensive nonsense (he gave an estimate of how much had been spent on it), then urged us to lodge a counterclaim, which eventually we did [1, 2]. He recognised the name of the barrister because of 2 footballers' wives but thought poorly of him. Given that he would later work for the Serial Strangler from Microsoft, having already fought against metoo with the exact same law firm, it wasn't hard to see why they would target vulnerable women and even misname them on purpose. This lawyer said that Brett Wilson LLP - a firm he had already heard about - was one of the worst. He insisted that it already had a reputation for aggression against critics and even picking some of the very worst cases - ones that no other firm would wish to associate with. He argued that they had already given up on their own reputation by picking very notorious cases. They're just professional bluffers. That wasn't really news. This even predated its actions against us (Roy and Rianne Schestowitz), based on publicly available information.
People can check all this for themselves. It's not secret data.
Later I came to realise just how bad they were, based on prior cases that they handled. The law firm Brett Wilson - which added a shell (another "limited liability" with 2 pounds in the bank; it is called "Brett and Wilson") some years ago, is co-owned by a person who goes by the title “Head of Crime” (Nick Brett, the more senior of the two, about a decade older than the other), so maybe they’re accustomed to this kind of thing.
What we publish here in Techrights typically concerns tech. But to be picked on by people who deal with "crims" - as in literally going into jail cells to discuss how to get people out - is almost a badge of honour. Remember that the Serial Strangler from Microsoft, an actual Microsoft employee at the time, was in prison, was charged, faced criminal court etc.
Techrights never did anything illegal. So why is it being picked on by people who work with criminals? █