No Win No Fee Swindle

Stanley Porters was a company offering to secure compensation for its mistreated customers. It promised to secure compensation on a no win no fee basis for people mistreated by their banks. It would take the stress off innocent customers and chase the big corporations up on their mis-sold endowments, payment protection policies and unfair bank charges.

Thousands of hopeful victims of the banking industry’s failure to treat them fairly now placed their trust in Stanley Porters. They paid deposits to the company which would be returned to them in the even that their complaint against their bank was not upheld.

Ann Smith was one customer who took advantage of their no win no fee offer. She paid a £350 deposit for them to investigate her mis-sold endowment. She has been waiting to hear from them for over a year.

“They took all my details and proceeded with the application. I've heard nothing from them for more than a year.” Says a distressed Ann.

The reason Ann has not heard from the company is because they went into liquidation last year. They owed more than £500,000 to their hopeful customers. Over 1,300 people had paid £300 or more in deposits to Stanley Porters.

Lee Wilson was the company’s liquidator. He appeared in adverts for the company persuading people that he was to be trusted. He billed himself as a campaigner for justice in the fight against unfair treatment by large companies. Unfortunately for his customers he turned out to be quite the opposite.

When Lee Wilson was questioned about the deposits, Mr Wilson was adamant that customer’s deposits were not in danger. In reply to the question, ‘are they in danger?’ he replied defiantly and highly unprofessionally, exclaiming “are they heck!”

Despite Lee Wilson’s angry assurance that deposits were not in danger, the liquidator has not produced any of the money. It is not only his customers Lee Wilson has treated with disrespect. Shortly before the company collapsed, he texted four of his employees, informing them that they were out of a job.

His misspelled text sent to four employees in Chester read “Due to the lack of professionalism and poor overall performance of the Chester office, I hav no option but to let u go.Ur pay wil be calculated and paid on pay day. U are not required to go into the office. All belongings wil be sent to u.”

So far they have not received any pay from Mr Wilson. It seems that Mr Wilson is otherwise occupied, as after the collapse of Stanley Porters, he has resurfaced, setting up another company which offers no win no fee settlements. Again it deals with mis-sold endowments and unfair bank charges.

This company is called Carter Miller & Co and claims to have “100 per cent success rates on claims for your bank charges, mis-sold endowments, Serps pension claims and PPI insurance protection claims.”

Interstingly the company advertises itself as helping people in the fight against “greedy banks and institutions with their runaway charging schemes and cash-grabbing scams.”

When the Mirror attempted to contact Carter Miler & Co to discuss their links with Stanley Porters and Lee Wilson’s background in his own cash grabbing scams, they were told that all claims handlers were busy and someone would get back to them.

As with Mr Wilson’s other customers and jilted employees, the Mirror then heard nothing.

Carys is an author of several articles pertaining to No Win No Fee, Compensation Claims, Personal Injury Claims and other legal articles.