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Friday, 6 May 2016

Ombudsman Services:Property. The Rev Smith. Maladministration. The Ombudsman Association. (472)

To the Business Secretary:
For Clarity - Attempt 472.

472) Great Myths of the Early 21st Century - the Independence of the Ombudsman.

Dear Mr Javid,

Redress schemes such as the one operated by Ombudsman Services:Property (OS:P) are at pains to emphasis just how independent their ombudsmen are.

It's the key to the con.

If consumers didn't fall for it, weren't taken in by it, were able to see through it  or had it exposed for what it is - a con - by Parliament, the press or media, these schemes (for that's what they are - schemes) would collapse and could then be replaced by something that was transparent, accountable, fair and just.

For an example of the con in practice one need look no further than OS:P - here 2 senior executives of the RICS sit on the Board to help ensure that their ombudsman is entirely independent from the RICS insistence that their ombudsman handles disputes, "effectively."

Rigged to perfection.

It's the rigged market in redress in action.

We tried asking the Ombudsman Association's Secretary:
Q. 4: How can it be correct for the company to say it is, "entirely independent" when at least 2 representatives of the organisation that, "approved" this company - the RICS - sit on the Board?

But we didn't get an answer.

Q. Mr Javid, if this Government approved and monitored scheme were truly independent shouldn't there be no RICS representatives sitting on the Board?

Yours sincerely,
Steve Gilbert - The Ombudsmans61percent Campaign.

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