If you are thinking of working for this lot, forget it. They bully staff to an absolute shocking level. The trouble is, most of the staff are young and not capable of standing up for themselves. They are also more concerned about their career moving forward and what effect taking action against them would bring. So they are bullied to the point of resigning and in most cases are bullied into resigning. Not all the directors and senior management are to blame but here are the ones to watch:
Andrew Cranstoun (can’t control his own adult kids so has to bully his staff)
Jane Chard (has been housewife, husband couldn’t even stand her nastiness)
Paul Copeland (nothing better than a used car salesman with an accounting degree – gives business advice and has a number of is own failed businesses)
Angela Jeffery & Julie O’Reilly are back stabbing, 2 faced female dogs – watch your back.
The bullying even extends to age discrimination. 2 of the longest standing employees have been forced to retire because they are simply considered too old. This is the most shameful of all their bullying.
If you are considering working for these scoundrels, think again, there are much better employers out there. Save yourself the grief.
If you are considering engaging them as your accountants, think again, do you really want to be associated with people like this? They certainly won’t care about you, just your money that you hand over in their exorbitant fees.
They not only “screw their staff” THEY “screw their clients” . Andrew Cranstoun is the brother of David Cranstoun who in partnership with Yusuf Hussein ran the precedent firm “Cranstoun& Hussein” .One of Andrew’s jobs is to desperately cover up the sins of years gone by.
Here are one of the founders of William Buck Brisbane
YUSUF HUSSEIN
Great writing style in this. Easy to understand. https://javhd.com.au
Interesting Post! thanks!
THE OPERA’S NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS
Email content from Yusuf Hussein
Friday ,20 July 2012 5:33 PM
To : Peter Travers
Subject RE: Palmer estate and Palmer Properties Pty Ltd
Dear Mr. Travers ,
I recieved your letter last night. It contains baseless and unsubstantiated allegations.
You will hear from my solicitor in due course .
Yours faithfully
Yusuf Hussein
Consultant
WILLIAM BUCK
From : Peter Travers
Sent: Tuesday 24 July 2012 11.40 AM
To: “ Yusuf Hussein”
cc: Andrew.Cranstoun; Masood Ayoob; Joe Ganim; Ross Palmer; Robert Wardrop
Subject : RE: Palmer estate and Palmer Properties Pty.Ltd
Dear Mr Hussein
Despite the assurance in your email, we have not yet heard from your solicitor.There are serious
questions that demand an explanation from you immediately and that is why we asked to meet with
you. When can we do that ?. As you know our client is a director of the Company and is entitled to the
information we are requesting .
You assert that our client’s claims are baseless but in circumstances where they have not been addressed
or explained , the contrary conclusion can be drawn. For example ,has income from the 12 trusts been paid
to Longon Pty.Ltd ? If so What legal authority did the company have to do so? Also our client
understands that the company has not lodged a tax return for two years. He is currently being
investigated by the Australian Taxation Office [ ATO] in relation to, inter alia, his interests in the
company and the 12 Trusts ,All of these things ,and others, require immediate explanation.
Please confirm when you are able to meet with us this week to discuss the issues we have raised.
Peter Travers
Solicitor Litigation and Dispute Resolution
HOPGOOD GANIM LAWYERS.
THIS DEED is made the 3rd Day of April 2013
PARTIES
YUSUF HUSSEIN of Level 21 307 Queen Street Brisbane
in the State of Queensland [ The Appointer ]
IAN LINDSAY PALMER of Level 21 , 307 Queen Street, Brisbane
in the State of Queensland [ the New Trustee]
WHEREAS
A. Leslie Harold Palmer [ the deceased] died at Brisbane on 27th October
2009
B The deceased made his last will on 31 st August 2001 [the Will]
C. Pursuant to clause 8 [a] of the Will Ross Leslie Palmer was appointed Trustee of the
Ros Leslie Palmer,S Testamentary Trust [“The Trust”]
D. Pursuant to the provisions of the Trust as set out in clause 9[j] of the Will,the power
to dismiss a Trustee and appont a New Trustee is conferred upon the Appointer.
OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
1. The appointer hereby dismisses the said Ross Leslie Palmer as Trustee of the
Trust and substitutes Ian Lindsay Palmer of the Trust in his stead
2. Ian Lindsay Palmer accepts the appointment as Trustee of the Trust with effect
from the date hereof.
EXECUTED as a Deed
Signed by the said YUSUF HUSSEIN
witnessed by Suzanne Harvey
Signed by the said IAN LINDSAY
PALMER in his capacity as New Trustee
in the presence of Suzanne Harvey
WHERE THERE IS ‘’ HOLY SMOKE’’ There is “UNHOLY FIRE”
We are some of the many friends of Ross Palmer
We are the spectators of a classic battle between
Good & Evil
No Money & Money
Bean Makers & Bean Counters
Hosts & Parasites
Let us go back to the original post of 15th November 2017
“If you are thinking of working for this lot,forget it. They bully staff to an absolute shocking level.
The trouble is , most of the staff are young and not capable of standing up for themselves.”
“If you are considering them as your accountants think again do you really want to be associated
with people like this ? They certainly won’t care about you,just your money that you handover in their
exorbitant fees.”
The firm has been around in various incarnations since 1962 [according to their website].
The original firm that we know of was Ahern~ Betar ~ and Cranstoun but there may have been a prior
incarnation..
Buy the book a “A Taxing Time “ written by John Ahern on Amazon for $27.50 and you might get a little flavour
of the culture that existed in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s
Overview:
These are taxing times indeed ,and the story of John Ahern makes compelling reading.It is the story of a
respected practicing public accountant in Brisabane who became involved in the Tax avoidance industry in the 1970’s and early 1980’s as he advised clients how to legally minimise their tax burden,and it describes in detail
the war of attrition waged against him by the Taxatioxn Department.
Apart from exposing the tax system as an administrative disaster,the book is a damming indictment of the legal
and judicial system in which we live.
Read the background to the Bottom of the Harbour ,and the Curran’s Scheme,.These and other taxation aberrations are simply described for the general reader,and members of the legal and accounting fraternities will find the detailed appendices a valuable reference .
If you go to Wikipedia and search “Bottom of the harbour” you will read about amongst other interesting tidbits
That in the Costigan Royal Commission the commission found that the wife of one of the senior case officers at the Deputy Crown Solicitor [DCS] in Perth was running an escort service and that she was a company secretary at
several companies involved in bottom of the harbour schemes.
Enter John Howard and the retrospective TAXATION [UNPAID COMPANY TAX] Assesment Act 1982 and
John Ahern rightfully or unrightfully goes to Jail .
One of the other partners Chris Betar moves to Sydney and Mr. Hussein who had been working at ABC since 1978
as a low level bean counter borrows a lot of money from one of his clients Mr. Les Palmer and forges the partnership of David Cranstoun and Yusuf Hussein which in 2011 becomes William Buck Queensland.
To be continued .
Many enablers hope that he will just rollover and go away.