6. Jim Soorley - Fraud, Theft & Suspicion of 'Foul Play'.
Jim Soorley and his solicitors have been caught in multiple lies in relation to these wills and the handling of this estate. The evasive, contradictory and obstructive nature of the correspondence between Jim Soorley, CJM Lawyers (the solicitors who handled the will) and myself clearly show that Jim Soorley acted and is acting fraudulently in relation to this will and is hiding both information and documentation. It also demonstrates their arrogant confidence that the police services will not look at their clearly fraudulent behaviour.
The correspondence in this matter clearly shows a lot of ‘passing of the buck’, the refusal to answer simple questions and attempts to confuse the situation by insulting and diminishing me in various ways.
On 27 November 2023, CJM provided me a copy of the document purporting to be the last will and testament of Billy Soorley dated 10 June 2010. They stated that I was provided with a copy of that will as I was a person named in an earlier will of the deceased.
Jim Soorley and CJM Lawyers could not agree on whether CJM lawyers were or are actually Jim's solicitors or not.
On 19 December, Jim Soorley states in an email to myself “I do not have a solicitor” Attachment F.
However in an email of the same date, CJM Lawyers write “Our client has instructed us that he will deal with this matter directly” Attachment G. In an email of 21 December 2023, CJM lawyers, in order to avoid the question being asked states “as you would no doubt be aware, solicitors are bound by the instructions of our clients.” Attachment H.
Jim Soorley and CJM Lawyers contradict each other in relation to exactly which family members Jim subsequently gifted the Intellectual Property rights to Billy's books.
On 27 November 2023, CJM Lawyers state in an email to myself "As a matter entirely separate to the Estate, we are instructed that Beneficiaries under the Deceased's last will gifted their interest in the Deceased's literary works to the Deceased's Sisters." Attachment I. Interestingly, all electronic copies of this letter disappeared from the many places where I had saved it. I made a PDF from a paper copy that I keep with me at all times due to the amount of damning evidence that has ‘disappeared’ from my possession.
However on 18 December 2023, Jim Soorley stated in an email to myself that "As the lawyer told you the books now belong to the sisters and 41 heirs." Attachment J.
Neither Jim Soorley nor CJM Lawyers will provide a copy of the document with evidences the supposed transfer of IP or even acknowledge that I have made this request. No-one has provided me with a copy of this document, despite my multiple requests.
Mary Saul has informed me that she is in possession of the only copy of this document and that she will only provide me with a copy if I agree to meet with her in person. Apart from the fact that it is highly unlikely that I Mary Saul is the only person who has a copy of this document, I will not be manipulated into meeting with a highly manipulative person who could easily email me a copy of this document and I have no desire to see this woman.
On 2 December 2023, I initially asked for a copy of the will in which I was mentioned (referred to the in email from CJM Lawyers to myself dated 27 November 2023).
On 21 December 2023, after multiple further requests and filibustering on behalf of both Jim Soorley and CJM Lawyers, I finally received a copy of Billy’s will in which I was mentioned dated 19 January 2010 (purportedly executed approximately 6 months previously to the document purporting to be his final will dated 10 June 2019) Attachment L. In this previous version of the will, Billy's financial assets were to be divided up evenly between 2 of my cousins, being Brendan Duggan and Cathy Byrne (a former lecturer at the University of Southern Cross) and Jim Soorley. I was listed first of a small number of other cousins to be granted a part-interest in the Intellectual Property rights to Billy's books.
This document shoes that CJM Lawyers were lied in their email dated 27 November 2023 when they stated that “there is/was no interest in the estate owing to you at any time.” Attachment I.
I do not believe that this will dated 19 January 2010 was Billy's 'proper' will as it was also made when Billy was in a nursing home with dementia and without a competency test. As I have stated previously, there is no way that Billy Soorley in his right mind, would have left any of his estate to Jim Soorley.
Despite my multiple requests for confirmation that this will provided to me (dated 19 January 2010) was the only version of the deceased’s will in which I was mentioned in the power, possession or control of either CJM Lawyers and/or Jim Soorley, I did not receive a reply from CJM Lawyers as to whether they have any other copies of previous wills made by Billy.
On 16 January, Jim Soorley lied in an email to myself by denying that he or his solicitors had any knowledge of any prior wills in which I was mentioned. Jim Soorley wrote:
“I am responding to your latest email to Jack Raward (or CJM Lawyers). Let me try to be clear, you were mentioned in one of Bill’s early wills. I asked the lawyer to send you that will, which he has done. Neither of us have any knowledge of you in any other document’. Attachment I.A.
Despite this clear and blatant lie, on 12 June 2023, approximately half a year and multiple emails later, CJM Lawyer’s finally provided me with a copy of another previous will of the deceased executed 8 April 2009 (some 14 months prior to the abovementioned and next revoked will executed 10 June 2010). This communication illustrates that Jim Soorley lied, not only in his own right, but also on behalf of CJM Lawyers. CJM Lawyers are refusing the answer the question about their communications with Jim Soorley in this regard. It is to be noted that the refusal to answer this question in strategic and no matter what they answer, they will either implicate themselves or Jim Soorley or both themselves and Jim Soorley. Attachment I.B. & Attachment I.B.a.
Jim Soorley has completely failed to respond to the multiple emails which I sent directly to him and instructed CJM Lawyers to not respond to the following questions raised in these emails:
Whether there are any further copies of any and all wills in their power, possession or control in which I was mentioned. They are refusing to confirm that there are no other wills or documents in which I am mentioned as they are legally obliged to do pursuant to the New South Wales Succession Act 2006.
Request to provide a copy of any and all wills in their power, possession or control in which I was mentioned.
An explanation as to why it took over 5 months and multiple emails from my request for CJM to provide the further will which they eventually did provide on 12 June 2024.
An explanation as to why Jim Soorley would lie about there not being any previous will that mentioned me on 16 January 2024, only to be provided with the will, which he said he had no knowledge of on 12 June 2024.
Why Jim Soorley would respond to me in an email that I directed to CJM Lawyers with patently false information after he had clearly stated that CJM Lawyers are not his solicitors.
Whether CJM authorised Jim Soorley to make the statement which he purportedly makes on the behalf of CJM Lawyers. If CJM Lawyers answer this question in the affirmative, then they were clearly lying. If they answer in the negative, then Jim Soorley was lying on behalf of himself and CJM Lawyers.
Why CJM lied in email dated 27 November 2023 that “there is/was no interest in the estate owing to you at any time. ”
Whether the lie by CJM Lawyers in their email dated 27 November 2023 that “there is/was no interest in the estate owing to you at any time” was instigated by CJM Lawyers or on the instructions of Jim Soorley.
An explanation of any knowledge as to why all digital copies of the incriminating email from CJM lawyers dated 27 November disappeared from my computer and email account.
Why it took 5 requests on 2, 7, 17, 18 and 19 December 2023 for CJM Lawyers to finally provide me with a copy of the will dated 19 January 2010 on 21 December 2023.
Why did CJM Lawyers repeatedly say in the abovementioned emails that they were acting on behalf of their client, Jim Soorley, yet Jim Soorley repeatedly stated that CJM Lawyers were not his solicitors.
CJM Lawyers has also advised (date) that they have been instructed not to answer the following reasonable questions:-
Whether the deceased ever underwent any test of competency for any of the documents purporting to be his last will and testaments dated 10 June 2010, 19 January 2010 or 8 April 2009. Given that the deceased was in a nursing home with dementia at the time nd had obviously impaired motor and cognitive function, this is obviously a problem.
Whether Billy Soorley was taken away from the offices of CJM Lawyers in an ambulance in distress at any time, as I have been informed by the deceased sister, Kerry Soorley. Surely if this did not happen, it would prudent for CJM Lawyers to answer this question in the negative.
Whether Jack Raward of CJM Lawyers is a member of any secret society such as the Jesuit order or the Freemasons.
CJM Lawyers illegally purport to refuse to provide documents or correspond unless I engage a solicitor to do so. This is a nonsense argument. In addition, both both Jim Soorley and CJM Lawyers are well aware that I cannot afford to engage a solicitor and are therefore using their own financial abuse of me in their transparent attempts to prevent me from obtaining any justice and to somehow justify the fact that they are refusing to provide documents which they are legally obliged to provide. Attachments I.C, Attachment I.D & Attachment I.E.
Jim Soorley did not respond and/or answer any of the abovementioned very reasonably questions. This is despite me emailing him on 2, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 21 June 2024, in relation to these issues. I also made multiple requests that he cease and desist from financially abusing me and pay me some money in order to allow me to meet my basic living expenses. Due to this financial abuse and harassment by Jim Soorley and his corrupt connections, I was not able to even afford food at the time and was having to rely on the minimal help of very stretched local charities to survive. Attachment I.F.