Plain language
What Mr Lake says happened — from a property development arrangement to bankruptcy, a Crown hold on his home, and twenty-two years without the remedy he expected.
From first dispute to today.
Violations recorded in his file.
Mr Lake’s age — urgency is real.
Four chapters that connect — read alongside the full timeline.
Mr Lake entered what he describes as a legitimate property development arrangement. Planning was obtained. When access to the land was disputed, he paid toward resolving it.
A civil claim followed. He says those payments were documented but never fairly reflected when the dispute went to court — and limitation defences were not pursued as he expected.
Bankruptcy followed. Property was lost or restricted. He complained to regulators and pursued human rights routes — without effective remedy on his account.
A Crown hold still affects his home. UK remedies — annulment and lifting the hold — are the focus. See current focus.
His position throughout: this is not one bad judgment but a chain of failures — evidence not heard, professionals and institutions not held to account, and harm that has lasted more than twenty years.
Collusion was raised on the court record. Payment evidence, he says, was kept from the judge. Regulators closed complaints without restoring his property position. The Crown hold remains.
Go deeper
The violations page maps 47 concerns and 8 human rights breaches — the analytical layer behind this narrative.