Tag Archives: Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense

Negrini’s dodgy pay-off now gets attention from the trade press

Posted on December 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Borough’s most senior lawyer, responding to advice the council received almost nine months ago, says that the meeting that agreed to pay £437,000 to departing chief exec was ‘potentially unlawful’. By STEVEN DOWNES The council’s glacially slow … Continue reading →

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Negrini pay-off arranged after ‘breakdown’ with leader Newman

Posted on December 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The notorious £437,000 payment made to former council chief exec was agreed at an ‘unlawful’ meeting and should never have been paid. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The near-half-a-million pounds paid to Jo Negrini in August 2020 to … Continue reading →

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Council withdraws High Court case against Inside Croydon

Posted on November 18, 2022 by insidecroydon

Hailing a ‘victory for commonsense’ over legal threats against him, this website’s editor promises to continue reporting on matters surrounding the Penn Report and Croydon’s bungling efforts to bring those responsible for the borough’s bankruptcy to account A week after … Continue reading →

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#KerswellBallsFund: We need your help to fight the council

Posted on November 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Croydon Council is trying to silence Inside Croydon. Last week, they tried to get an injunction at the High Court to stop us publishing documents which the council had already placed in the public … Continue reading →

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‘You seem to be trying to put the genie back in the bottle’

Posted on November 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

A High Court judge yesterday refused Croydon Council’s attempt to ‘unpublish’ documents that it had itself put into the public domain. STEVEN DOWNES, Editor of Inside Croydon, on a small victory for the freedom of the press Two years ago … Continue reading →

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#PennReport: Council’s 11th hour attempt to suppress findings

Posted on October 4, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Right to the very last, Croydon Council was trying to stop the publication of any part of the Penn Report. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Earlier today, Inside Croydon approached Katherine Kerswell, the council chief executive, with a … Continue reading →

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Council names new legal chief as exec churn continues

Posted on April 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our council reporter, PEARL LEE, discovers that the new borough solicitor was, until last month, the director of private property companies Croydon has announced a new, permanent appointee to become the council’s senior legal official. They just don’t seem to … Continue reading →

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