<p><strong>Observation on contract</strong></p>

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	<li>Contact is dated 28 August 2020 - approx 10 months after the start of the contract, and after the EGMs had been called.&nbsp;&nbsp;
	<ul>
		<li>Question, where is the contract from October 2019?</li>
		<li>Why does this contract not mention any furlough arrangements?</li>
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	<li>It has a probationary period, but given it is post dated by 10months, making this a nonsense</li>
	<li>Media contact.&nbsp; The contract says he is not permitted to contact the media without MD consent, and if he does it is a Gross Misconduct event, with summary dismissal.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yet he contacted BigHospitalit</li>
	<li>Intellectual property.&nbsp; Contract gives us rights over IP which become property of the Company.&nbsp; Given HH is deleting recipes etc this seems a breach.</li>
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<p>&nbsp; <strong>John&#39;s questions and HH answers </strong></p>

<p>As I intimated earlier the arrangements here are very complicated. We have a number of questions which need to be addressed so that the directors of each pub can understand what the position and potential liability is.</p>

<p>When we met at the Hero you gave me a copy of a &ldquo;Principal Statement of Main Terms........&rdquo;between you and Harcourt Inns as at 25 August 2020.This appears to be different from the previous version dated I October 2019. Can you confirm:</p>

<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why this was updated and who initiated it?</p>

<p><em>I have not been given a statement dated 1st October 2019 or seen that &nbsp;document.</em></p>

<p><em>As part of reopening I asked for a written copy of my terms and conditions and gave JM a draft copy for his approval based on previous discussions.</em></p>

<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Was it agreed with any of the pub SPVs and authorised in individual board meetings?</p>

<p><em>No, It was a contract with Harcourt Inns and not the limited pub companies.</em></p>

<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Was it signed? If so can you provide the signed copy</p>

<p><em>Yes, attached</em></p>

<p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why the notice period has been increased from 12 to 16 weeks.</p>

<p><em>I requested a longer period and JM agreed.</em></p>

<p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why it states that your salary is &pound;125k pa when we were told by James McCulloch that it had been reduced some months ago.</p>

<p><em>My salary is &pound;125K pa and a discussion was started about a temporary reduction and not a permanent, contractual change. No agreement was made or implemented.</em></p>

<p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why it covers 6 pubs when it appears to have been acknowledged some months ago by you and others that the Harcourt and the KPH were not being covered by you.</p>

<p><em>This is not what I understood to be the case. I was covering all six pubs directing and controlling the food, beverage and service delivery elements.</em></p>

<p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Why you have in parallel been issuing invoices for work as a contractor direct to certain pubs and how this can exist alongside a purported contract of employment for &pound;125k?&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>I was furloughed by HI and then requested to work and instructed to invoice four of the pubs. </em></p>

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<p>I note that you also appear to be claiming for full holiday pay for a period of many months when other staff were deemed to be taking holiday and being paid to ensure that liabilities were being minimised at a time of extreme financial stress, which was incumbent on you and your fellow directors.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>Because of my salary they could not afford to top up my salary to make the payments for accrued leave so I couldn&rsquo;t take this. </em></p>

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