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Pool builder leaves hole in his wake

Anonymous website and trading trust obscured involvement of undischarged bankrupt and tax offender Richard Lascelles in pool developer Morgan+Stone, leaving a trail of distress for customers and contractors.

An image from Morgan+Stone promotional material.

Tim Hunter Tue, 23 Jan 2024

The customer, let’s call him Jack, had no idea when he signed a contract for a new swimming pool he was dealing with an undischarged bankrupt and convicted tax offender.

The revelation about Richard Lascelles came months later.

“I only found out who Richard was when the excavator said he wasn’t

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Tim Hunter Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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