{"id":962,"date":"2017-05-21T13:05:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/?p=962"},"modified":"2017-08-30T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:52:08","slug":"may-mei-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"MAY \/ MEI  2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>HSAG COURT CASES TO DATE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Letter from Mr. Stander, member of the HSAG Steering Committee,\u00a0ceasing and terminating\u00a0any further settlement negotiations\u00a0with Mr. Nic Georgiou.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HSAG-COURT-CASES-170503.pdf\">here<\/a>\u00a0to view the HSAG Court Cases to date<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Georgiou refused to sign the settlement agreements that were presented to him in March 2017 and also did not honour his undertaking to present a better or put any offer on the table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a consequence of the aforesaid, the HSAG Steering Committee members have resolved unanimously to cease and terminate any further settlement negotiations with him, as set out in a letter, dated 5 May 2017. See attached hereto or on the HSAG website.<\/p>\n<p>Further information will be published on the HSAG website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Letter-to-NG-from-Steering-Commitee.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read the letter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; RESPONDENTS&#8217; APPLICATION(S) FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL IN THE PRETORIA AND JOHANNESBURG\u00a0MATTERS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On 17 March 2017 (Johannesburg High Court) and 7 April 2017 (Pretoria High Court) both Courts considered the applications to be urgent and ordered Mr Georgiou and Orthotouch to pay costs, including the costs of the senior and junior HSAG advocates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jhb-Appeal-1st-Respondent.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read the 1st Respondent&#8217;s \u00a0Leave to Appeal in the Johannesburg High Court matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Jhb-Appeal-12th-to-16th-Respondents.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read the 12th to 16th Respondents&#8217; Leave to Appeal in the Johannesburg High Court Matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pta-Appeal-1st-to-5th-Respondents.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read the 1st to 5th Respondents&#8217; Leave to Appeal in the Pretoria High Court Matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pta-Appeal-18th-Respondent.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read the 18th Respondent&#8217;s Leave to Appeal in the Pretoria High Court Matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; HELGARD HANCKE SETTLEMENT OFFER\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is now official that Mr Helgard Hancke is promoting the interests of Orthotouch and\/or Mr. Nic Georgiou and therefor either acting as an agent for and\/or or in the employment of Orthotouch \/ Mr Nic Georgiou to the detriment of HSAG members. According to unconfirmed sources Mr Hancke has \u201csigned up\u201d some investors with Orthotouch, whilst still unlawfully using the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:hsag@telkomsa.net\">hsag@telkomsa.net<\/a>\u00a0e-mail address.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Hancke has recently sent out contracts to members of the HSAG enticing them to sign settlement agreements with Orthotouch, thereby effectively settling and waiving all their claims which they have through the HSAG class action against Mr Nic Georgiou and the other Respondents in the HSAG Class Action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Hancke-Settle-.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to read further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Hancke-Skikkingsaanbod.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to view\u00a0Mr. Hancke&#8217;s Settlement Offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Further information will be published on the HSAG website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3 May 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Official Highveld Syndication Action Group (&#8220;HSAG&#8221;) Communication<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSAG COURT CASES TO DATE\u00a0 Letter from Mr. Stander, member of the HSAG Steering Committee,\u00a0ceasing and terminating\u00a0any further settlement negotiations\u00a0with Mr. Nic Georgiou.\u00a0 Click\u00a0here\u00a0to view the HSAG Court Cases to date Mr. Georgiou refused to sign the settlement agreements that were presented to him in March 2017 and also did not honour his undertaking to&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/?p=962\" class=\"gdlr-info-font excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hsaction.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}