Bankwest appointed managers FTI Consulting are lawless thugs
​Here is the proof

An investigation by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO).
Shows dishonest conduct and an ongoing coverup by FTI Consulting. 
I have since been told not to send the report to the media and threatened with legal action by FTI Consulting if i do!!
Full CASE APPRAISAL Report at Link: REPORT
The report lists Multiple breaches of Corporations Law by Bankwest appointed FTI Consulting
Bankwest stopped an investigation into these matters by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in 2017.
See attached Document as proof. click link: FOS 
Ombudsmans advice: " Bankwest have advised me that it "is not prepared to waive any jurisdictional issues that may exist, to enable a fresh Dispute to be considered by FOS. As Bankwest has not agreed to waive any jurisdictional issues, FOS is unable to consider your dispute"
Bankwest clearly did not want their conduct investigated
FTI Consulting facts link to Document DOC
FTI Consulting website LINK

• Bankwest appointed dishonest managers and were fully aware of their misconduct but left them there.
• The ASBFEO released an independently prepared case appraisal to me on Tuesday 28 May 2019.
• On the next Thursday I received an email from the Bankwest appointed managers, FTI Consulting, which puts me “on notice not to disclose the Appraisal, its comments or your interpretation of it, or otherwise make any defamatory comments or imputations about Taylor Woodings or FTI Consulting” They say that in relation to my email that  “If published would cause significant damage to FTI Consulting’s reputation and brand” My email sent in conjunction with the full case appraisal as sent simply tells the truth.  Their reputation and brand deserves to be damaged as they have without doubt acted dishonestly and are still trying to cover up. Link to FTI Letter at DOC.FTI
• The Ombudsman (ASBFEO) has now advised that there is no requirement for the appraisal to be kept secret.
• FTI have been unable to provide any evidence to dispute the fact that in the opinion of the ombudsman's independent case appraiser they were arguably in breach of multiple sections of Australian Corporations Law. I know FTI have acted illegally, they don't have an argument and the facts speak for themselves. It's all in writing and they can't dispute it. I have advised Bankwest and CBA of this.
• Further to this I have evidence FTI have lied to a Senate Inquiry.  (See evidence on the Sink Boots into Customer page of this website) This is perjury. It is a serious offence to pervert the course of Justice, it carries severe penalties including a jail term and. FTI Senior Management are aware of this.

MORE DETAILS ON THE OMBUDSMAN'S APPRAISAL ON FTI CONSULTING WEBSITE AT:
https://www.fticonsulting-info.com/ombudsmans-report-misconduct.html 

My concerns raised with Bankwest:
To Matt Comyn CEO of Commonwealth Bank the owners of Bankwest.
Please read this. You have an obligation to do something.. you just can't ignore this.
I have sent you the full Case Appraisal sent to me by the ASBFEO ​(on 29 May 2019)

Bankwest appointed Taylor Woodings (FTI Consulting) and were fully aware of what was going on including both grossly incompetent and illegal conduct. 
Links below to some of my emails to Bankwest raising concerns.
All my concerns were ignored by senior Bankwest managers.
If my concerns were considered by Bankwest considerable losses would have been avoided and I would not have lost my business.
For Bankwest to now say (as they have) that its nothing to do with them and its between me and the receivers is disgraceful. If that were the case it would be like saying the churches are in no way responsible for sexual abuse by some priests... the logic is the same. Bankwest has a fiduciary duty to act where they know there is dishonesty, and more so where they appointed and oversaw the perpetrators. Further to this Bankwest issued an instruction to the receivers to "Sink Boots into customer" which is on another page of this website.
My Emails sent to Bankwest:
(click on DOC links to see the full email)
1) 19 August 2011. Explaining that my company is profitable and raising concerns over receivers conduct ​DOC1
2) 6 October 2011. Asking why after 11 weeks is the National Hotel not on the market? DOC2
To which Lawyers acting on behalf of he Bankwest receivers replied on 13 October: " Our clients do not have any obligation to provide Mr Butler with such information and, consequently, our clients do not intend to respond to Mr Butler's inquiries in this regard" I ended up paying the receivers and these lawyers over $1.3m for their work supposedly acting on my behalf and that's how they treated me!! 
3) 11 October 2011. Raising concerns why my offer for Lighthouse Hotel not considered DOC3
4) 18 October 2011. Why National Hotel still not on market after 12 weeks? DOC4
5) 2 November 2011. Why National Hotel still not on market after 15 weeks? DOC5
6) 4 November 2011. Advising their inaction at National Hotel has resulted in structural damage DOC6
Lawyers acting on behalf of Bankwest receivers advised me on 4 November: "marketing of the National Hotel is dependent on the completion of the engineers report and the "cost to complete" in respect to the property, together with the approval of the application for the rooftop bar"  DOC2011.11.4 Despite saying that they were doing this no engineers report was ever shown to me ( I doubt it was done) and the cost to complete and application for the rooftop bar were not done. Bankwest receivers withheld all information from me that could have allowed me to do all this and they held up the sale for months while doing nothing and charging me up to $120,000 a month for their and their lawyers fees.
7) 7 November 2011. Why National Hotel still not on the market after 16 weeks. DOC7
8) 8 November 2011. I find out our receivers have done nothing regarding National Hotel. DOC8
9) 9 November 2011. After 16 1/2 weeks receivers have done nothing. further water damage. DOC9
10) 11 November 2011. SERIOUS FALSE ALLEGATIONS by the receivers. DOC10
11) 15 November 2011. Meeting request outlining serious concerns over receivers conduct DOC11
12) 21 November 2011. Why National Hotel still not on the market after 18 weeks. DOC12
13) 25 November 2011. Concerns over National inaction DOC13
14) 26 November 2011. Agents advice re National Hotel "Complete and utter waste of time" warning DOC14
15) 3 January 2012. Warning to Bankwest over receivers conduct and requesting that that administrators be removed over my business to avoid further unnecessary costs, delays and loss in value. DOC15
​Bankwest ignored all these concerns leaving incompetent and dishonest receivers Taylor Woodings / FTI Consulting to destroy my business.  (documents at dropbox/Docs/Bank/ASBFEO Mediation 2019)

ASBFEO HAS THE POWERS TO HELP
​The Ombudsman has the legislative powers to conduct an inquiry into an area that the Banking Royal Commission failed to address such as the "conduct relating to third parties such as receivers, liquidators and valuers, in relation to small business financial services disputes"
Link to their newsletter confirming this DOC
​Link directly to their newsletter: 
https://www.asbfeo.gov.au/news/news-articles/time-banks-show-they-have-actually-changed
My letter to the Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, requesting that the ASBFEO open an investigation into such misconduct DOC 
​​

01 May 2019
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell today welcomed Labor’s commitment to establish a free legal advice service for small businesses and farmers in dispute with financial service providers.
“Through this initiative, small businesses and farmers would get free legal advice as soon as a dispute arises,” Ms Carnell said.
“This service would continue to provide legal advice if the dispute is escalated to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) or is taken to court.
“Small businesses and farmers would also be able to call on this advice to prepare for past cases to be considered by AFCA under its extended remit – to consider eligible financial complaints from small businesses dating back to 1 January 2008.
“We support measures that ensure small businesses have access to justice, particularly in cases where there's an imbalance of bargaining power.
“The court system is expensive and is extremely time-consuming; money and time are two key things that small business owners don’t have.
“Phase I of our Access to Justice Inquiry found three out of five small business owners sought legal advice from a lawyer. Even with legal advice, small businesses find the cost of any action to achieve justice outweighs the potential gain.
“The proposed initiative would have the ability to actually fund cases, which is a real step to achieving justice for small businesses and farmers with valid cases against their financial service providers.”
https://www.asbfeo.gov.au/news/news-articles/free-legal-advice-service-small-businesses-and-farmers-welcomed