Institutional Services

Institutional Services another of a string of companies that had the spotlight thrown on it during the MUSU Liquidation and where Landeryou and others seemed to go to great lengths to hide their invovment with.

Landeryou has said that he wanted to conceal his identity out of fear that if his identity was revealed it could negatively impact both his own and his wife’s political careers.

An interesting admission.

According to Landeryou, the purpose of Institutional services was to help MUSU reduce costs by avoiding the Unions Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and outsourcing the jobs to presumably cheaper labour.

In Andrew's own words:

“Institutional Services provided cleaning services to MUSU and significantly reduced their costs. The very high EBA meant that MUSU were then keen on outsourcing, so it was intended that it would outsource all of those high cost areas and generate very considerable savings to MUSU.”.

Exactly how Landeryou’s company achieved such cost-savings is itself an interesting question.

It also appeaers that Nick Church was involved with the company as he had been with other companies and causes associated with Landeryou - more on that later.

In relation to Institutional Services Dean McVeigh had sought:

“$215,000 from Landeryou, Ray, Crawford and Lisle-Williams over the allegedly improper appointment of Institutional Services Pty Ltd.

This company was allegedly secretly established by and for Landeryou with a nominal director, and was used as an intermediary for the supply of building and security services for the union building”

The nominal Directors of the company were Paul Kozary and Emerson Walsh Summers.

Paul Kozary was originally appointed as the company’s sole director, secretary and shareholder but later resigned (perhaps following a court order to wind up the company initiated by Frehils which we will find out more about)

On his resignation as director, Kozary appointed ‘Emerson Walsh Summers’ as his replacement.

Andrew would later admit that he knew Paul Kozary (though they hadn’t been in contact for some time), but that not only had he never met Summers (like Andrew Jackson from Marbain), he had never even heard of him.

Summers, however, served as director of the company until September 1 2005, when (at the time the directors of Marbain were replaced), a form was lodged and signed by Andrew Landeryou advising ASIC of the cessation of both Emerson Walsh’s and Paul Kozary’s roles in the company.

On September 6 a meeting of “the Director’ (Andrew Landeryou) of Institutional Services then apparently took place and Andrew Dunner was appointed Administrator.

A week later the first meeting of creditors was held and was attended by two voting creditors - Andrew Landeryou – as creditor owed $250,000 and by D Dunne (for Dean McVeigh – as (presumably contingent) creditor owed $215,135.

Darren Ray and Ben Cass were both there as observers.

In early October, the second meeting of creditors was held and was attended by only two voting creditors - Andrew Landeryou ( $250,000) and D Duong (Australian Tax office) $1.

Motions were again moved by Andrew Landeryou to place the company into liquidation and to destroy the records of the company.

So another one bites the dust – another company placed into liquidation on the motion of Landeryou in his capacity as a creditor of the company he had effectively controlled.

Stay tuned.