Mount Street Holdings enforces forum closure

On the 9th of July 2004, solicitors under instruction from Equity Asset Management's parent company, Mount Street Holdings plc, formally served notice on our Internet Service Provider, Simply.com that over 800 messages dating back one year, must be removed from Simply's servers. We understand the reason for this action is that one message thread relating to Andrew Zahn's past, was allegedly defamatory. Other instances of messages by customers were also cited as being damaging to the reputation of Mount Street Holdings plc, Equity Asset Management Limited, CPM Asset Management Limited, Pier Management Limited and Regis Group plc. The removal of 61 messages posted by Andy Zahn, the former CEO of Mount Street Holdings, was also requested.

Until recently, Mount Street Holdings plc has been a welcome and active participant in our forum, responding to the concerns raised by their customers. We are therefore puzzled by Mount Street Holdings' sudden desire to have the messages removed, including messages from their own Chief Executive to their customers. They have not contacted us directly about this matter.


ConsumerDeals would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to our visitors by Equity's actions against us. We're sorry that Equity Asset Management and their parent company Mount Street Holdings plc, have to resort to legal action to silence the views of their customers who wish to speak their minds.