Is the maddie fund.... now a secret fund

[Miss Taken Identity]

I imagine the Fund director's had to respond, due to stories like this on 10th September;

DAD: I'LL USE £1m MADDIE FUND TO CLEAR OUR NAMES

They are being advised by top lawyers Kingsley Napley, Michael Caplan QC and Angus McBride.
http://themaddiecasefiles.com/dad-i-ll-use-1m-maddie-fund-to-clear-our-names-10--t14687.html#p208447

We can rest assured, therefore, that none of the Fund money was paid to any of the above members of their defence team.

Good Find G.

Some people have short memories, or are drowning in that African River  called  'de nile'.

So now we have the answer, they , the parents aka ,company directors, didn't like people knowing what the money was being spent on in case they asked for their money back! oops lol So let us keep this a secret?

SC put paid to their futile mission ,after all that money and drama... Tsk.

[John]

Note by Editor:

Please keep all conversations civil, constructive and to the point. Let's try and get through the weekend with as few reports as possible being made. 

Have a great weekend everyone.

[Erngath]

It certainly doesn't come cheap!  how much has the  'fund' spend on legal fees for pursuing Amaral?  Madeleine will never get justice, while people fawn over her parents like they are deities. And refuse to accept that something terrible happened /is happening to her, and that her parents are not the real victims in all this?

It is also difficult for some to appreciate that although they have not been held accountable, they were responsible for her. It would seem that this forum is being used by parent supporters to whitewash them and protect them at any cost. Which to my mind is seriously weird.

IMO

Your use of language such as "fawn  over her parents like they are deiites" is both insulting and goading.
I for one do never forget  that Madeleine is the real victim in all of this but I also consider her family to be victims.
Victims in that they have been deprived of their much loved daughter and victims of a disgraceful (imo) intetnet campaign .

[G-Unit]

Good Find G.

Some people have short memories, or are drowning in that African River  called  'de nile'.

So now we have the answer, they , the parents aka ,company directors, didn't like people knowing what the money was being spent on in case they asked for their money back! oops lol So let us keep this a secret?

SC put paid to their futile mission ,after all that money and drama... Tsk.

It's hard to believe that anyone (innocent or guilty) might think that it was ethical to pay defence lawyers out of money donated to help find a missing child.

[faithlilly]

I was loath to wonder too much about the objective of this particular thread in the hope I might have been wrong;  however it has panned out very much along the lines and in the direction I had expected it to take.

In my opinion the discourse lends nothing to the ethos of this forum ... personifying instead only the prejudices of blogs in the darkest corner of the internet who have taken upon themselves the task of excoriating the family of a missing child and their efforts on her behalf.

Anyway ... for those who care about it, the fact that Madeleine's parents do not have to raise money to finance searching for her at the moment is good news.  Scotland Yard ... despite the complaints about 'taxpayers dollars' and the Policia Judiciaria have been and are doing it instead.
"Justice for Madeleine" doesn't come cheap - as her parents worked out many years ago.

Not one penny of their own money that hasn’t been raised from their own negligence has been spent by the McCanns so you’ll appreciate if my sympathy is in limited supply.

[G-Unit]

IMO

Your use of language such as "fawn  over her parents like they are deiites" is both insulting and goading.
I for one do never forget  that Madeleine is the real victim in all of this but I also consider her family to be victims.
Victims in that they have been deprived of their much loved daughter and victims of a disgraceful (imo) intetnet campaign .

I find it no more objectionable than the continual references to the suffering of her parents. Undoubtedly they suffered, but in what way and why is unknown. They may be victims, but no-one has managed to prove they are as yet. As of now, the only proven victim is Madeleine McCann.

[Miss Taken Identity]

IMO

Your use of language such as "fawn  over her parents like they are deiites" is both insulting and goading.
I for one do never forget  that Madeleine is the real victim in all of this but I also consider her family to be victims.
Victims in that they have been deprived of their much loved daughter and victims of ais

"is both insulting and goading".  It is not. The fact you feel insulted on their behalf is neither here nor there really.

[Carana]

I imagine the Fund director's had to respond, due to stories like this on 10th September;

DAD: I'LL USE £1m MADDIE FUND TO CLEAR OUR NAMES

They are being advised by top lawyers Kingsley Napley, Michael Caplan QC and Angus McBride.
http://themaddiecasefiles.com/dad-i-ll-use-1m-maddie-fund-to-clear-our-names-10--t14687.html#p208447

We can rest assured, therefore, that none of the Fund money was paid to any of the above members of their defence team.

That was Jerry Lawton in the Daily Star on 10 Sept 2007 during the general free-for-all (has the Star ever qualified for Pulitzer-prize-worthy reporting?).

Legal costs funding

The trustees of Madeleine's Fund announced in September that the fund would not be used to pay the McCanns' legal costs.[50] Initially, the McCanns considered setting up a separate appeal fund for legal expenses.[51] However, Richard Branson created a fund for the McCann's legal expenses, including those of their current advisor, Michael Caplan QC, a solicitor and partner in the London firm of Kingsley Napley.[52] Stephen Winyard came out in December as having contributed £100,000 to the McCanns' defence fund, which paid for DNA tests carried out on the Renault Scénic hire car used by the McCanns.[53] He also revealed Brian Kennedy as another donor.[53]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann#Legal_costs_funding

[Robittybob1]

So there was a separate account for legal expenses at the beginning.

[jassi]

So there was a separate account for legal expenses at the beginning.

Possibly there still is.
If it was set up by Branson it wouldn't be connected to the Madeleine Fund and would no doubt be as opaque as they come.

[Carana]

So there was a separate account for legal expenses at the beginning.

It might depend on the legal expenses involved in which aspect... there were several.

[slartibartfast]

It's hard to believe that anyone (innocent or guilty) might think that it was ethical to pay defence lawyers out of money donated to help find a missing child.

To be honest they weren’t defence lawyers, they were attack lawyers.

[Mr Gray]

To be honest they weren’t defence lawyers, they were attack lawyers.

Looks like opinion again..... Could you moderate your post

[Brietta]

Not one penny of their own money that hasn’t been raised from their own negligence has been spent by the McCanns so you’ll appreciate if my sympathy is in limited supply.

Please provide a cite to substantiate your allegation.  Thank you

[slartibartfast]

Looks like opinion again..... Could you moderate your post

No. If you can point out a case in which they were the defendants then maybe.