The argument being presented here is that if a firm uses the same services provider, i.e. listing agent, custodian than it means that they are one and the same.
I wonder how many firm use Schnigge and or Ven Bank? Does that make it that they are all Jean-Francois Amyot's companies? What if Amyot referred more companies, does it mean they are all the same people, business....
What about someone who is in business and buys the office supplies from a small company around the corner and then refers its own clients to the same office supplies company...wow, they are link..So if one has a cease trade order, they should all because they buy from the same office supply.
One should not draw conclusion based on circumstantial links, but these can be used as facts.
I am not a lawyer, but when my clients come to me and they need a lawyer, I always introduce them to my lawyer, and the same is true of my accountants, my gardener, the babysitter, etc.
Is there appearance of collusion, sure, but we are not judge, jury and prosecutor!
So keep facts coming and you can even provide your hypothesis on the meaning of the facts but I would refrain from jumping to hard conclusions since you would be committing the very same thing you are accusing them of doing.
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