Jenman Wrong Again!

Neil Jenman has had to apologise to Professor Tom Valentine after losing another defamation action.  As part of the deal Jenman has had to take down all articles written about Tom Valentine and publish the apology below on his company’s web site www.jenman.com.au . Jenman dubbed Tom Valentine “Professor Spruiker” and wrote about him on his website saying:

 “ …ing crooked spruikers to stitch up decent investors and we will stop writing about you. The same applies to any spruiker, including the man we dubbed 'Professor Spruiker'

Well Valentine sued and it was Jenman who was found to be telling crooked stories and not Profesor Valentine.

 This is the second case that Jenman has lost in 2008 and we believe there are more cases in the pipeline. We have a tip for Neil Jenman, investigate your story and check it for inaccuracies before printing it, and tell the truth.  That way you won’t get sued or if you do you will not lose. Simple really!

We recommend that anyone who wants to buy and sell real estate looks at other alternatives to using a Jenman agent before instructing a realtor. If the man behind the business i.e. Neil Jenman has been found to be making up stories and it’s his principles that decide how a Jenman agent operates we recommend that if you really must use a Jenman agent then at least ensure that there is no small print in anything you sign and that everything is in writing, so if the transaction goes wrong at least you have some evidence to rely on.

A simpler policy is just to use a non Jenman agent who has been recommended to you by people that you know and trust.

APOLOGY TO PROFESSOR TOM VALENTINE
BY NEIL JENMAN
On 18 September 2006 and 10 July 2007, in articles published on my website, I made a number of serious accusations against Tom Valentine, Professor of Finance at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Chairman of The Salisbury Group. As a result of my articles, Professor Valentine brought defamation proceedings against me.
Professor Valentine and I had disagreed in radio interviews about what measures can be taken to protect unsophisticated investors. In responding to Professor Valentine’s point of view on my website, I suggested that Professor Valentine’s firm, The Salisbury Group, was one of the firms who had advised investors to invest in Westpoint, with the result that those investors lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I am now aware that Westpoint was not on The Salisbury Group’s approved product list and accordingly its representatives were not permitted to recommend it under the terms of their authorities. I accept that Professor Valentine did not personally place any investor into Westpoint nor personally recommended investment in Westpoint to any investor.