OPTIMAX RUINED MY LIFE

It's no secret that I am suing Russell Keith Ambrose t/a Optimax Clinics Unltd and Optimax Clinics Ltd (one and the same in my humble opinion) for breach of our Settlement Agreement.

I was required to sign a gagging order (non-disclosure agreement/NDA) in return for the compensation settlement I received in 2012, unfortunately standard procedure with most out of court settlements.

However, heard before two Judges in open court, with Press Association reporter Brian Falmer attending the Allocation hearing in January, the salient points are now a matter of public record. But even so, at this point I will continue to tread carefully until the expected 3 day trial, date to be scheduled between November ’15 and January ’16.

I tried my utmost to settle this dispute without legal intervention but eventually had no option but to issue proceedings via the Small Claims Court in August 2014, claim amount less than £3,500.

Russell Ambrose/Optimax retaliated with a Counterclaim, including (but not limited to) accusations of breach of agreement and harassment. In my opinion his claim is without merit, but Russell obviously thinks otherwise as he is spending an enormous amount of money on his legal team and the case is now allocated to the Multi track.

At the CCM Conference last Monday, Russell’s barrister told District Judge Silverman that his client’s costs budget was £67,850 - plus VAT!

That made me feel cheap, because my costs budget is only £7,520 - and that includes approx £3,500 for a company to transcribe up to 40hrs of recordings I have of meetings with Russell Ambrose (and his employees) spanning almost three years.

This is vital evidence in my Defence to his counterclaim, value as yet unquantified. But as Russell claims I am responsible for the loss of business Optimax has suffered over the past few years it could be millions of pounds.

So not only is Russell Ambrose ultimately responsible for ruining my quality of life, he wants to make me homeless too!

Although I am representing myself at the trial, I am taking legal advice concerning disclosure of documents, witness statements, evidence etc… as advised by Judge Silverman.

Stephanie Holloway has agreed to attend the trial as my 'McKenzie Friend’.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-...amaged-eyesight.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKenzie_friend

To call a witness to testify in person at court I must have first asked them to provide a Witness statement, otherwise I am not allowed to call them to give evidence later.

I am therefore covering all eventualities and asking a lot of people for statements in case I do need them to testify in person.

There are a few surprise names on my list and I expect some to ignore my request. That being the case I will then apply to the Court to issue a Witness Summons forcing them to attend the trial in person. I’m not sure if that covers a hostile witness in Scotland.

The following message therefore is addressed to all Optimax/Ultralase patients I have accompanied to medical consultations at the Optimax Finchley Rd clinic, and/or represented in meetings with Russell Ambrose (Optimax) and Mark Korolkiewicz (Ultralase) since 2012.

It’s unlikely that I will ask you to attend in person but I do need your Witness statements.

NB: Even if you have since signed a Settlement Agreement prohibiting you from talking about Optimax/Ultralase the Court will allow you to provide a statement without prejudicing your agreement. If you have any concerns about this I will be happy to explain.

I have contacted most of you but there are still a few I haven’t, so would appreciate it if you would please email me with your phone number asap: info@mybeautifuleyes.co.uk

Thank you

The gates of hell are falling on Optimax and this here's my contribution to the party.

The cheque below (signed by Russell Ambrose) was the paltry out of court settlement payment he gave me for damaging my eyes. £4,000 was deducted to pay for NHS treatment up until the settlement. This is fine that the NHS gets their payment but the truth is that it wasn't paid over until I had contacted the DWP special unit CRU to chase up the payment. They told me they don't chase payments for two years, and only then do they look into it for collection.

It seems that the reality is that payments that should reach the NHS hardly ever get paid over.

The real crime here is that we are left with lifetime problems and these companies should pay, but instead the NHS are left to help us help us in time of cuts and austerity.

I am going blind, and I am the Ashley you can hear talking to Danny Kelly at the end of this interview last week: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qrph4

I do not have a gagging order and will talk to anyone I want about what Optimax did to my eyes.

I hope this information is helpful to others.

Another day of suffering with eye ache and unclear vision but have to try and get on with life with this 'invisible disability'.

Thanks Optimax for my 'life changing' laser eye surgery. It's certainly that.

I've just had my area Conservative candidate at my door, I told him that I'm disappointed with Jeremy Hunt and Daniel Poulter who keep rearranging a meeting with your good self Sasha, I gave him a jist of my story and interestingly he said a good friend of his is suffering with corneal problems after surgery and has blindness attacks etc, and he thinks Optimax did the surgery in Edinburgh!
He has told me to go and see him if the Conservatives get in and he will badger the new health minister - which he said we will have. I said fine but be prepared how shocking my story is. Yet again another person suffering.

It appears that Optimax have banned me from posting or commenting on their Facebook page where I was only warning others of the TRUTH!

Well if that's how you want to play it ...

MissSLK wrote: I think you will find that recently Mr Abs has removed the OPTIMAX RUINED MY LIFE website, facebook, twitter and review site. As a patient whose life has been ruined, I have contacted Ashley to confirm why but had zero response!!
This as far as I am concerned is Optimax's attempt to remove as much of the truth as possible before the media bomb hits them where it hurts £$£$£$ - also Mr Abs surely has been paid off????

Listen to his video and It's obvious he's been paid off and scuttled into a rat hole somewhere to count his pennies. I can't wait to see him and Russell Ambrose tell this to the judge when Sasha's court case is heard this year.

Optimax are still deleting my posts.

Well it got one like before they did, so hopefully that's someone's life saved from the horrors of laser eye surgery!

I posted on the Optimax Facebook page on 30th March 2015 (see screen shot below) but today I noticed that Optimax have deleted my post!!

Got something to hide Optimax? Hiding the TRUTH from other unsuspecting VICTIMS?

Shame on you Optimax!

Hi Gav

I've seen lots of 'specialists' and been told I don't have a serious dry eye problem. I don't use eye drops, just a heat bag at night.

I feel that my vision is a bit better when the sun is shining (pupil at tiniest).

My vision is worst in normal daylight, for example just on a normal cloudy day, I can't get the sharpness of vision at all, and this causes eye strain/headaches etc.

My problems are seeming extremely difficult to diagnose.

Which Optimax clinic did you go to and who was your surgeon? Mine was Seethappa Madhusudhan, same as Ashley Bures (Mr Abs)

Most of the staff at Optimax appear to be thick. I asked a girl what a particular test was for, and when she retrieved her jaw from the floor, she said it was for my eyes!!
I hardly think that these people are fit to give out information, as they are ignorant.
The Optimax brochure compared treatment to a trip to the dentist, played down the risks and led me to believe that if you are unlucky enough to suffer a complication (they don't mention that these tend to come in groups), time or retreatment would put it right. This is of course not necessarily true.
The Optimax glossary of terms also plays down complications, and in my opinion is down right dishonest. These people don't want us to have the information we need to make a decision, because most of us would run a mile if we knew the truth when offered the consent form.