Manjari® info: FURTHER - MANJULA ARIARATNAM & ROBIN MILLAR

Distinguished members of the Music Producers Guild (MPG)

RE ROBIN MILLAR - EX CHAIRMAN AND NOW HONORARY PATRON OF MPG (FORMALLY REPRO)

RE PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE DEALT WITH IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE LONDON, ENGLAND RE THE AUSTRALIAN PARTNERSHIP/BAND OF MANJULA ARIARATNAM AND MYSELF, KNOWN AS MANJARI

As you can see from the following numbered correspondence below:

1. I had "introduced" my partner Manjula Ariaratnam to Robin Millar on 18 May 2005, (Written evidence submitted to the Courts) as a likely co-producer of my project Manjari. I had met and known Robin Millar (amongst others) as a member of REPRO (96 - 98), before I relocated to Australia to continue to make my living producing, recording, writing and performing music.

2. As you can also see, on 23 June 2005, as an up and coming producer, I emailed Robin Millar as the Chairman of the MPG for his professional advice regarding the partnership and project I had been working on for 18-months – Manjari. I never received a reply. (Written evidence submitted to the Courts).

After the success of my Manjari project in Australia with my music industry contacts, my partner and I (at my suggestion) were planning to visit the UK to meet my contacts including Millar. (Written evidence submitted to the Courts).

2-months after I had contacted Millar, unbeknown to me, in August 2005 my partner and her lawyer Paul O'Gorman (Written evidence Ordered by the Courts in 2007 and produced to the Courts) contacted Millar (who I had written to 2-months previously in June 2005) behind my back, forwarding him partnership material (APRA registered songs) that I had co-written, produced and created for 18-months.

3. Millar replied to O'Gorman on 23 August 2005 saying "he enjoyed the music (the music I had produced and created.) but thought the singer lacked conviction". (Written evidence Ordered by the Court 2007 and submitted to the Courts). A meeting was arranged between Millar and my partner (further written evidence) once again behind my back and my Partner took off for the UK without me to meet Millar, who I had suggested to her in May 2005 as a possible co-producer of my project Manjari, taking my project – music – APRA registered songs, creation and partnership assets with her including the partnership/band name Manjari. (Further written evidence submitted to the Courts).

From evidence Ordered to be disclosed by the Court in 2007, it was evident that my music, productions and creation, Manjari, received great interest in the UK, as it had in Australia,

Note: Millar maintains that he knows/knew nothing about me. My partner and her solicitor mentioned and used my good name and reputation to him in correspondence, as above (Evidence Ordered by the Court in 2007 and submitted to the Courts) without my knowledge and approval, which got my partner through the door, which she admitted, but denies, in a local radio interview (Evidence submitted to the Courts). Millar definitely knew all about me.

Although suspicious, I first became aware of Millar's involvement with my partner in May 2006 as a result of a new partnership website that my partner published on the www (Submitted to the Courts) announcing her involvement with Millar and the release of a forthcoming album (our album) that they were working on together and planning to release under the partnership/band name Manjari.

My Australian lawyers wrote to her on 31 July 2006 the content of which she passed on to Millar. Evidence submitted to the Courts.

3. As you can see, despite me having lawyers who were dealing with this matter, Millar as Honorary Patron of MPG, wrote direct to me on 1 August 2006, which I have come to know is his customary bullying way, threatening to defame me throughout the Australian and UK music industry, thus affecting my career and livelihood etc., if I did not "back off"!! Evidence submitted to the Courts.

This, along with evidence Ordered to be disclosed by the Court in 2007, proved to my lawyers and myself that along with her solicitor, Millar was and had been assisting Ariaratnam in her passing off and ripping me off. Millar was/is of the opinion that I was/am a member of MPG. I have never been a member of MPG.

Note: I had not been pursuing Manjula Ariaratnam my lawyers were pursuing her in accordance with the law and my legal rights.

I handed Millar's threatening letter to my Australian lawyers who dealt with him accordingly.

Note: Millar also applied the same intimidating tactics to my lawyers both in Australia and the UK in a further attempt to defame me. Written evidence submitted to the Courts.

Cutting a long story short, as you can see below, I pursued matters to the UK through my UK lawyers Hamlins and through the High Court of Justice London, where I am pleased to say that three eminent Judges disagreed with Millar, my partner and her associates, basing their judgement on the facts, truth and written evidence. The Honorable Justice Richards told Ariaratnam that she had no evidence to substantiate her claims.

The point is, is this the way (That does absolutely no good for the Music Industry) that the ex Chairman / Honorary Patron of MPG should be behaving on your behalf?