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Student

Loans Company
BY EMAIL AND POST

By Email : jonbishop@jonathanbishop.com
Jonathon Bishop Limited
Ty Morgannwg
PO Box 674
Swansea
SA19NN
9 February 2016
Dear Sir,
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED
JONATHON BISHOP LIMITED

We act on behalf of the Student Loans Company Limited ('SLC'), representing the
interests of its employee, Nathan Lawler (the 'Employee').
It has been brought to the attention of the SLC that certain comments have been made on
your websites which we understand are untrue and consider to be abusive and threatening
in nature. In addition, we understand there has been an unauthorised use of the
Employee's photograph.
The
comments
made on
your websites
at http://news.crocels.com and
http://jonathanbishop.me.uk relate to our Employee's alleged conduct and competence.
We consider these remarks to have the potential to lower the Employee's reputation in the
eyes of the general public.
In particular, we consider the following comments to be defamatory:
http ://news. crocels. com/news/8129/natha n-lawler-student-fina nce-wa les-mental-hea Ith-supportnot-with in-defin itio n/

"Student Finance Wales will not be providing support to computing students whose mental health
conditions mean they require help with programming coursework, Assessing Coach, Nathan
Lawler, has said.

Student Finance Wales has said that programming scribes - a computing equivalent of
scribes used to aide people with dyslexia in exams - will not be funded by the scheme
designed to help students with disabilities during the studies.

Student Loans Company Limited 100 Bothwell Steet Glasgow G2 ?JD


Tel: 0141 306 2000 Fax: 0141 306 2005 www.slc.co.uk
VAT Reg No. 556 4352 32 Registered in England No. 2401034
Registered office: 21 St. Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JS
Calls may be recorded for training purposes and fact verification

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NO HELP REQUIRED: Nathan Lawler says that Student Finance Wales will not pay for
computing students with mental health conditions to have practical help with their
coursework.
Nathan Lawler is the Assessing Coach at Student Finance Wales who made the decision.
'TA]s programming scribe does not fall within the DSA sector definition of a Practical
Support Assistant we will not be paying for this support," Nathan Lawler said.
Nathan Lawler sought to justify his decision, saying it was the end of the matter. "We do
hold a series of e-mails from the Rhondda Cynon Taff LEA declining a recommendation for
programming scribe," Nathan Lawler said. "As such the issues surrounding the
time-sheets for this support require no further discussion," Nathan Lawler concluded."
http://jonathanbishop.me.uk/category/publication-scheme/serious-injuries-lists/unfairconduct/
"Nathan Lawler lacks compassion
Nathan Lawler is an Assessing Coach at Student Finance Wales. He said that I wasn 't
entitled to practical help with coursework in the form of a programming scribe because that
didn 't meet his and Student Finance Wales 's definition of a support worker.
Maybe if Nathan Lawler wasn 't ginger he wouldn 't have been bullied as a kid and would
have more compassion as a result.
How about if Nathan Lawler were to have two nervous breakdowns from doing something
he enjoyed (in my case programming) and then see how he'd like not being able to do it
without help.
I would be happy to take Nathan Lawler's place to deny him any rights to do something he
were once able to do, but no longer could due to disability. At least, that is how Nathan
Lawler makes me feel."
It has also been brought to SLC's attention that you have posted several comments on
social media pages that contain statements about the Employee that are untrue and call
into question the Employee's reputation and professional conduct.
In particular, we consider the following comments to be defamatory:
https://www.facebook.com/crocels .news]

Student Loans Company Limited 100 Bothwell Steet Glasgow G2 7 JD


Tel: 014 1 3062000 Fax : 0 1413062005 www.slc.co.uk
VAT Reg No. 556 4352 32 Registered in England No. 2401034
Registered office: 21 St. Thomas Street , Bristol BS1 6JS
Calls may be recorded for training purposes and fact verification

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"Student Finance Wales Assessing Coach, Nathan Lawler, has said the student support
body will not be providing support to computing students whose mental health conditions
mean they require help with coursework."
http://twitter.com/crocelsnews
"Student Finance Wales Assessing Coach, Nathan Lawler, has said the student support
body will not be providing ... fb .me/6VJ24bvTna"
The Employee did not grant you a licence for use of the photograph which we understand
has been obtained from the Employee's social media page. The Employee retains the
rights to the copyright in this photograph and as such is entitled to protect these rights.
Should you continue to make unauthorised use of this photograph the Employee may
consider enforcement of copyright.
SLC's position is that the comments made on your website and social media pages are
defamatory. These comments may cause damage to SLC's and the Employee's
reputation. SLC are entitled to raise court proceedings seeking removal of the content
relating to SLC and our Employee at the links http://news.crocels.com and
http://jonathanbishop.me.uk
as well as from all other online services and/or digital
platforms containing the same and/or similar content and/or references, a retraction of the
comments made in your client's recent social media posts and an order for damages.
The abusive nature of comments on your website at http://jonathanbishop .me.uk have, in
particular, caused considerable distress and alarm to the Employee and can be
considered to be harassment or abuse at work. Should SLC or the Employee receive
anythin~ further from you in this manner, SLC reserves the right to take such action as is
necessary, without further recourse to yourself, including, without limitation, a referral to
the relevant police authority.
If you agree to remove these comments from your website and social media pages this
may be avoided. If the above comments and photograph are not removed by 5pm on
Friday 12 February 2016 we shall seek instruction on the commencement of court
proceedings. We shall reserve the right to rely on this letter in the event that legal
proceedings become necessary.
We recommend that you seek independent legal advice on the terms of this letter.
Without prejudice.

ithfully
For and on behalf of the Student Loans Company Limited

Student Loans Company Limited 100 Bothwell Steet Glasgow G2 7 JD


Tel: 0141 306 2000 Fax: 0141 306 2005 www.slc.co.uk
VAT Reg No. 556 4352 32 Registered in England No. 2401034
Registered office: 21 St. Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JS
Calls may be recorded for training purposes and fact verification

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