Hey, Max, When you've finished wiping the floor with the heavies, can you come to London and do my industrial tribunal next year??

Seriously, cover your back, keep written records of everything, and try not to have solitary conversations with these people. Broadcast the notes somewhere public so you will always have copies. Always try to take a third person in with you, as a note taker if necessary, or ask if you can record the conversation. If you ask them, and they say yes, it isn't illegal and may possibly be admissible in court, if they say no, refuse to talk without a third person taking notes. Too often have I been on the wrong end of the 'You said, I said' scenario.

And if they have said that they 'are the police' they are guilty of misrepresentation and possibly impersonating a police officer, something I believe doesn't go down too well that side of the pond. And if they insist you talk to the CEO (sorry, no idea what that is, but sounds important), but then refuse to give you the opportunity to do so, like witholding the number, then they are guilty of obstructing due process. You have offered to rectify the situation by calling the CEO and they have obstructed you.

Go for it, and nil illegitemi carborundum or what ever it is.

(Don't let the "persons of doubtful parentage" grind you down)

Liz the Squeak