£50 Million Judgment Against Maximus Suspended – Samsideen Alatishe Vows Court of Appeal Challenge

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London, UK – Mr Samsideen Alatishe, a London-based entrepreneur, commonly known as Sam Alatishe a Black African of Nigerian heritage, and graduate in the Masters in Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts from the University of the Arts London, has announced his intention to appeal to the Court of Appeal following the suspension of a £50 million default judgment originally awarded in his favour against Maximus Companies Limited, the UK subsidiary of Maximus Inc. (USA).

Mr Alatishe initially secured default judgment in December 2017 after Maximus failed to defend proceedings alleging hate crime, discrimination, harassment, negligence, breaches of human rights, and the theft of intellectual property — including business ideas, plans, knowledge, market research, marketing materials, and prototype applications developed while attending the government-mandated Work Programme.

The judgment was later suspended at a hearing held in his absence due to illness, a decision Mr Alatishe now seeks to overturn via appeal.

“This case is about holding powerful corporations accountable,” said Mr Alatishe.
“Maximus Inc. is a billion-dollar US outsourcing giant operating under UK government contracts. Its UK arm, Maximus Companies Limited, never responded to my claim of abuse, discrimination, and negligence. I secured a judgment because they failed to answer. That judgment remains valid, and I will not allow it to be quietly undone without scrutiny. My appeal is about justice — not only for myself, but for others silenced under these programmes.”

Maximus Inc., a New York Stock Exchange-listed company headquartered in the United States, provides employment, training, and disability assessment services under public contracts.

Mr Alatishe says his case is part of a wider pattern of abuse spanning nearly 30 years, involving multiple public bodies and contractors, including:
- Department for Work and Pensions/Jobcentre Plus;
- Employment providers including Sencia Limited;
- His local authority landlord, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham;
- NHS GP surgeries and hospitals, including Lawns Medical Care, Grove Surgery, North Street Medical Care, Gables Surgery, King George Hospital, and the London Ambulance Service;
- Dental providers, including Rose Lane Dental Surgery and Marylebone House Dental Practice.

He alleges a sustained campaign of racial and religious discrimination, disability-related harassment, and repeated failures of care, resulting in chronic health deterioration, economic losses, and loss of safety and dignity.

Despite the complexity of his case and his vulnerability, Mr Alatishe says he has faced systemic barriers to obtaining legal representation and is now seriously considering applying for asylum in the European Union or elsewhere due to fears for his safety and political persecution in the UK.

His case against Maximus has drawn comparisons to the scale and power of today’s global tech giants. He argues that his lost intellectual property and business potential — especially in the early 2000s — could have rivalled companies like Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and even Tesla or SpaceX.

“I was building early social platforms and local search technology around the same time Friendster appeared. If I hadn’t been obstructed, I might have built a global company worth billions — even trillions. Like Elon Musk, I’m a serial entrepreneur. And like him, I could’ve been on track to earning a trillion a year or more.”

The case, now headed to the Court of Appeal, raises urgent questions about:
- Whether default judgments in serious civil rights cases should be so easily suspended.
- The accountability of private contractors performing public functions.
- How the UK courts deal with discrimination, harassment, and human rights claims.

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