Coordinates: 51°10′25″N 0°35′59″W / 51.173714°N 0.59967220°W / 51.173714; -0.59967220

Busbridge
Busbridge Church built by Mr and Mrs Ramsden of Busbridge Hall.
Busbridge  Busbridge shown within Surrey
Population	758
OS grid reference	SU9799042540
District	Waverley
Shire county	Surrey
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GODALMING
Postcode district	GU8 4
Dialling code	01483
Police	Surrey
Fire	Surrey
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Guildford
List of places: UK • England • Surrey

Busbridge is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey. It has a population of 758.^[1] It forms part of the Waverley ward of Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe.

Busbridge Church is a growing evangelical church that runs four Sunday Services in Busbridge and numerous activities during the week. ^[2] On a Sunday over 200 young people and children^[3] attend their youth and children's work.

Busbridge Lakes^[4] is a grade 2 heritage garden known for its follies, grottos and trees.

Busbridge Tennis Association is a community initative and were fundamental in the process of renovating the tennis courts and recreation ground at the top of Holloway Hill and overlooking Godalming.^[5] In 2012 they secured £37,900 of Olympic Legacy Funding from Sport’s England’s Inspired Facilities Fund for flood lights on all four courts allowing for expansion with junior tennis training.^[6]

References[link]

1. ^ Census data
2. ^ Busbridge Church
3. ^ "Busbridge Church Youth and Children". http://www.bhcgodalming.org/get-involved/groups/youth-children/. Retrieved 26 April 2012. 
4. ^ Busbridge Lakes
5. ^ "Busbridge Tennis Association". http://www.busbridgetennis.co.uk/aboutus.html. Retrieved 26 April 2012. 
6. ^ "Busbridge Tennis Association News". http://www.busbridgetennis.co.uk/index.html. Retrieved 26 April 2012. 

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This article is about the lawyer. For the musician, see Max Green (musician).

Max Green (1952 - 25 March 1998) was an Australian lawyer who embezzled millions of dollars and was later murdered in Cambodia.

Early life[link]

He was born in London, England and moved to Australia when he was 5 and grew up in Sydney. He graduated from law school, moved to Melbourne and married Louise Giselle Baron in 1976.

He joined the board of Emma Page, a fashion jewellery concern, in 1981. He spent the years from 1985 to 1989 in Austin, Texas, working fulltime for Emma Page.

In 1991, Green became a partner of Gary Vernon Shugg, in a law firm in Melbourne Shugg & Green. Green left this firm in late 1993. In 1995, a partner of the firm (Shugg) was suspended from practice for three years. It was alleged, but never proved, that the firm sold weapons to Cambodia. The firm was placed into receivership in June 1994 at the request of Shugg.

Green became a partner in Melbourne law firm Aroni Colman shortly after his departure from Shugg & Green.

Tax Minimisation[link]

Australian tax law allows equipment purchases that are below a certain purchase price to be entirely depreciated in the first year. Green founded an investment scheme during the 1990s designed to help investors minimise tax legally. The scheme would buy equipment and lease it to CityLink for the construction of highways in Melbourne.

The scheme involved borrowing four times as much money as the initial capital from a Hong Kong bank. AUD $42 million was invested in the scheme, mainly by private individuals. Most of the investors were Jewish businessmen from Melbourne. Green promised a 15% per annum return on investment, as well as allowing investors to legally write off some of the investment as a tax deduction.

Green created fraudulent documents that appeared to show equipment purchases, but the fund never actually purchased any equipment and CityLink did not lease any equipment from it. A considerable quantity of money disappeared from the trust accounts used to hold the investors' capital. The movement of the money was subsequently traced through an elaborate network of bank accounts.

However, Green ultimately laundered all the money that he stole and police were never able to recover any of it. It is thought that he purchased some US $20 million of gems from various gem traders in Cambodia, and later sold the gems in Israel.

The Victorian Lawyers RPA Ltd, the regulatory arm of the Victorian Law Institute, began an investigation of 'trust account irregularities' in accounts associated with Green and Aroni Colman.

The Murder[link]

On 24 March 1998, Max Green stayed overnight at the Sofitel Cambodiana. He had booked a flight at 11am the next day to Hong Kong.

His body was found by a maid the next day, face down on the bed, with massive injuries to his skull and face. The cause of death was strangulation by a necktie. His laptop was stolen (but not his cash or credit cards). His face was disfigured so badly that after he was buried in Melbourne, his body was exhumed so that the Coroner could make doubly sure that it was him.

His killer or killers were never found, although police suspect that it was done by professional 'hitmen' contracted by one of his many victims.

Quotes[link]

His friend and associate Ted Doyle, a gem trader, said "A very fine piece of monofilament was attaching Max Green to the planet. You are talking about a very sick soul who played with the wrong people… In the course of trade, Max got killed before he could pay his last bill. It makes it rather difficult for people to pay their bills. Not breathing affects your ability to write cheques."

References[link]

• Law Institute of Victoria, "Cambodian murder: trust account irregularities under investigation," 27 March 1998
• richard w. hughes. "Love & Hate: Sapphire of Laos: Max Green, Ted Doyle, Kerry Danes & the Stolen Millions"