Philip Marley is one of the most colourful businessmen I have ever encountered in almost twenty years of journalism.  He can be charming. He can be abrasive. He can be elusive. He can be many things. But he is certainly never boring.  A sense of his character can be seen from the following email exchange. In February 2016, I contacted Marley in relation to a legal dispute involving Common Interest Communities, a business venture he was involved in at the time with one Dana Wilkey.  Wilkey was at one stage Marley’s girlfriend and business partner after they met in the…