The legal saga and complete waste of Court time and public funds continues. Please bear with me while I try to set the scene and explain - since it is just a tinny weeny bit confusing. In 2007 Tower Hamlet's own SPD turned Labour Party turned Respect turned CPGB turned CPB turned Labour and finally Conservative Party blogger, Johanna Kaschke, sued for libel Labour bloggers Dave Osler (Dave's Part), Alex Hilton (Labourhome) and myself. In September 2010 Kaschke's ludicrous case against Dave had been finally and completely thrown out of court for abuse of process. She is still as you can see threatening him with some sort of legal action.
In July 2010 her case against Alex and I was struck out also for abuse of process (pending appeals). Last week, Kaschke lost a written appeal against the decision to strike out her claim (see copy of order left) despite her "lengthy arguments". However she is still allowed to have a oral hearing requesting an appeal. This will now take place at the Royal Court of Justice on 2 March 2011.
Alex and I are being ably assisted by Assistant Solicitor of the Year" (2010) and The Times "Lawyer of the week" Robert Dougans and top legal blogger, David Allen Green, (aka Jack of Kent).
I am of course pleased that Ms Kaschke, who obviously as a personal libel litigant is concerned about reputational damage has decided to withdraw her incisive, intellectual masterpiece post "John Gray is a Fat Ponze".
:)
UPDATE: but I have been reminded that she still posts here "Incumbent Labour Councillor Worships Machinegun wielding hero".
2 comments:
John, I can't imagine the misery this could have caused chez Gray, save that you have good friends and supporters who know you and who know what Ms Kaschke is about. It is ludicrous, but I applaud you for staying staunch and dealing with the absurdity in such a level-headed way.
M
cheers M!
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