See you in court
A directions hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice earlier this week ruled that the libel action brought against me by former Labour Party parliamentary hopeful, former Respect member, former Communist Party member and current Tower Hamlets Tory activist Johanna Kaschke should go to a four-day jury trial towards the end of this year.
The case centres on Ms Kaschke’s arrest on terrorism charges in 1970s Germany, which she admits; you can read a summary of the issues involved here.
Ms Kaschke is also bringing a separate action against Alex ‘Recess Monkey’ Hilton and John Gray of John’s Labour Blog, which still faces procedural issues. Many of the ‘words complained of’ – to use the legal expression – were not even written by me, but consists of comments from the comments box. While I am confident that all of them fall within the realm of fair comment, the outcome of the case could have considerable implications for the freedom of the blogosphere.
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