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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    The same thing happened in the Ashby vs Slipper case, and people were astonished when an impartial judge threw out the case against Slipper as a political conspiracy and an abuse of court,
    But on appeal that judge was found to have erred in that judgement and it has been over turned - the following order applies.

    The finding that James Ashby sued Peter Slipper "to pursue a political attack" has been overturned on appeal - Michael Smith News
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    Michael Smith is the last person I'd look to for an unbiased comment on this issue.
    Yes, leave to appeal was granted, so it will be re-argued. Meanwhile the matter is unresolved. Let's see what the higher court decides about what was correct or incorrect.

    I don't want to get into a political argument. My point was not about the legal issues as such, but about the quality of the reporting of the case, which I think was highly sensationalist and often biased. Indeed, the Daily Telegraph led the way in its one-sided reporting, including the allegation that its aim was to "get" Slipper. There has also been a lot of sensationalist and biased reporting about Craig Thompson, no matter whether he's guilty or innocent, I think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Michael Smith is the last person I'd look to for an unbiased comment on this issue.
    Irrespective of what you think of the author the court judgement is listed as published. That is not biased - the supposed unbiased judge was.

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    I read the court judgements, both the original and the application for appeal. Its a dog's breakfast. I'll leave it to the lawyers to argue that one out.
    My comments were about media coverage, not legal issues.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87County View Post
    Only a fool would lie to parliament - and there's sure been a heap of them who have done that over the years from all shades of the political spectrum.

    I have known a few compulsive liars in my time and I think that those unfortunates honestly believed (at least sometimes) the lies that they were telling - is he one of those ? I know not.

    A trail of forensics is left wherever we go (even here ), so his vehement denial of the evidence and the defamation suits he started raise questions about his sanity.

    The honest people in the HSU who suffered due to his actions have not had much of a mention, they seem to have been overlooked.

    Hope my use of the "p" word doesn't put the kybosh on this thread but I suspect it's getting close to the limit anyway.

    I agree - so why do we never ever any of them (too numerous to name) in HANDCUFFS???

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