APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 61 to 65 of 75) 273. The real concern expressed by both claimants in the witness box was that they had been accused of perjury which they said they found to be upsetting and offensive. Mr Malcolm Statman accepted …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 56 to 60 of 75) 245. The defendant’s response is that he has not committed any offence or harassed anybody, not least the claimants, if they have regard to the terms of this blog and to the information which …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 51 to 55 of 75) 222. As Mr Statman said in evidence, it was not his position that the document itself was a cause of fright or fear. What frightened him was that he did not know what …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 46 to 50 of 75) 202. The evidence relied upon by the claimants in addition to the two statements used to support the ex parte and renewed injunction included the witness statement of Mr Statman of 6th March 2014, …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 41 to 45 of 75) 174. To go further and restrict any discussion or the revealing of any detail or prohibiting any kind of exchange of experiences in the field (or plain moaning) between franchisees would neither be realistic …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 36 to 40 of 75) 152. Later in his evidence, Mr Statman (Snr) qualified his concern by placing emphasis not upon his personal experience of distress but by reference to the distress he could feared would be caused to …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 31 to 35 of 75) 131. Allegation (24) is dated October/November 2012. This allegation is taken from the defendant’s witness statement at paragraph 8 in which the defendant stated: “Following the striking out of my counterclaim, I decided on …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 26 to 30 of 75) 112. The defendant then tagged this blog to the Gateway Homes companies. Thus, the gravamen of this allegation is that in this blog the defendant has revealed information which would allow a third party …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 21 to 25 of 75) 89. Allegation (4) is the email of 16th February 2012 sent to Mr Barber. In this email, the complaint is that the defendant used the following words: “As I said, what becomes public, if …
APPROVED JUDGMENT (contd… Pages 16 to 20 of 75) 67. The defendant relied upon the report to show that not only were the claimants part of the particular sector which was investigated by the OFT but that they were one of four …