Congratulations to John Gray and Alex Hilton

Sorry if this is a bit late off the mark (and thanks to Modernity for posting on this already). John Gray and Alex Hilton must surely be very glad to be able to get on with their lives without a frivolous lawsuit hanging over them.

If you are unfamiliar with the case Jack of Kent has an excellent background post. Better to read that than read my mangled words!

the litigant was Johanna Kaschke who is not happy with the result. According to her Mr Gray is a fat ponze. I have no idea what a fat ponze is - there is no such word as ponze in the two vol version of the OED. I would suggest, using real words, that her attitude is ponerine if not downright musaceous!

Schwarzwalderkirschtortegate: Victory for Dave Osler, Hurrah!

I know that this has already been reported widely across the blogosphere but I am delighted that the libel case brought by Johanna Kaschkeagainst Dave Osler was thrown out of court today (If you are unfamiliar here is the brief background set out in an earlier post).

Rather than rewrite what has been written far better by others I would recommend a series of posts written by Modernity (here then here, here and here).

Had Kaschke won then there would have been serious consequences, no just for Dave but for the British part of the blogosphere.

I would recommend Dave's own views on the casehere. Here's hoping that Kaschke's related actions against fellow bloggers John Gray and Alex Hilton receive the same treatment asap.