Dominic Buckwell
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Re:Phoenix Action - 2006/04/19 21:42
I have read the lively debate today, but have not seen Mr Stockdale's leaflet.
Having declared publically on this website that he would sue if untrue facts in the leaflet prejudice his proposals, Mr Style's more recent posting is more pacifying in tone. The conclusion invites the discourse to continue "without fear of reprisals or legal actions". However the same message earlier states that he would only take legal action against Mr Stockdale "as a last resort if sanity did not prevail" so the threat is still live.
In the light of this posting, I would invite Mr Style to clarify his position in respect of his public threat to sue Mr Stockdale.
Mr Style, will you or will you not waive any potential legal claim for damages and/or an injunction in connection with the leaflet? or would you say yes conditional upon him or his acolytes taking no further steps to publish or circulate the leaflet?
A positive answer would not prevent you taking action if future wrongs are committed, but it would draw a line under todays activities, and I for one would think the better of you for it, giving me more confidence in the beneficial aspects of the scheme which you expouse. If the comments in this thread are representative, many people have today been offended by the threat to gag a local activist by legal means, even if it is true his method of campaign is disingenuous. This is the worst kind of heavy money-backed tactic which people most resent from a prospective developer. If I were your PR consultant I would be groaning in my coffee latte, and if I were your lawyer I would be advising you that the propsects of proving actionable prejudice or loss caused by the leaflet is higly unlikely, so you would really not be giving anything up by withdrawing the threat.
For the record, my feelings are in favour of mixed residential and commercial development in the phoenix quarter, but I would like to see it keeping with the benchmark 25% affordable housing, but keeping to the lower end of permitted denisty and without rising above 3 storeys.
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