From this mornings “Strewth” in
The Australian comes this ‘Good News’ story about a NSW Greens tosser
Can you spare a dime….NSW Greens MP Ian Cohen may have successfully paddled a kayak in front of a US warship on Sydney Harbour, but it proved tougher in the High Court yesterday where he lost a defamation case against NSW north coast developer Jerry Bennette. Cohen now has a bill of more than $1 million. “The costs of the opposition’s lawyers were quite significant,” Cohen told Strewth, clearly unafraid of understatement. “I’ve had years of this hanging over me, when I’ve told myself I might lose, so I was reasonably well prepared emotionally.” Cohen is contemplating doing more on the public speaking front and expanding his range of cane toad skin fashions and accessories, but he’s also in no frame of mind to turn away any generous benefactors: “Even smaller donations will help keep me on my feet. I’m easy to find.”
With a bit of luck the 1 million dollar legal bill might take his mind away from stuffing up the country.
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Some nitwit will come to the party for him…
Whatever happened to the fundraising by a greenie down Melbourne way when his court case went pear-shaped, did anyone ever find out what he did with the donated money when the sale of one of his assets would have easily covered the bill?
I am very pleased that the defamation proceedings brought by me against Mr Ian Cohen have finally concluded. The High Court on 3/11/09 refused Mr Cohen leave to appeal an earlier ruling entering judgement in my favour and rejecting all of Mr Cohen’s defenses.
These proceedings were never about money. I brought these proceedings to stop what I regarded as a campaign by Mr Cohen to destroy my reputation and my business.
Mr Cohen did not give evidence at the three week trial, but I did and was cross-examined for several days.
Before the trial, in 2004, I offered to settle these proceedings for $4,500. Mr Cohen did not respond to that offer, and as a result, was ordered to pay the bulk of my legal costs (which were minimal in 2004) on an indemnity basis.
Mr Cohen, who has himself brought a number of defamation actions in the past, only has himself to blame for the predicament he finds himself in.
I look forward to the prompt payment of my legal costs.