Why We Will Win
It is April 12th. On this day four years ago, a shambolic 'defence' reached its logical conclusion in our case. Unlike today, I couldn't begin to explain what had happened (most defending litigants don't have a clue what's going on and put all their trust in their legal representatives), but I can read people and I knew immediately that we'd been had. Three days before the swearing, I had followed the instruction of our solicitor Mr. Neil McNelis and travelled to Dublin to swear an affidavit. Though I didn't understand their significance, there were 15 pages added to the exhibit. Mr. McNelis had his agent oversee the swearing, so I had no one to ask about them. I swore the affidavit, assuming that the pages would be used by our counsel to spring a nice surprise on the opposition. Surprise or otherwise, the pages would be worth E160k to the opposition and that award would go on to become the foundation of a 'settlement agreement' thirteen m...