Good morning Allan. Mrs. Mortonjag and several other members of the G.M.S.T. are eagerly awaiting your promised update. Has there been any progress please?
Secondly Allan, please confirm that Mortonjag is again a paid up member of the Trust as you have recently taken £10 from Mortonjag's account.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TELLING THE MEMBERS WEE PORKY PIES ALLAN!
At the recent AGM, the board gave notice that they proposed to hold a special general meeting to consider and discuss the position in regard to our small claims action against Mr Gallacher. Since then we have had legal advice that such a meeting would be inappropriate as we would be discussing matters relating to the case which are not really for the semi-public forum that a general meeting inevitably is. In particular, there is the potential for everything discussed at the meeting to reach Mr Gallacher's defence team and it is simply not in the best interests of the trust for that to happen.
Your board believe and have legal advice that we have a solid case and that a successful defence of all elements by Mr Gallacher is extremely unlikely. Even if there were a successful defence of all elements, legal advice is that costs that might be awarded against us are nothing like the figures being mentioned. In a small claims action which this is, generally costs are limited to 10% of the sums sued for which would limit our exposure to here to around £230! A sheriff has some discretion here if he believes that either party has acted unreasonably but it is not believed that there is any way that the trust's actions can be regarded in that way.