BY THE EDITOR
Last week, an unsolicited paperback copy of The Fall of Packham was mailed to me at my secretary’s residence. I have now read the book, published out of New York, which includes some passages taken verbatim from notes and official documents that our legal team submitted to the court system prior to the 2023 civil trial.
To be crystal clear, I played no part in writing or publishing this book. I have never been contacted by the author or by any of his researchers or by anyone else related to the writing or publishing of this book. (This fact is stated by the author on page five of his book).
Our colleague Nigel Bean has also received a copy of the book in the post and, again, he was nothing to do with it.
Our friend Paul Read, who was victorious against Packham in the high court in the same case, was nothing to do with it either.
Those stating or implying that any of us are writers / contributors / publishers / distributors / endorsers of the book risk extremely costly litigation.
Nigel’s lawyers and mine are carefully reviewing the situation. However, to be blunt, we couldn’t care less, as it’s entirely beyond our control. Any book published by a third party is their responsibility, not ours.
The trial for this case concluded, and was judged on, back in May 2023. When or if I / Nigel decide to take legal action against any of the individuals or bodies mentioned in this book, I / Nigel will let you know via the pages of this magazine.
There will be no further comment on the aforementioned book—and certainly not on case QB-2021-001227, fought against that despicable little creep—which, for repeated clarity, Nigel and I lost (judgment can be found here), and Paul won.
Thanks so much for reading.
DW