• David Irving offered to drop Penguin from the action for £500 payment to charity
• Sir Charles Gray gives judgment against Mr Irving, April 11, 2000
• What Penguin’s directors told The Bookseller
• Transcript of the hearing on costs on May 5, 2000
• Extracts from this transcript, of salient points
• Mr Irving states grounds for his appeal against the Gray Judgment
• Court’s refusal of permission to appeal
• On Counsel’s advice Mr Irving appeals against bankruptcy
• Mr Justice Peter Smith gives judgment denying the appeal
• On his orders, however Davenport Lyons produced an affidavit disclosing that Penguin had in fact not paid their own costs
• Counsel’s opinion on the next move
• Having perfected passages of the key transcript, Counsel reports on Nov 29, 2002 to Mr Irving’s lawyers recommending they proceed to an Application to dismiss the Order
• Counsel briefs his instructing solicitors, Dec 3, 2002, with drafts of:
• – text to be included in Form N244;
• – a minute of Order (in triplicate);
• – the skeleton argument (updated)
• Affidavit of Mr Irving supporting application, Dec 23, 2002
• Statement of Mr Irving’s lawyers Amhurst, Brown, Colombotti supporting the application, Dec 23, 2002
• David Irving’s lawyers report Dec 23, 2002 that the application starting the action has been lodged with the High Court
• Davenport Lyons (for Penguin Books Ltd) respond, Jan 2, 2003
• Radical’s Diary: report on the hearing before Judge Gray, Jan 14, 2003
• Jan 25, 2003: Counsel Adrian Davies advises Mr Irving’s lawyers to go the final mile to the Court of Appeal stating that there are good grounds
• Feb 3, 2003: Counsel Adrian Davies submits a skeleton argument to the Court of Appeal

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