Mumsnet Legal Fund

[JustineMumsnet]

Many of you have very kindly posted on here and written to us directly that you would be willing to contribute to a legal fund for costs relating to our current legal dispute with Gina Ford.
So we've set up a legal fund here . Please be assured that any monies raised will go entirely towards our legal costs, and were it by any chance the case that we raised more than our costs we would pass any excess to an appropriate charity in consultation with you of course.
Many thanks,
MNHQ

Uwila on the thread "fund to support mumsnet through the battle" there is an update from justine that says:

"Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - am officially on hols but dipping in!
Ok so here's where we are:
In their latest correspondence, GF's lawyers told us that they have entered into a conditional fee arrangement and that they were under instructions to
apply for insurance as of last friday (this is part of the procedure you go through when you prepare to sue). We do not know whether they did actually
apply for insurance on Friday or not, we are waiting to hear from them and we are still hoping to negotiate a settlement. The lawyers say also they are
considering a seperate action for "infringement of copyright" unless we we remove their letter to our ISP from the site.

So far we have been able to meet our legal costs from internal revenue but if the dispute continues this will no longer be feasible.

It's very hard to put a figure on what things might cost but essentially there are a couple of scenarios:

a) We settle, in which case any funds raised go towards legal cost to date.
b) We go to court in which case we will have our own increased legal costs plus the possibility of Ms Ford's costs and even damages being awarded against
us. Obviously this would be a tidy sum.

We completely understand that some of those keen to contribute to a fighting fund might want to see what happens next before dipping into their pockets.
We promise to keep you closely in touch.
Thanks again for your support.
MNHQ".

Imo the only way mn won't lose out is by going to court and winning.

Thanks, on my way over to the other thread....