The Editor of this web site has offered to remove the articles that CRT alleges are defamatory, in return for CRT making certain binding undertakings to change the way that it enforces s.17(3)(c)(ii) of the 1995 British Waterways Act.
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Posts Tagged ‘Canal and River Trust’
Libel threat: Editor offers to remove articles in return for change in enforcement
Saturday, October 20th, 2012K and A User Group meeting 24th October
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012CRT Annual Meeting 27 September -book your place now!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012The Canal and River Trust is holding its first Annual Meeting in Birmingham on Thursday 27th September 2012 at 2pm – 4pm. All customers of the Canal and River Trust, boat licence holders and users of the waterways can attend. To book your place, email annual.meeting@canalrivertrust.org.uk by 20th September and give the details requested below.
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CRT threaten our web site with libel
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012CRT moves “Mooring Guidance” goalposts again at IWA behest
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012CRT declines to withdraw derogatory statements about boaters without home moorings
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012CRT Chief Executive Robin Evans has responded negatively to the boaters’ complaint which we published below about the content of Trustees’ briefing TT06. He has declined to end the use of the term “continuous moorers” and “CMs” and has failed to address most of the issues in the complaint. We publish his reply here:
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Boaters complain to CRT about Trustees’ briefing document
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012Discredited CRT Legal Director and Head of Boating booted and shrunk
Sunday, August 5th, 2012The CRT Trustees decided recently that Nigel Johnson, the Legal and Corporate Services Director, will retire in 2014 because “We have decided that in the longer term the Trust does not require the expertise of a full time Legal Director”. His post will not be replaced. We have also learnt that Head of Boating Sally Ash has had responsibility for moorings shifted away from her, with her team being shrunk to cover policy on boating and mooring only.
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CRT Head of Boating runs hire boat company
Thursday, July 12th, 2012On the day that the Canal and River Trust held its launch in London, boaters have discovered that Head of Boating Sally Ash has been the director of a canal holiday brokerage company since 2004. Liveaboard boaters have often speculated about the reason behind her department’s policy of harassment and bullying of boaters without home moorings, and this conflict of interest provides a possible explanation.
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