Gleaner goes to court today

LAWYERS REPRESENTING The Gleaner Company Limited will be in court today seeking the discharge of an injunction granted to attorney-at-law Raymond Clough last Friday barring the publication of a story in The Sunday Gleaner.

The Gleaner's lawyers, Dunn Cox Orrett and Ashenheim, have obtained a copy of the affidavit which was not served on the newspaper by Clough last Friday when he delivered the documents to reporter Barbara Gayle (3rd defendant) and the Gleaner Company (2nd defendant). The affidavit outlined several reasons why the injunction was filed against the newspaper, the reporter and first defendant in the matter, Indru Khemlani, a Kingston businessman.

According to the affidavit, "the action of the first defendant in giving a distorted and untrue account of the transactions between the plaintiff and the defendant is designed to injure the reputation of the Plaintiff in his profession."

The Gleaner having prepared the story last week, sought a response from Mr. Clough. He at first said he would respond last Tuesday, but later said he needed a week to reply to the allegations. Instead he obtained an ex parte injunction from Mrs. Justice Marva McIntosh.

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