Ward of Court: Decision issued by Judge in Libel Trial

[slartibartfast]

You might.  I wouldn't.

So the McCanns are asked to produce authorisation to act on Madeleine's behalf. They go to the high court , get the permission and go to the PT judge who says fine. Now this is something that is supposed to be good for the McCanns so of course it must by the PT who leaked..... &%+((£

[DCI]

So the McCanns are asked to produce authorisation to act on Madeleine's behalf. They go to the high court , get the permission and go to the PT judge who says fine. Now this is something that is supposed to be good for the McCanns so of course it must by the PT who leaked..... &%+((£

As Port says.

The documentation was presented to the Lisbon court through the couple’s lawyers on 23 January. None of the defence lawyers has or is expected to raise any objections.

So Amarals lawyer also had the report, otherwise they wouldn't have the option to object, would they?

So yeah, leaked by PT. IMO!

[Brietta]

The Judge has obviously had the required Ward of Court documentation in her possession for over a year and will have  taken it into account in her deliberations.

I think you are right to urge caution about the accuracy of the content of the published ruling.

I also think raising the WOC was a delaying tactic perhaps in the hope that the predicted chaos in the reorganisation of the Portuguese Justice System would cause an even further delay ... and I think that may well have happened if we had had any other judge than Maria de Melo e Castro presiding in the case.

Mr Amaral isn't exuding a great deal of confidence and his latest correspondence is perhaps the softening up letter for further requests for donations to finance further legal adventures or something ... maybe a villa in Spain ... although I believe it possible he may already have one.