In
1993 American scholar Deborah
Lipstadt published
Denying
the
Holocaust,
product of a research contract
funded by an Israeli
agency.
British
writer David Irving
claimed
that it libels him.
Mr
Irving submitted his 194-page closing
statement
to public scrutiny by reading it out from 12
midday to 5 p.m. on March 15, 2000
[see
also the daily
transcript].
The defendants' counsel Mr Richard Rampton QC
submitted to the Court a 200 page statement
going into closely argued detail [not posted
on this site]; this was not read out, but he
did read out the following verbal summary
that morning, a 24 page document which he had
also issued in its entirety to every member of
the press and public in the courtroom to ensure
maximum publicity. The text is reproduced here
unaltered and unedited.
