* Invoice from "Redleg Museum Services" as an example of our dealing with Robert Cripps of "Guildford Lane Gallery" (GLG)
(note: All emails received by us were from "Robert Cripps" of "Redleg Museum Services")

* Original claim by Cripps: (Williams Winter Solicitors: makes the claim that we had committed a criminal offence which could result in a jail term for each of us.)

* Second claim, Tao Jiang letter of Demand by Cripps ("Redleg") sent to DV demanding removal of what is written claiming it to be "injurious falsehood" which is "published maliciously"

* Second claim, Tao Jiang letter of Demand by Cripps ("Redleg") sent to LAR demanding removal of what is written claiming it to be "injurious falsehood" which is "published maliciously"

* Original SOC to the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia), April Fool's Day 2011 (most of this original SOC was struck out and had to be re-submitted).

* Email from iiNet Solicitors explaining threat from Cripps' counsel to sue them as "co-defendants" (19/7/2011)
Cripps (via his solicitors) had our pages/sites disabled. In this instance iiNet explain why they removed our pages from the internet.

* Cripps' solicitor's email to iiNet

* Pdf from Telstra lawyers explaining the threat from Cripps' counsel
why we were disconnected from the internet. (Cripps' legal team even claimed that our SOC in VCAT against Cripps was itself "defamation").

* Our proposal for the exhibition our websites are listed in our application to exhibit. On a number of times our sites have been completely disabled by Cripps' legal action which makes it rather difficult to promote our art if our sites are not available on the www.

* Contract for exhibition "Humanist Transhumanist" at Guildford Lane Gallery The contract guarantees us right of entry (which we came to be denied).

* The contact details for Cripps that appear on the exhibition contract are made publicly available by Cripps / Redleg on http://www.guildfordlanegallery.org/contact

* Photograph (detail) of Cripps' disclaimer in our exhibition (according to the April Fool's day SOC this is an "injurious falsehood".) This kind of disclaimer known as a "Disclaimer of Endorsement" is used to limit exposure to legal liability

* Screenshot of email sent by Cripps, as "Redleg", from "info@redleg.com.au" In this email Cripps demands that we have to meet conditions - which were not in the contract - before allowing us entry to the exhibition space that we had paid for.

* Our advertisement in the Art Almanac which we, not Cripps, paid for. Our inclusion of his logo was demanded in the contract. Including the logo creates the impression that Cripps endorsed, or in some way supported ("sponsored"?) our show.

* Redleg (Robert Cripps) a "sponsor" of the arts (on his releg website: http://www.redleg.com.au/sponsorship.html, Robert Cripps, trading as Redeg asserts: "[in] our commitment to servicing and developing the arts in Australia, Redleg has sponsored, and continues to sponsor, a diverse range of exhibitions and events. In doing so, we aim to assist in the continued growth of the arts in Australia"). Our own experience vis-a-vis his dislcaimer does not support Cripps'/Redleg's claim.

* Guildford Lane Gallery "sold" from http://www.guildfordlanegallery.org/news/sold , which shows the "gallery" with only its "Redleg" signage. According to this webpage, GLG was sold with "With a phenomenal result"

* VCAT claim by us against Cripps for breach of contract

* Cripps' case and our VCAT claim merged. The judgement is available on Austlii; Judge Bowman's summary: "Dispute re breach of contract … involving alleged defamation arising from basically the same facts".

* Cripps' farcical "points of defence" against our VCAT claim

* VCAT made judge Bowman's orders publicly available. Orders are posted on Austlii. Melbourne Observer reporting judge's orders from Austlii threatened by Cripps with defamation. Sample 1

* VCAT made judge Bowman's orders publicly available. Orders are posted on Austlii. Melbourne Observer reporting judge's orders from Austlii threatened by Cripps with defamation. Sample 2 the claim here is that we will be sued for aggravated damages because someone - not us - has reported the issue.

* Robert Cripps is a liar

~ webiste in progress ~

~ this site was inspired by the gunns20.org site ~

Robert Raymond Cripps sues artists for defamation:

Redleg Museum Services (ACN 105 986 829) sues

Demetrios Vakras (artist)
Lee-Anne Raymond (artist)

Supreme Court of Victoria
SCI 01484/2011

"Redleg" (Robert Raymond Cripps trading as "Redleg Museum Services") is suing us after we wrote of our experience with him when we exhibited our works in his short-lived-gallery venture "Guildford Lane Gallery" in 2009.

*  He disagreed with part of the exhibition's content which he called "racist"

*  Using racism as his pretext he barred us entry to our exhibition

*  We advertised his gallery and our exhibition (eg 1/2 page ad in Art Almanac). He posted disclaimers dis-endorsing our exhibition.

*  We each wrote about our experience on our respective websites. He sued us each for defamation

*  On the pretext of defamatory content his actions caused us to be disconnected from the internet (via Telstra).

We are accused of "defamation" because the documented evidence of Cripps' actions, such as his own emails to us, are claimed to be evidence of our defamation of him.

His SOCs demand that we apologise for writing about his failure to provide what he was contractually obligated to provide. By means of the Defamation Act of 2005 it appears that he is attempting to:

a/ abrogate his liability for his failure to provide what he had contractually agreed to provide;

b/ keep from becoming known that he deliberately withheld what he had contractually agreed to provide.

Contact : Lee-Anne Raymond, or Demetrios Vakras

Artist sites : leeanneart.com , vakras.com

Summary of exhibition / publication launch HumanistTranshumanist.com

Glossary: "SOC" is a "Statement Of Claim", "GLG" is "Guildford Lane Gallery", "Redleg" is Robert Cripps trading as "Redleg Museum Services".

About the person suing us, Robert Cripps :

robert cripps suing usRobert Cripps, pictured left, was the owner of the failed Guildford Lane Gallery. His other interests are object / art transportation (“Redleg”). Cripps' latest venture is his dog's jazz music venue.

His application to run his dog's venue " Ruby's Music Room ", has been beset by legal challenges (objections to council, http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/jazz-joust-in-cbd-hits-sour-note, as well as VCAT). Beware, Ruby bites! She tried to bite us, and this has been reported by others (below left). According to Cripps' site, his dog: "Ruby is a lover of Jazz, Classical, Opera & World Music", though the same claim is made regarding Cripps himself: "Cripps [is] an enthusiast of jazz, classical, opera and world music"
(http://www.theshout.com.au/2013/01/07/article/Jazz-heavyweight-loses-fight-against-Melbourne-bar/ZLUVRIEIAD.html).

Cripps' dog bites avoid it

Petition to fix Australian law

This site (Redleg V Artists) is hosted on a USA server.
The USA has legislated against Libel laws of countries such as Australia. Australian and UK libel law is defined as Libel Terrorism by the USA.

Australian defamation law is based on UK law.

Australia only extricated itself from the UK in 1986 (the Australia Act 1986, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Act_1986 ). Australia's libel laws are inconsistent with the right to freedom of speech ("freedom of speech" does NOT equal any right to lie).

We are petitioning the Australian government to amend the Defamation Act of 2005 to end Australian Libel Terrorism and to make Australian law consistent with its international obligations.

Support our petition here:http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/the-hon-mark-dreyfus-qc-mp-amend-the-australian-defamation-act-2005