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[kban1]

Chris Cairns to sue Lalit Modi

Cricinfo staff

January 7, 2010


 
Chris Cairns has announced he intends to sue Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi for comments made in relation to the IPL's decision to withdraw Cairns' name from the initial list of potential players.

Modi's comments appeared on his Twitter page and also in an interview with Cricinfo. "The allegation made by Lalit Modi that I have been involved in match fixing is scandalous and wholly untrue," Cairns said in a statement issued by Andrew Fitch-Holland, his solicitor. "For him to circulate such a falsehood around the world is outrageous. Mr. Modi's allegation has caused me huge personal distress and professional damage.

"I cannot allow these slurs to ruin my future and I have instructed my solicitors, Collyer Bristow LLP, to bring proceedings for defamation against Mr. Modi".

"This situation has really caused Chris terrible upset," Fitch-Holland told Cricinfo. "There appear to be a lot of negative feelings against him being generated as a result of Modi's comments.

"This is both hurtful and distressing for Chris but also damaging to his future prospects. We immediately took advice from Rhory Robertson at Collyer Bristow here in London, who is a leading specialist lawyer with extensive experience in both defamation and professional sports.

"Having spent much of the last day seeking this expert advice, we will now move quickly to fight the damage being done to Chris' reputation."

http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/443007.html

[Tilal]

Not sure which jurisdiction this will fall into.   Hope Cairns know the speed at which the wheels of justice turns in the world where IPL rules.   Unfair on modi's part to slander someone like Cairns on his twitter page.  He needs to exercise caution and judgement.

[dextrous]

SYDNEY: Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi on Friday defended the IPL's decision not to include Chris Cairns in the auction over alleged match Day in Pics: January 7
 fixing allegations, and said that the former New Zealand all-rounder is free to sue him. ( Watch Video )

Hitting back at the Kiwi all-rounder, Modi said: "Cairns is welcome to sue me if he wants."

Modi rejected Cairns application to feature in the auction for IPL-3 because of his dismissal from the rival Indian Cricket League in 2008 over alleged match fixing charges.

Cairns said: "The allegation made by Lalit Modi that I have been involved in match fixing is scandalous and wholly untrue. For him to circulate such a falsehood around the world is outrageous. Modi's allegation has caused me huge personal distress and professional damage."

"I cannot allow these slurs to ruin my future and I have instructed my solicitors, Collyer Bristow LLP, to bring proceedings for defamation against Modi," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.

Earlier Modi had said on Cairns: "Legally you may be correct. But he has a stigma around him for the same and as such the governing council has decided to withdraw his name from the auction.

"Our tournament is by invitation only and as such we take issues at anything to do with match-fixing very seriously. Similarly Dinesh Mongia will not be allowed. We have zero tolerance for anything to do with the subject and as such will not like to take any chances if we don't have to."

Cairns and Mongia were sacked from the ICL for disciplinary reasons.

Cairns, who was captain of the Chandigarh Lions, has maintained the reason for his dismissal was because he came into the tournament without declaring he had an existing foot injury that did not allow him to bowl. Mongia is said to have been aware of Cairns' injury so he too was fired.

[Tilal]

who is Cairns?          

[dextrous]

who is Cairns?         

This one is a cricketer

[gopolks]

Cairns has no right to complain, during his test years he was self centred, and always put himself ahead of the blackcaps.

[dextrous]

Cairns has no right to complain, during his test years he was self centred, and always put himself ahead of the blackcaps.

I think you only say that because he's the biggest star NZ has had..rest of us are used to this

[gopolks]

Cairns has no right to complain, during his test years he was self centred, and always put himself ahead of the blackcaps.

I think you only say that because he's the biggest star NZ has had..rest of us are used to this

HAHAHA. 

Seriously, I would tend to beleive the other guy if Cairns was having a disagreement with someone else.