AFFIDAVITS, WITNESS STATEMENTS, TESTIMONY
Over the course of the litigation, Malcolm filed 13 affidavits, a witness statement on 19th October 1989 and was cross-examined in court on 13th March 1990. In addition, the following five affidavits of expert testimony were filed on his behalf:
| File/Ref/ Page | Date day/mth/yr | Deponent/Witness | Remedy page ref. |
| F91 | 6/9/90 | Giles Gordon (1) re. publishing contracts | 123 |
| F94 | 21/9/90 | Mark Le Fanu re. publishing contracts | 123 |
| J1 | 17/6/91 | Roy Edgley re. Making Names, damages. Includes transcript of courtroom testimony. | 166 |
| J2 | 20/6/91 | Giles Gordon (2) re. Making Names, damages | 165 |
| J3 | 11/7/91 | Fred Nolan re. Making Names, damages, sheet deals | 175 |
Note. The posted items are listed chronologically and are linked in chronological order. Numerous additional affidavits filed by Oxford's solicitors are omitted.AF=Affidavit, WS=Witness Statement, Test.=Testimony. Listed but presently unposted items appear in grey.
When it came to the damages assessment, Oxford piled on the costs (eventually estimated over half a million pounds), employing top London City clockers Clifford Chance and widening the battlefront so that instead of merely Malcolm vs. Oxford University, it looked more like Malcolm vs. Publishing UK, with professionals from 12 of the main conglomerates snapping to attention and casually trashing a book none had ever seen by an author none had ever met. - A. M.
| File/Ref/ Page | Date day/mth/yr | Deponent/Witness | Remedy page refs. |
| J04 AF | 21/6/91 | Ivon Asquith on OUP publishing contracts &c. | 169 |
| J05 AF | 21/6/91 | Jon Riley (Penguins) weighs in | 169 |
| J06 AF | 20/6/91 | Peter Wright (Open University) weighs in | 170 |
| J07 AF | 20/6/91 | Colin Mitchell (AEB exam board) weighs in | 170 |
| J08 AF | 14/6/91 | Kim Pickin (ex-Blackwell) weighs in | 170 |
| J09 AF | 25/6/91 | David Croom (Routledge) weighs in | 170 |
| J10 AF | 25/6/91 | Jeremy Mynott (CUP) weighs in | 171 | J11 AF | 14/6/91 | Alan Ryan (from USA): the final degradation | 171 |
| J12 AF | 21/6/91 | Stephan Chambers (Blackwell) weighs in | 170 | J13 AF | 14/6/91 | Ian Paten (Harper Collins) weighs in | 170 | J14 AF | 13/6/91 | Tim Farmiloe (Macmillan) weighs in | 170 | J15 AF | 25/6/91 | Galen Strawson confirms his report | 170 | J16 AF | 21/6/91 | Richard Charkin (yawn) weighs in | 170 | / | 10/7/90 | Harvey McGregor QC (Oxford) on Royalties etc. | 186 |
| / | 18/8/91 | Chancery Master Barratt's Findings on Damages | 192 |
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