October 24 2008:
Ninety-eight page Amended Statement of Defence with many particulars completed. Applied to the Court for permission to amend the Statement of Defence. The SPCA has said it will go before our judge to object to a significant amount of the amended defence. That hearing date is still to be determined. A new trial date will be set at that time.

February 5 2009:
Must attend court-ordered mediation demanded by the SPCA which Judy Stone has to pay a share of.

February 18 2009:
Our trial judge hears our application to amend the defences of AAS/Judy Stone and several of the other defendants. The SPCA has said it will attempt to have almost all of our evidence of what we allege are systematic wrongdoings by the SPCA disallowed so that the evidence cannot he used at a public trial. That hearing is open to the public where all the documents will be available.

September/November 2009:
At AAS's request, a trial has been set down for approximately six weeks where we may call as many as 60 witnesses. The SPCA's lawyers asked for the trial to be set for the Fall of 2010.