Peter Jansen calls it off, citing that the woman he

was suing needs the opportunity to continue her treatment. I gather he is also saying that that he was unaware that Jax was an ACC client. But of course he knew all these things when he began his litigation, it was all contained in the thread from which his complaints of defamation arose. And even if by some remarkable situation he was in the dark about Jax's situation he certainly knew when the story broke publicly, particularly when the Minister became involved.

Peter Jansen has an awkward, damaging touch. The 'pathways' programme he helped initiate to expediate treatment for ACC clients isn't universally lauded, in some quarters it is down right rejection as being a cost cutting exercise that created greater problems than its worth. His act, of what could be described as revengeful litigation, also held that clumsy touch. His withdrawal from that particular episode was again superficial, misleading - suddenly compassionate but citing excuses that don't weigh as credible or true.

Peter Jansen's pathway is more real than the prose he used to sell the original idea, Peter's pathway is in fact real and he walks that pathway now, alone, watched silently for his false steps and spiteful anger against those to whom he has betrayed himself.