Bernera groups face financial ruin from legal costs
A second Bernera community organisation is facing financial ruin due to the activities of Claire Kellerman, an American woman who has been involved in multiple altercations with businesses on Lewis, mainly over rights of access for her dog.
As previously revealed by the Gazette, Ms Kellerman’s action was originally directed against Bernera Community Development Trust, a small charity which has nothing to do with the community café which was at the centre of Ms Kellerman’s complaint about her dog not being admitted.
The Development Trust ran up legal costs of over £7000 before Kellerman’s agents admitted in court that the action was directed against the wrong organisation. At that point, it was amended in order to sue Bernera Community Association, which runs the café on a voluntary basis, for £10,000.
The Association, which provides many community services on Bernera, confirmed this week that it faces potential bankruptcy if legal costs continue to mount. Already, normal fund-raising efforts are being diverted into legal fees to contest Ms Kellerman’s action.
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