LEADING Liverpool council officials and others named on a controversial website about town hall dealings are preparing legal action against its author, the Daily Post can reveal.
City lawyer Mark Manley confirmed he is acting for several people who want to sue the author of the Liverpool-Evil-Cabal blog for defamation.
It is understood the group include current and former council officials and other high profile city figures named on the website, which criticised and attacked the council's former management team.
The website attracted over 80,000 visitors during July and August, but was shut down amid controversy about its contents last week.
Last night Chas Cole, who runs Summer Pops operator CMP Entertainment, confirmed he is among those who have sought legal advice after his business was discussed on the site.
He said he was prepared to sue the mystery author of the site, who wrote under the name "Tony Parrish", when he is unmasked.
Privately at least one council official believes the group now have firm evidence about who wrote the blog.
Solicitor Mr Manley, of Brabners Chaffe Street, said: "I have received a number of instructions from a number of people which led me to take appropriate steps to close down the blog, which we did.
"The highly defamatory comments published about a number of people on that site cannot go uncorrected.
"I anticipate that when our inquiries are complete the author or authors of those statements will be sued."
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