Many more air miles await Slipper - and the Ashby saga

By Phillip Coorey, Louise Hall
Updated October 4 2012 - 1:08pm, first published 7:35am
Mediation fails ... James Ashby outside the hearing.
Mediation fails ... James Ashby outside the hearing.

THE sexual harassment saga surrounding the Speaker, Peter Slipper, will be fought out in court after he and his accuser, James Ashby, failed to reach an agreement following a marathon mediation session at the Federal Court yesterday.