Thank you 
I had not seen (I probably should have made an effort to find!) Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia:Arbitration, thank you for pointing me in that direction. Regarding your comment about editors making posts with the sole purpose of discrediting other editors - it is a lot easier to be sanguine about it when it isn't happening to you! Thanks again.   
 No worries. About discrediting; mainly concerned here that this case is about the case, not about other editors. The case is important enough on its own. It might be useful to request a third opinion on Black Kite or other avenues for dispute resolution.