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Authored by: Wol on Sunday, April 21 2013 @ 04:44 PM EDT |
Where is the law that says a plain statement of fact is libellous? As I
understand our law, truth is an absolute defence! (Okay, it doesn't always
succeed in court, but that doesn't affect the statute fact that it is a perfect
defence.)
I know a case has been mentioned in the past, but, when I looked it up I'm
pretty certain it was a clear case of the defendant failing to prove their
statement was true.
Our burden of proof is opposite to yours - it's up to the accused to prove they
were telling the truth. One only needs to look at the Mrs Sutcliffe vs Private
Eye to see how that can go badly wrong.
And even in Germany (that case I often mention) there was a definite stench of
malicious publication when that paper got done for publishing the truth ...
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: PJ on Sunday, April 21 2013 @ 08:58 PM EDT |
By that I mean, you might know something is true,
everyone believes it's true, but you can't prove
it in court, according to their standards.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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