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    @slayer wrote:

    To be pedantic, it may be only a chat site but it IS real, particularly in law and should anyone ever take an exceptionally defammatory remark and consider it libellous and seek comensation via a court then it indeed would be very very real- just as PB knows

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/story/0,,1737445,00.html

    returns the favour ;) ^^^^^
    what he said :lol:

    #310006

    Slayer’s post is absolutely correct – as far as it goes anyway.

    It is a basic principle of litigation that you don’t sue somebody unless you can be pretty certain that they have the means to pay if you win.

    Suing for libel is notoriously difficult and any award is only made to compensate the Plaintiff for damage they have sustained as a result of the complained of words. so the start point is that you have to prove that your hitherto good reputation has been materially damaged and that as a result you have suffered quantifiable loss. not an easy Hill to climb.

    A typical defence to an action for damages arising from a libel, is ”justification” (i.e. that the words complained of were true – or at least largely so). So, to win an action, you have to prove that the actual words used (or the meaning that any reasonable person would construe from them) were utterly untrue. Again sometimes not an easy hill to climb, particularly as there is often a grain of truth in an insult.

    Finally, site owners seem to be, at present, not responsible for the content posted onto their site PROVIDED that it isn’t pre-moderated (i.e. checked out and approved by the site owner BEFORE being posted and viewable). The example given was the BBC.

    However, the law in this area is constantly developing, so watch this space.

    #310007

    :lol:

    PB- I wasn’t suggesting you were personally libel as host of this site more that you are an ingtelligent and also legally aware PB who also knows that some comments on here could occasionally be construed as libellous

    The reason for not persuing them is indeed mainly down to cost and probability of success

    However at some point, someone somewhere will indeed do that and we will all suddenly be in a pinky and fluffy PC friendly JC

    Now wouldnt that be dull :lol: :lol:

    #310008

    @slayer wrote:

    :lol:

    The reason for not persuing them is indeed mainly down to cost and probability of success

    …..AND being called a saddo, I mean who seriously considers suing someone over a couple of poxy comments made on a chat board??? Isnt it easier to just switch the fooking pc off?

    #310009

    Im suing pebs now for telling me to turn me f00king oc off :evil:

    or you could pay me in kind
    8)

    #310010

    @sunny wrote:

    Im suing pebs now for telling me to turn me f00king oc off :evil:

    or you could pay me in kind
    8)

    Well i dont like the O.C. either Sunny, so i can see where she coming from, terrible american tv show.

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