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Did they file in the UK? British libel laws are so bad that the BBC is doomed, if they did.

• jokermatt999 16y ago
  Take a look at the Simon Singh vs British Chiropractic case for a good idea of how bad it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh#Chiropractic_lawsuit_and_backlash http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Singh#Chiropractic_lawsui...
  • dhimes 16y ago
    It looks like the right team won here. I wouldn't bet on that in the US.
    • derleth 16y ago
      In the US, the suit would have been thrown out without needing a full trial.
• vessenes 16y ago
  This was my thought as well -- nobody's mentioned the Britain libel angle yet. On the other hand, who would you guess has the largest libel lawyer team and budget in Britain? Other than the Sun, I mean.
  • ZoFreX 16y ago
    I would guess Private Eye rather than the BBC.
• mhd 16y ago
  Isn't it just England, not the UK? And the amount of lawyers you can field still makes a difference, even in the UK. So I guess the ol' boys at the BBC won't be shaking in their Savile Row suits. Just a few weeks ago a reform of the libel law went one step further, although I don't know if that would apply here. As far as I remember it was mostly to prevent suing people who weren't UK residents, which certainly won't help the BBC.
  • arethuza 16y ago
    Certainly Scots law is fairly different in this area from England & Wales (e.g. we don't have the separate concepts of libel and slander).