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Reading the article is important here. The person that was being sued is settling (paying a 6-figure sum) and staying anonymous. They could have fought they c
by kyrra 5y ago
Reading the article is important here. The person that was being sued is settling (paying a 6-figure sum) and staying anonymous. They could have fought they case, but they apparently had enough money and were worried about being outed, that it was worth just paying and hiding.
- aardvarkr 5y agoThanks for adding the context! I'm definitely one of those people that will read comments before the article so I appreciate it.
- tremon 5y agoShould have asked for a 7-figure sum, then.
- metalliqaz 5y agomaybe they did, but then the troll would have fought the case and probably won everything is a negotiation Edit: 1 downvote today and now I can't respond
- bluGill 5y agoEven if the case turns out your way, the laywer costs to fight the case in court may be large enough that settling is better for your. It doesn't matter which side of this you are on.
- sbuk 5y agoLoser usually pays fees in UK litigation.
- alasdair_ 5y agoIt’s worth noting that in the UK the loser pays the costs (subject to various standard and maximum rates etc.)
- bluGill 5y agoThat doesn't matter - when going to court you might lose even if your case seems perfect. The rates things are subject to help to limit how bad things can get, but you still need to have some protection just in case you lose and have to pay up.
- yitchelle 5y agoBase on what evidence do you think the potential conclusion the the troll is winning the case?
- metalliqaz 5y agoI don't know, that's why I prefixed the possible scenario with "maybe"
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- pjc50 5y ago> paying a 6-figure sum I wonder where that came from.
- TheOtherHobbes 5y agoOr - something else happened. The plaintiff is a radio presenter, and it's easy to Google him. It's one thing to make a personally defamatory accusation. It's something else to launch a high profile libel trial with alleged political overtones in a very tense and scarred part of the world with recent riots. Clearly, we're not going to get the full details of this story.
- antihero 5y agoUK news sources are subject to injunctions.
- actually_a_dog 5y agoMore context on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-injunctions_in_English_l...
- kurthr 5y agoMost people don't have the 6figure sum and lawyers to get off anonymous. Scared or not they are a wealthy twitter troll.