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For another case of sanity reigning supreme after an English libel law suit, there's Simon Singh's victory against the British Chiropractic Association, after a

by jschuur 14y ago

For another case of sanity reigning supreme after an English libel law suit, there's Simon Singh's victory against the British Chiropractic Association, after an article he wrote in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/apr/15/simon-singh-libel-case-dropped http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/apr/15/simon-singh-li... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/10/libel-law http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/10/libel-la... See also: http://www.libelreform.org http://www.libelreform.org

excuse-me 14y ago
That wasn't a victory - they withdrew their suit after he had spent 250,000 defending himself. And since it never went to trial, there is nothing to stop them suing him again tomorrow, or picking on a less well defended or less public figure.