Excellent news. The libel case against Simon Singh has been dropped. BBC story here. (See my previous post for details.)
Most important quote is from Simon:
Dr Singh said he was hugely relieved, but expressed his annoyance that libel actions continued to be used to block what he viewed as legitimate scientific inquiry and debate.
“Other scientists, science writers, bloggers, investigative journalists, human rights activists – all get threatened with these libel suits,” he told BBC News. “And at the end of the day, the people who lose out are the general public because we don’t get to find out the real truth because these libel suits just stop good journalism.”
Very true, and there is much work to do on that aspect of the legal system, but for now, beers all around, ok?!
-cvj
Hey ML,
Yes, very interesting indeed. I hope that it helps keep the ball rolling (and maybe accelerates it) for reform of the entire system.
Cheers,
-cvj
Very interesting. It’s all the more surprising as libel laws are so plaintiff-friendly in the UK (I don’t know if I mentioned this, but I have an LLB from the University of London, and tort, which includes libel/slander was my favorite subject…). I’ll keep the BBC article in my “interesting law cases” file…
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