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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed
Posted by: Brian Coyle
Date/Time: 08/12/14 15:31:00

In 2009, the High Court ruled that: "When considered in the context of defamation law, therefore, communications of this kind are much more akin to slanders (this cause of action being nowadays relatively rare) than to the usual, more permanent kind of communications found in libel actions...People do not often take a 'thread' and go through it as a whole like a newspaper article. They tend to read the remarks, make their own contributions if they feel inclined, and think no more about it."
So, the chances of James and/or Ann being sued for slander are virtually nil, and as for libel, probably not unadjacent to nil.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 12:37:00 James Robinson
   Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 12:41:00 Ann Williams
      Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 13:09:00 John Connelly
         Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 14:37:00 Julian Pavey
   Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 13:19:00 Janine Jarvis
      Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 13:25:00 Janet Norman
   Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 13:20:00 Janet Norman
      Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 13:36:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
         Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 14:25:00 Susan Kelly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 14:56:00 Aubrey Crawley
      Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 14:38:00 Brian Coyle
         Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 14:50:00 Robert Fish
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 15:10:00 Peter Millman
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 15:31:00 Brian Coyle
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 16:02:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
         Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 15:25:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 16:13:00 Julian Pavey
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 16:58:00 John Connelly
         Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 17:00:00 Claire Moran
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Shrien Dewani case dismissed08/12/14 17:09:00 Susan Kelly

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