Libel and defamation of character (24)

If it has please pm me or tell us all about it please, if you dont mind sharing it.

Does anyone know a good libel lawyer? Someone kink friendly preferably but not essential.

Edited Fri 26 Aug 11, 10:15 AM by MadamRattan

SinPar

-- The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern, and like vampires they suck our life's blood. (Bette Davis)

these are historicly important in the context of any action you may or may not make,

going the legal route could cost you a bloody fortune

however there are steps you can take via the courts by makeing your own applications to the courts for effectivly a gagging order,,

i use the word gagging ill adviserly because i can't recall the correct names proceedures but this is something you can do yourself but takes research

Please excuse crap spelling cause i,m rubbish

Carter-Ruck is probably the best libel specialist firm in the UK:

http://www.carter-ruck.com/Home/

They sometimes take up cases on a no-win, no-fee basis if they are strong enough.

Guy

Tawsingham, where everyone can be whomsoever they want to be @Tawsingham_Feudal guy@tawse.com PO Box 135, Hereford, HR2 7WL, UK +44(0)1432 343100

I think you might be talking about an injunction. They can be effective in some contexts. But civil action can get expensive remarkably quickly.

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." H. L. Mencken

Feel free to ask or PM if you wish although I imagine there are people better able to advice.

I dont want to go into the wording but if he/she had called us a couple of tossers it would not have been so bad!! it was much worse than that, some true and some untrue. As someone has pointed out, its how the wording is taken by the 'general public' and with what they called us they would probably be reverting to the dictionary, and what made it worse was they named the company and therefore brought it into disrepute.

and yes i think police first

but and dare i say

( please dont think im being ( overly serious )because i don't know what kind of lawyer it is but

ScotchMystry,,,, YAY !! he's a lawyer

Please excuse crap spelling cause i,m rubbish

Speaking as a Law grad who has done a fair bit of research in this area:

Unless you have a serious pot of funds available then defamation is often unwise to pursue; it is one of the most expensive forms of private law and even if you obtain damages they're usually minimal and costs are rarely completely recovered.

Backlash has given good advice when suggesting approaching the police first if the circumstances are appropriate and constitute harassment. There is also the added benefit that police reports, etc, could be used to back up your claim if you did decide to pursue and action for damages or an injunction.

Context is everything and there is not much info here to work with... one thing to consider is where these statements against you are being made. If online or in a paper of some sort contacting the moderator/editor may be of use if they have a policy to remove/block offensive/libelous statements.

Best of luck!

http://www.libelreform.org/the-report?start=4

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