On 2004-07-21 09:32:39 +0100 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
This interpretation of TV broadcast was only dreamed in the mind of a
bunch of
would be lawyers here, who didn't even bother to really read the QPL,
and
didn't even bother to ask a real lawyer, or even a juridic student or
something, about the thing.
Are you sure about this? As far as I can tell, a notice published in a
newspaper is regarded as "effective notification" if it meets some
standards. These are commonly used for public notices about product
defects and are even required for certain types of government notice.
Most commonly, consultation notices, as in s39 of [2001] EWHC Admin
310 http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2001/310.html
I'm not sure any of us have said that this would stick in court, but
some of us are worried because of the acceptance of things like
broadcast notices in newspapers in many other fields. Trying to pin
down exactly what the law is here is difficult, as I don't have many
legal texts and there's no law library to find more. I suspect this is
uncontroversial, as I can't find recent cases directly discussing it.
Unfortunately, it's not common enough to feature in web-based law
explanations, as far as I can tell.
And, i repeat, i will _NOT_ go upstream with bullshit and laughable
requests
who have no legal founding, this is the most sure way to shot myself
in the
foot and break years of good relationship with upstream.
I think it was right out of order for the lawyer you asked just to
laugh at you and apparently not give any pointers that you could use
to explain it. If that is the environment in which you usually live,
maybe that is why you seem so abrasive on this list and don't give
many helpful explanations.
If you value your friendship with upstream so much, maybe that is
colouring your view, too. I'm not saying that friendship is a bad
thing, but you should be aware of it.
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