On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Erik Max Francis wrote: > Mike Schilling wrote: > > > If I were to write, say, that Tony Blair's tax policy will lead to higher > > deficits, I could be convicted of libel? Even if that's true, it's not a > > priori provable. > > I think what he was getting at is that, unlike many jurisdictions, writing > something factually true is _not_ in and of itself a defense against a libel > suit in the UK. >
It is. However, the onus is on the defendant to show that it's true, rather than on the claimant to show that it's false. I assume the "he" refers to Brandon? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] A problem that's all in your head is still a problem. Brain damage is but one form of mind damage. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
