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bridgie boy wrote:Thanks for the interesting post Erik. Without getting too technical, the onus in the UK is on the defendant to prove their allegations are true, rather than on the 'victim' to prove they're untrue, which makes things far trickier.

Yeah, that's what I'd heard and was referring to as "wacky," especially in light of the fact that so much of the U.S. legal code (including the basic precept of "innocent until proven guilty") derives from English common law.

The funny thing is, despite the UK libel laws you all have some of the worst tabloids in the world - they just do it with rumor, like the recent sex-scandal-by-way-of-innuendo about the prince of Wales. "While this newspaper can't say who allegedly did what or supposedly to whom, we can assure our readers of the appalling nature of the supposed crimes this alleged twisted sex perpetrator inflicted their sicko kinky vile disgusting habits (allegedly) on. For more of the shocking and lurid non-details, see the special fold-out section on pages 19-27."

I've come over from ESB.......took me ages to find a good site where I can talk British boxing!!!

Eric the Viking wrote:

bridgie boy wrote:Thanks for the interesting post Erik. Without getting too technical, the onus in the UK is on the defendant to prove their allegations are true, rather than on the 'victim' to prove they're untrue, which makes things far trickier.

Yeah, that's what I'd heard and was referring to as "wacky," especially in light of the fact that so much of the U.S. legal code (including the basic precept of "innocent until proven guilty") derives from English common law.

The funny thing is, despite the UK libel laws you all have some of the worst tabloids in the world - they just do it with rumor, like the recent sex-scandal-by-way-of-innuendo about the prince of Wales. "While this newspaper can't say who allegedly did what or supposedly to whom, we can assure our readers of the appalling nature of the supposed crimes this alleged twisted sex perpetrator inflicted their sicko kinky vile disgusting habits (allegedly) on. For more of the shocking and lurid non-details, see the special fold-out section on pages 19-27."

The world has gone mad!!!

An American advising British folk about potential unneccessary litigation - what next - England telling Wales how to play rugby????????????????

Hang on a minute

British tabloids always tell the truth