LIBEL IS A BIT HEAVY. How BBC presenters keep out of trouble

[ScousyFogarty]

The Beeb presenters will usually mention a name, say Joe Bloggs, and then add allegedly to keep them in the clear.

That may be jokey and TIC because I am not sure allegly get you out of the brown stuff..all the time

One thing puzzles me there is a sayin about Libel "The greater the truth. the greater the Libel" (I dont get that one, any law students on mumsnet?)

Suing for Libel is a rich mans game. Nothing has changed in that area.

Private Eye get sued a lot The BBC very little. Tread carefully. as they say

I'm a barrister. I trump a solicitor

Was the solicitor on the bus?

Okay, leaving the thread now. I can't understand a ruddy word. Haven't come across Gabby before...

Are you sure he didn't actually say:

"Of coooooourse...." in a soothing tone while backing away into his waiting taxi cab?

Gabby interests me. And I though OW went to jail for entirely different reasons.

trusting from memory I may have got the Wilde thing wrong And nobodys put me right. Where are the middle class mumsnetters?

SARAH STRATTON are you posting under your real name. ? very rare bird.
Your right about Oscar. Seen the film Lord queensbury (boxing rules fames)
was involved and he got thh wilde man jailed Fry played wilde in the film

There still was criminal libel at one time. One thing, libel lawyers are the highestpaid

And sarah. change your name if its real

Lot of heat here not much LIGHT

Right we have gone to 33 posts on a serious question without nailing it.

I cant understand why people on a serious site are interested in Gaby Hayes and Gaby Roslin

your too young for the former and too old for the latter. Brm Brm

PS I thought i spotted a scouse accent in a post. Hello La, how,s your da.?

I'm a middle class MNer and I still have absolutely no idea what you're on about. But I find I don't actually care so that's okay.

Not a lawyer but I have always understood that the fact that a statement is true is not absolute defence against its publication being libellous / slanderous.

It is an abolsute defence! It's called the defence of justification.

It could be invasion of privacy or something, but it couldn't be libel if it's true. Because the definition of libel is saying stuff that's NOT true.

Of course the difficulty with libel is that (in this country anyway) the onus is on the publisher/writer to prove the truth of their statement. And that can be very difficult.

do you maybe mean it's not an absolute defence to say that you believed the statement to be true? If so, I think that is correct (not an expert though - unlike boo!)

This thread has been officially categorised as 'FULL OF SHAT'

As you were.

"I'm a barrister. I trump a solicitor"

bloody donkeys them lot.

I'd say YABU for posting this in YABU, when it isn't a YABU question! I want to read about children at weddings, fights with inlaws and unreasonable husbands

Mayor quimby I assume you are joking about the barrister bit.?

Piazza.. I dont know if you are suffering with constipation or consternation
(you certainly have a word blockage)

People who write in acronyms should go back to night school and l sack Capello as your English teacher.

we are all out of our depths at some stage Please stop reacting as though you are a toddler who has been refused a sweetie.

When I have time, I will look up the question at hand in a reputable law dictionary. Cant say fairer than that.

"The greater the truth, the greater the libel" I stuck the phrase into Mr Google. He came up withj an explanation . Its not legal, but it is interesting.

If it interests you try google. (its almost rules the world)