Comments on: Play Now, My Lawyer!

By: Muckbeast

Muckbeast — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:53:26 +0000

Wow. Evony is taking marketing sleaze to an epic level.

By: Tremayne

Tremayne — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:57:40 +0000

JuJutsu – spot on. Truth is an absolute defence against libel cases. However… establishing that what you have said is true in a court of law tends to take a lot of expensive lawyer-hours to do.
You can’t get legal aid (state financial assistance) in England to defend against a libel suit, which means that the rich can silence critics by threatening them with a libel suit – even if the person making the allegations would win in a court case, they can’t afford to do so. Unless, of course, they save on costs by representing themselves and then get panned by the professionals arrayed against them (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mclibel )

By: JuJutsu

JuJutsu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:58:43 +0000

I always assumed that if it was true it wasn’t libel.

By: wufiavelli

wufiavelli — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:30 +0000

They could have a case. It is very easy to sue for destroying character in England. Might be why they choose to go after british newspapers.

By: Viz

Viz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:04:43 +0000

I don’t know man, I think they’re getting the better half of the deal.

By: IainC

IainC — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:28:33 +0000

We send them convicts, they send back soap operas. It’s an equitable arrangement.

By: EpicSquirt

EpicSquirt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:08:22 +0000

Ah… Commonwealth… Medieval times…

By: Joshua Meadows

Joshua Meadows — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:06:24 +0000

@Scott, that’s that whole silly Commonwealth thing at fault. Queen’s own and all, tot tot, oi, etc. I keep telling them to secede but nobody listens to the weird American ranting on the corner of the street. My chance at starting an international incident is looking grim.

By: Arkenor

Arkenor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:38:51 +0000

I reckoned the reason they were using the Australian courts was because they figured Bruce must live there.

By: Arkenor

Arkenor — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:37:28 +0000

Careful, Joshua. I may end up having to take you up on that.