You can sue in one's own country about anything but enforcing it in another, that's another story altogether.
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Register Today on DNForum IT'S FREE!Recent case in which UK High Court has ruled that person may sue
the NYT in the UK High Court for alleged libel published on US website.
This will mean that of your website has anything defamatory about some
one based in the UK they could well sue your arse and the costs of
defending it would likely far outweigh the damages;
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2008/3135.html
I think this will have big impact on some forums and websites in
USA, what do ya reckon. ? In fact I may well think of suing Google
now for material they hold that took me 10 years to sue someone
about.
DG
You can sue in one's own country about anything but enforcing it in another, that's another story altogether.
Yes. There are reciprocal agreements in place already and I can sue in the UK
if the UK Courts accepts the UK is correct Forum, and then with the Judgment
I can register it with US Courts and enforce it by issuing winding up proceedings or bankruptcy.
I have done that ,and have sued Malaysian companies in UK and enforced
the judgements in Malaysia and squeezed them will they paid.
DG
"squeezed until they paid" (and they did pay believe me) should read.
Last edited by domaingenius; 12-19-2008 at 01:24 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Good luck to them enforcing the judgment in New York. New York prohibits enforcements of foreign libel judgments.
http://randazza.wordpress.com/2008/0...lated_content/
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S06687&sh=t
And with any luck, such protection will be federal.
http://www.thomas.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.5814:
Yes, good point. It isn't as if the NYT doesn't have assets all over the place.
Of course, the plaintiff has to win in order for there to be a judgment. However, with the UK's absolutely absurd defamation laws the plaintiff is at a great advantage there.
Sometimes I wonder whether we made the right move breaking away from the UK, as it would be nice to have a financial system based upon something better than smoke and mirrors -- when I think about free speech issues, I'm happy that we threw that tea in the harbor.
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