British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh

Will it be an open gallery? And where is it planned to be held?
I'd love to come along.

Thnx
;)
 
Brace yourselves and prepare for the courts finding Simon Singh..."Guilty"!

Long Live Chiropractic!

"The Power That Made The Body Heals The Body"!
 
Darat said:
The "I confidently assert that chiropractic is a valid health discipline " posts have been moved to http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137298.
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Several more posts moved to the thread linked above. This thread is for discussion of the Simon Singh case. The "I confidently assert..." thread is for discussion of chiropracty in general and it's relationship with other types of medicine.
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Could any British people fill me in on something.

Is there any body higher then the High Court in the UK? Or is the High Court the pinnacle?
 
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Wildy said:
Could any Poms fill me in on something.

The High Court isn't your court of last resort right?
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No, there's the Court of Appeal, and ultimately the House of Lords, above that.

In Australia, you have Supreme Courts for each state, and can then appeal to the High Court of Australia. Must be something to do with being upside down. :p
 
Update from the facebook group:

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Subject: This Thursday: Preliminary Hearing Commences at the English High Court

Hi all,

The preliminary hearing for the libel case brought against Simon Singh by the British Chiropractic Association will be heard at the English High Court on Thursday. It may last up to two days.

As this is a preliminary hearing there will not be any examination or cross-examination of evidence. There will be no experts.

Instead the preliminary hearing will, as its name suggests, deal with certain preliminary issues:

- can the BCA actually show that they have been defamed?
- were the passages complained of in the original article "comment" or a statement of "fact"? Or both?
- what did the passages mean?

On the first point, if the court does not accept the BCA has an appropriate "reputation" or, even if it has, its reputation has not been defamed, then the case can be struck out straight away. If so, the BCA here will not have even got to first base.

On the next two points, the court's rulings will determine whether Simon Singh has to run a "fair comment" or "justification" defence - or both. See: http://www.facebook.com/l/88444;htt...09/03/bca-v-singh-first-court-hearing-is.html

It is unlikely that the court will make its judgment this week, but it should be due well within a month. The main hearing, if it still goes ahead, will likely be after September 2009.
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