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[Robittybob1]

What kind of person would give this reader’s comment a red arrow?

“A brave thing to do given all the negative press this family get, none of us can imagine your pain but we can share your hope that one day Maddie will be found”..

1400 people saw fit to do so.  Sickos.

Is that a dislike indication?

[sadie]

What kind of person would give this reader’s comment a red arrow?

“A brave thing to do given all the negative press this family get, none of us can imagine your pain but we can share your hope that one day Maddie will be found”..

1400 people saw fit to do so.  Sickos.

Depraved.

[Robittybob1]

This article is all over the place https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6178661/Public-fund-Madeline-McCann-WIPED-upcoming-court-case.html

"Public fund to find Madeline McCann could be WIPED OUT if Kate and Gerry are forced to pay £750,000 to detective who claimed they covered up her death in upcoming court case"

I'm wondering about the order of the court cases.  Will the McCanns only pay if they lose the case to the ECHR? or before?

[G-Unit]

This article is all over the place https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6178661/Public-fund-Madeline-McCann-WIPED-upcoming-court-case.html

"Public fund to find Madeline McCann could be WIPED OUT if Kate and Gerry are forced to pay £750,000 to detective who claimed they covered up her death in upcoming court case"

I'm wondering about the order of the court cases.  Will the McCanns only pay if they lose the case to the ECHR? or before?

The article is rubbish. The McCanns will not 'face Amaral in the European Court'. Losing the case won't mean they have to pay anything. As far as we know Amaral has made no move to sue them. He may well have applied for his costs in the libel trial and for compensation for having his assets frozen for years. The Fund may well pay the bill, but is under no legal obligation to do so.

[jassi]

The article is rubbish. The McCanns will not 'face Amaral in the European Court'. Losing the case won't mean they have to pay anything. As far as we know Amaral has made no move to sue them. He may well have applied for his costs in the libel trial and for compensation for having his assets frozen for years. The Fund may well pay the bill, but is under no legal obligation to do so.

It most certainly a load of misleading rubbish, pitched to display the McCanns in victim mode.

I haven't seen anything to suggest that the case will be heard in a few weeks - has anyone ?

The usual load of unsympathetic comments follow

[Sunny]

The article is rubbish. The McCanns will not 'face Amaral in the European Court'. Losing the case won't mean they have to pay anything. As far as we know Amaral has made no move to sue them. He may well have applied for his costs in the libel trial and for compensation for having his assets frozen for years. The Fund may well pay the bill, but is under no legal obligation to do so.

The McCanns have used the fund to sue Goncalo Amaral but is it the fund or the McCanns themselves that are liable for any court costs awarded by the court?

Does anyone know.

[jassi]

The McCanns have used the fund to sue Goncalo Amaral but is it the fund or the McCanns themselves that are liable for any court costs awarded by the court?

Does anyone know.

I think technically, it falls on their shoulders, but as they effectively control the Fund, they seem able to spend it how they like.

Had they not had the Fund behind them, I suspect they would not have entered into the fray with Amaral

[Sunny]

I think technically, it falls on their shoulders, but as they effectively control the Fund, they seem able to spend it how they like.

Had they not had the Fund behind them, I suspect they would not have entered into the fray with Amaral

I think you are almost certainly correct jassi and I suppose one of the articles for the fund is to give them financial support so it would make sense to them to use it for this purpose as well as initially suing Goncalo Amaral.

[Eleanor]

Have we all forgotten about the money earned from Kate's Book?

[jassi]

Have we all forgotten about the money earned from Kate's Book?

Reputed to have gone into the Fund, so no longer her's

[Eleanor]

Reputed to have gone into the Fund, so no longer her's

True.  But Kate earned it, so has some right to decide what will happen to it, if they have to pay Amaral.

Portuguese Law remains largely a mystery to me, although I now know more about it than I ever wanted to.

[G-Unit]

I think you are almost certainly correct jassi and I suppose one of the articles for the fund is to give them financial support so it would make sense to them to use it for this purpose as well as initially suing Goncalo Amaral.

That clause was removed from the company's articles in December 2011.

It was the five members of the McCann family who sued Amaral et al. The three children's applications were unsuccessful; the judge of the first instance awarded damages only to the parents. All she awarded to the children was a share of the costs.

Any costs incurred after December 2011 are not legally the responsibility of Madeleine's Fund.

[jassi]

True.  But Kate earned it, so has some right to decide what will happen to it, if they have to pay Amaral.

Portuguese Law remains largely a mystery to me, although I now know more about it than I ever wanted to.

I fancy you might be getting carried away by tabloid nonesense in that what they need to pay are legal expenses, not damages.

[Sunny]

That clause was removed from the company's articles in December 2011.

It was the five members of the McCann family who sued Amaral et al. The three children's applications were unsuccessful; the judge of the first instance awarded damages only to the parents. All she awarded to the children was a share of the costs.

Any costs incurred after December 2011 are not legally the responsibility of Madeleine's Fund.

No it is there. I thought it must be as I wasn't here in 2011.

[Mr Gray]

That clause was removed from the company's articles in December 2011.

It was the five members of the McCann family who sued Amaral et al. The three children's applications were unsuccessful; the judge of the first instance awarded damages only to the parents. All she awarded to the children was a share of the costs.

Any costs incurred after December 2011 are not legally the responsibility of Madeleine's Fund.

I would say it depends on the date the action was started...any action started before that date is the responsibility of the fund