Were the media wrong to settle defamation actions out of court?

[Brietta]

The devil is usually in the detail. Paper states a number of facts about something, one is incorrect, someone sues based on the incorrect fact and succeeds. It is assumed by the man on the street that all the facts are incorrect.

The devil is in the detail of most things pertaining to the law and libel which in my opinion behoves internet posters to have a care when second guessing due process in Portugal.

There may not have been sufficient evidence to charge 'prime suspects' but in my opinion there was a surfeit of evidence to prove libel ... do not forget the very real offence of libel by innuendo, I doubt Sally Bercow ever will again.

[slartibartfast]

The devil is in the detail of most things pertaining to the law and libel which in my opinion behoves internet posters to have a care when second guessing due process in Portugal.

There may not have been sufficient evidence to charge 'prime suspects' but in my opinion there was a surfeit of evidence to prove libel ... do not forget the very real offence of libel by innuendo, I doubt Sally Bercow ever will again.

I ain’t your Grandma and I know how to suck eggs.

[Erngath]

I ain’t your Grandma and I know how to suck eggs.

It comes as no surprise that you are not Brietta's Grandma but it is a surprise that you know how to suck eggs.
Something I have never tried.

[Robittybob1]

How to suck eggs taught by grandmother.  https://youtu.be/WiuW_XGU-jY
I think she blew the egg rather than sucked it.