Gonçalo Amaral confirms he will appeal the damages decision to higher Court.

[sadie]

So you really think many people support the mccanns. &%&£(+ &%&£(+ &%&£(+

Everyone that I know, bar one, supports The Mccanns.... even if not actively like some of us.

They all think the peeps on your side are dreadful to be brutally honest.

[stephen25000]

Everyone that I know, bar one, supports The Mccanns.... even if not actively like some of us.

They all think the peeps on your side are dreadful to be brutally honest.

Well I can say sadie, that I have met only one person who supports themccanns, either through friends,family or work contacts.

and the one that does thinks Blair is a socialist. 

[Brietta]

Everybody's' contribution is only guesswork or opinion, unless, of course, you have inside information.

Don't know about everyone's contribution being only guesswork ... there have been some very well informed posts from erudite posters scattered throughout the threads of this forum ... no doubt you missed them in your search for amusement.

In the interim the suitability of any thoughts about the progression or not of Mr Amaral's appeal will be decided on this thread by the mods ... not by you or your opinions of other posters.

[jassi]

My lips are sealed - until the next time   

[ferryman]

I'd agree that the amount seems huge by PT standards, but so were Amaral's earnings. From what could be legally established, he earned €382k in around two years. Is that not an above average income for most Portuguese? Strangely, that fact isn't often mentioned, either.

Re: The judge did not agree, however, that the book had hindered the search for Madeleine


I accept that as a loose formulation, but the issue (IMO) is not that she disagreed, but there as no supporting evidence to the contrary.

I prefer made to earned.

A crucial semantic difference, I think.

Does Amaral have a lawyer lined up to spearhead his appeal?

ETA: Could Amaral, for example, challenge the size of the award without challenging the basis of the ruling?

[ferryman]

Jumping the gun a bit, perhaps.

Amaral has the right to appeal. 

Whether he has the ability to appeal remains to be seen.

He will need to establish grounds for appeal.  And find a lawyer willing and able to take the case.

Time will tell.

Those are my question-marks as well ...

[ferryman]

Gonçalo Amaral already has a lawyer.

Who?

The last (in a long line) of lawyers he didn't sack from proceedings just concluded?

[Mr Gray]

Amaral has been granted leave to appeal...he has not been granted an appeal yet

[Alice Purjorick]

a smart person has

Who was that then?

[Alfred R Jones]

While having an interest in the topic, I am also  here to entertain myself by reading the stupidity of some of the posts on here .  Do you object ?

Not at all, that's why I'm here too.  However, if no one bothered to comment on the various threads about the case, including this one, then there would be very little material with which to entertain oneself, agreed?

[Alice Purjorick]

If you believe that being ordered to pay 500,000 euros in damages is a similar result as receiving a payment of 500,000 euros in damages (un unprecedentedly huge sum in Portgugal apparently) then you truly have jumped the shark.

I don't think I couched it in those terms. You have done though which is FA to do with what I posted. As usual.

[Alfred R Jones]

I don't think I couched it in those terms. You have done though which is FA to do with what I posted. As usual.

This was the term in which you couched the court verdict:

 

I would have thought it more like a score draw

Soooo, if you're not saying that  being ordered to pay 500,000 euros in damages is a similar result (in terms of success vs failure) as receiving a payment of 500,000 euros in damages then what ARE you saying?

[Alice Purjorick]

This was the term in which you couched the court verdict:

 
Soooo, if you're not saying that  being ordered to pay 500,000 euros in damages is a similar result (in terms of success vs failure) as receiving a payment of 500,000 euros in damages then what ARE you saying?

Try to express it in terms of the objectives of the writ. Which objectives were achieved and which were not?

[Alfred R Jones]

Try to express it in terms of the objectives of the writ. Which objectives were achieved and which were not?

Amaral's objective was to walk away from court with his finances intact, and his career as a media McCann-basher restored, thoroughly vindicated.  None of these things occurred.  The McCanns' objective was to make Amaral pay for the suffering and hurt he inflicted on their family, and to get the book and the DVD withdrawn permanently.  All of these things came to pass.  The McCanns were awarded the largest ever damages payout awarded against a Portuguese citizen.  I'd call that 3-nil to Team McCann in the Champion's League Final. 

[stephen25000]

This was the term in which you couched the court verdict:

 
Soooo, if you're not saying that  being ordered to pay 500,000 euros in damages is a similar result (in terms of success vs failure) as receiving a payment of 500,000 euros in damages then what ARE you saying?

They haven't got a penny.

They do however have legal expenses, which will continue to mount.