Former Portuguese detective Gonçalo Amaral wins appeal in damages trial.

[G-Unit]

Wasn't the book banned at a previous hearing

The McCanns got it banned, overturned on Appeal, Supreme Court upheld the appeal.

[Mr Gray]

Wasn't that different event? Are we counting cumulative scores like with a triathlon ?

More of a decathalon

[jassi]

Oh I do hope not

[Mr Gray]

So cumulative scores of no importance
It's the final event that counts

[jassi]

So cumulative scores of no importance
It's the final event that counts

Absolutely, but it gives the bookies something to work with when setting the odds.

It's all a bit of a gamble when you resort to the Law.

[Brietta]

Absolutely, but it gives the bookies something to work with when setting the odds.

It's all a bit of a gamble when you resort to the Law.

Probably one of the more sensible sentences on the thread.

[G-Unit]

Absolutely, but it gives the bookies something to work with when setting the odds.

It's all a bit of a gamble when you resort to the Law.

The McCanns did well against the UK newspapers. They paid up without a court battle. I think they expected Amaral to do the same;

It is not often the accusers ask to negotiate before a trial, but in this case it was so. TVmais found that, on the eve of Gonçalo Amaral's trial, the McCann couple's lawyers proposed a meeting in order to reach an extrajudicial settlement [out of court].
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id426.html

This time they had to go the whole way, Amaral being as determined as they were.

[jassi]

Did the Tapas 7 get to court, or was theirs an out of court settlement as well?

[Mr Gray]

The McCanns did well against the UK newspapers. They paid up without a court battle. I think they expected Amaral to do the same;

It is not often the accusers ask to negotiate before a trial, but in this case it was so. TVmais found that, on the eve of Gonçalo Amaral's trial, the McCann couple's lawyers proposed a meeting in order to reach an extrajudicial settlement [out of court].
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id426.html

This time they had to go the whole way, Amaral being as determined as they were.

it is quite normal for the accusers to seek an out of court settlement

[ChloeR]

The McCanns did well against the UK newspapers. They paid up without a court battle. I think they expected Amaral to do the same;

It is not often the accusers ask to negotiate before a trial, but in this case it was so. TVmais found that, on the eve of Gonçalo Amaral's trial, the McCann couple's lawyers proposed a meeting in order to reach an extrajudicial settlement [out of court].
http://www.mccannfiles.com/id426.html

This time they had to go the whole way, Amaral being as determined as they were.

However, its not about money, or so we are told? 

[Mr Gray]

However, its not about money, or so we are told? 

The money is not important to the mccanns

[jassi]

The money is not important to the mccanns

It will be if they lose .  They won't be eager to pay out umpteen thousand in costs.

[G-Unit]

Did the Tapas 7 get to court, or was theirs an out of court settlement as well?

Settled just before the case began, I think.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id171.html

[jassi]

Settled just before the case began, I think.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id171.html

Oh yes, and then  just posed on some courthouse steps for effect.

[Mr Gray]

It will be if they lose .  They won't be eager to pay out umpteen thousand in costs.

The Portuguese court order would have to be enforced by a uk court..would the McCanns challenge the award in the uk and would the uk court enforce it
Who knows