Civil libel laws in Portugal vs England. Some clarity?

[Carana]

All very complex. Lets hope the judge understands it.

Poor judge...

[Anna]

How can this be a libel case?...
8th july 2014



There's no more questions and the Judge is about to dismiss the plaintiff when Gerry McCann claims that he has something to say.

The judge - says that in a civil trial the parties aren't allowed to spontaneous depositions. But she allows him: please do speak!

GMC - says that he wants to make a comment about the dogs; he wants to make it clear that it is not a fact that they detected blood...

The judge interrupts him - The issue here isn't not to elucidate what actually happened. The perspective, in this trial, is to determine whether the book and the documentary affected the plaintiffs.

GMC - But the book mentions facts that aren't true.

The judge - The point isn't to establish whether things are true or not, this is not the issue. We want to know whether we are in the juridical remit of offence to persons. For this it's not necessary to know what the truth is. As a judge I'm not supposed to stand in for a criminal investigation.

And so it ended.

http://www.mccannfiles.com/id232.html

[Mr Gray]

All very complex. Lets hope the judge understands it.

when the judge rules in the McCanns favour then posters cansay the judge didn't understand the law

[stephen25000]

when the judge rules in the McCanns favour then posters cansay the judge didn't understand the law

You should have said when the mccanns lose the case. %£&)**# %£&)**# %£&)**#

[Mr Gray]

You should have said when the mccanns lose the case. %£&)**# %£&)**# %£&)**#

oh dear Stephen...you will shortly have to accept that I am much better at analysing the evidence...

[John]

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