Supreme Court rules against the McCanns in damages case.

[Brietta]

Good money after bad but hey, they've got to be seen to be doing something !

They are entitled to do something ... big difference.     Good luck to them with it.

[faithlilly]

They are entitled to do something ... big difference.     Good luck to them with it.

Absolutely though from what I can see they have very little chance of success and will only generate more negative headlines in the press.

[Brietta]

Absolutely though from what I can see they have very little chance of success and will only generate more negative headlines in the press.

The arrogance displayed by the appeal court judges in the comments made in their judgement justifying their decision and the thought processes they used to reach it has given the McCanns a myriad of causes for complaint.

If they had limited their response to the terms of their lawful remit I doubt the McCanns would have had little ammunition to take it any further ... even if they had the desire to do so and there is nothing to say they would not have cut their losses at that point.

The judgement was shameful.  It remains to be seen if it can be appealed ... but even a layman can see there are plenty of grounds for argument that it should be.

[Eleanor]

I wonder if The Judges did that on purpose.

[Angelo222]

The arrogance displayed by the appeal court judges in the comments made in their judgement justifying their decision and the thought processes they used to reach it has given the McCanns a myriad of causes for complaint.

If they had limited their response to the terms of their lawful remit I doubt the McCanns would have had little ammunition to take it any further ... even if they had the desire to do so and there is nothing to say they would not have cut their losses at that point.

The judgement was shameful.  It remains to be seen if it can be appealed ... but even a layman can see there are plenty of grounds for argument that it should be.

If they had behaved more like the parents of a missing child and cooperated fully with the authorities in the first place they wouldn't be in the unenviable position they are in today.  The SC decision and their comments re innocence must be the final straw.

[Alice Purjorick]

Good money after bad but hey, they've got to be seen to be doing something !

That about sums it up.

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http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/membership/institutional-observers/portuguese-supreme-court/
"The Portuguese Supreme Court was created, by constitutional law, on September 23rd in 1822, as the highest Court of the Portuguese judicial organization. The Supreme Court has competence exclusively on legal matters on civil, criminal and law issues".[/b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Justice_(Portugal)
https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/role-of-the-supreme-court.htm

[Mr Gray]

That about sums it up.

l

http://www.europeanlawinstitute.eu/membership/institutional-observers/portuguese-supreme-court/
"The Portuguese Supreme Court was created, by constitutional law, on September 23rd in 1822, as the highest Court of the Portuguese judicial organization. The Supreme Court has competence exclusively on legal matters on civil, criminal and law issues".[/b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Justice_(Portugal)
https://www.supremecourt.uk/about/role-of-the-supreme-court.htm

According to the article they can lodge a complaint which the are doing
It seems the decision is not final

[Angelo222]

According to the article they can lodge a complaint which the are doing
It seems the decision is not final

Oh its final, the penny just hasn't dropped yet.  There is no higher authority in Portugal.

[Alfie]

If they had behaved more like the parents of a missing child and cooperated fully with the authorities in the first place they wouldn't be in the unenviable position they are in today.  The SC decision and their comments re innocence must be the final straw.

Please stop writing nonsense.  Nothing would have stopped Amaral cashing in on the case at the expense of the McCanns' reputation and Madeleine's right to be considered alive and findable and you know it.

[stephen25000]

According to the article they can lodge a complaint which the are doing
It seems the decision is not final

You assume an appeal would be accepted.

It wasn't last time.

[faithlilly]

The arrogance displayed by the appeal court judges in the comments made in their judgement justifying their decision and the thought processes they used to reach it has given the McCanns a myriad of causes for complaint.

If they had limited their response to the terms of their lawful remit I doubt the McCanns would have had little ammunition to take it any further ... even if they had the desire to do so and there is nothing to say they would not have cut their losses at that point.

The judgement was shameful.  It remains to be seen if it can be appealed ... but even a layman can see there are plenty of grounds for argument that it should be.

Not really interested in your opinion Brietta. The SC, who know about these things, have given their verdict. Even if the article is true I very much doubt the McCanns will have any success.

For my tuppenceworth I don't think the claim is true and Duarte has been silenced because she wasn't willing to play ball.

[Alfie]

I reckon the McCanns have yet to play their ace....

[stephen25000]

I reckon the McCanns have yet to play their ace....

 is that Correia ?

[Alfie]

is that Correia ?

LOL, no. 

[stephen25000]

LOL, no.

Well, I'll be interested to see that is.

We've heard for years that Amaral had one, and I didn't believe that either.

If they try to use May the 3 rd, as their ace in the hole, it will backfire.

Likewise, I would imagine the Portuguese judiciary have no time for the Mccann's appeals. As i said earlier, the judgement from the Supreme Court, contained nothing really different, from the original shelving of the case, which I read, and was quite clear cut.