Supreme Court rules against the McCanns in damages case.

[G-Unit]

I wondering if some aren't reading about a completely different case.

People see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. This whole case has demonstrated that from the very beginning.

[xtina]

nearly ten year on ...........and what have we got

G A won the libel action ...the mccs lost ....against banning the book

millions and millions spent .............and still nothing

proof of the abduction ........still nothing

so nearly ten year on ....

G A officer in the case from the beginning ......thinks mccs are involved ....

still nothing .zilch .zero ..that maddie was abducted .....

[jassi]

A couple of months and we'll be in April - when the money runs out.
Will there be another extension or will OG have run out of the one last thing to investigate.
Will the Home Office grant these extensions indefinitely or will they finally say that's it, no more?

[Alfie]

They were granted 40% of their claim, 60% was dismissed. Not a resounding victory by any normal person's measurement.

And despite the fact that 60% of their claim was rejected, they were still awarded the largest libel payout in Portuguese history of circa £500k- if only I could have had such a failure I'd be quite happy with that.  If it had been such a failure for the McCanns why wasn't it them appealing the decision rather than Amaral?

[Alfie]

People see what they want to see and believe what they want to believe. This whole case has demonstrated that from the very beginning.

Ain't that the truth.

[Alfie]

A couple of months and we'll be in April - when the money runs out.
Will there be another extension or will OG have run out of the one last thing to investigate.
Will the Home Office grant these extensions indefinitely or will they finally say that's it, no more?

Stay tuned for another episode of "The World Turns" to find out - don't go away now!

[stephen25000]

As a reminder the McCann's initial award had no precident in Portugal's legal  history.

Ultimately, the law was enforced and abided by.

[faithlilly]

And despite the fact that 60% of their claim was rejected, they were still awarded the largest libel payout in Portuguese history of circa £500k- if only I could have had such a failure I'd be quite happy with that.  If it had been such a failure for the McCanns why wasn't it them appealing the decision rather than Amaral?

It would have looked rather greedy wouldn't it ? After all it was never about the money.

[Robittybob1]

They were granted 40% of their claim, 60% was dismissed. Not a resounding victory by any normal person's measurement.

What was he complaining about then?

[jassi]

What was he complaining about then?

He wasn't complaining, he was defending himself legally against their claims.
He would probably have done so if McCanns had only claimed a penny in damages.

[G-Unit]

And despite the fact that 60% of their claim was rejected, they were still awarded the largest libel payout in Portuguese history of circa £500k- if only I could have had such a failure I'd be quite happy with that.  If it had been such a failure for the McCanns why wasn't it them appealing the decision rather than Amaral?

I have already raised that point Alfie. Despite going for the largest payout in Portuguese history the McCanns were keen to point out that it wasn't about the money, it was about the damage to the children. The children's claims were dismissed though, and they didn't appeal on their behalf. It seems the damage to the children wasn't so important after all.

[G-Unit]

What was he complaining about then?

If you mean Amaral he appealed because the judge got it wrong. His freedom of speech was not constrained by his former employment and he was not expected to uphold the presumption of innocence because he wasn't a court official and they weren't suspects. 

You may be confusing him with the McCanns; they have complained ad nauseum.

[Erngath]

What an extraordinary post.

It appears that you misunderstand that Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday in Portugal and the Portuguese authorities gave up on her to quote you, “Since the day the child went missing”. 

Putting the seal on that when her case was archived in July 2008.
Meaning that after just more than a year from the date of her disappearance she was written off when her case was to all effect and purposes ~ closed.

An action surely unprecedented in the case of a missing child in any civilised society in the world.  One in total abrogation of the rights of the child.
Amaral didn’t need … to quote you again … “VICTORY FOR JUSTICE FOR AMARAL”.  The justice should have been for Madeleine.

Amaral didn’t need to write his exploitative book … but the McCanns did have to continue searching for their daughter … no one else was! and Amaral's book exploiting her wasn't helping.

How can you possibly suggest the McCanns can “move on”?  Their daughter is missing!  Or are you also one of those who make the comparison to a missing pussy cat?

Game set and match for those who delight in the victory of a man whose incompetence may have fatally compromised an investigation into a missing child, which his sacking from the case was too little too late to prevent.

The failed action which was taken on behalf of Madeleine McCann is not the end of it by a long chalk.  Which is something those who have written her off as dead without one iota of proof to back up Amaral’s opinion … would never ever hope to understand.

   Excellent  post Brietta

[barrier]

And despite the fact that 60% of their claim was rejected, they were still awarded the largest libel payout in Portuguese history of circa £500k- if only I could have had such a failure I'd be quite happy with that.  If it had been such a failure for the McCanns why wasn't it them appealing the decision rather than Amaral?

Remind the reader again just how much of this award was actually paid?

[Alfie]

I have already raised that point Alfie. Despite going for the largest payout in Portuguese history the McCanns were keen to point out that it wasn't about the money, it was about the damage to the children. The children's claims were dismissed though, and they didn't appeal on their behalf. It seems the damage to the children wasn't so important after all.

I'm sorry you seem to be shifting the goalposts - I was responding to a post that claimed the initial court judgment was a failure for the McCanns, clearly it was not unless £500k damages awarded can be deemed a failure.  Appealing for more on top of the largest payout in Portuguese history would indeed have looked somewhat money-grabbing and ungracious.