McCanns application to have Supreme Court judgement annulled dismissed.

[G-Unit]

I think Ye Olde Currant Bun just has.

So it has. Where's Ms Kandohla gone I wonder?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3149599/madeleine-mccann-parents-kate-gerry-lose-libel-case-goncalo-amaral-maddie-book/amp

[Alice Purjorick]

You really should let go of the straw. It's over.

It is worse than the aftermath of an evening bridge rubber!. It's not over until the pointless post mortem the following morning when each player has said something like "Why the "ordinary" did you lay that ten of hearts you should have laid.....................".
Or as we hayseeds would have it "had the dog not stopped running he would have caught the bunny".

p.s I have put a tenner in the ambucopter box in pennance for using the "d" word.

[stephen25000]

So it has. Where's Ms Kandohla gone I wonder?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3149599/madeleine-mccann-parents-kate-gerry-lose-libel-case-goncalo-amaral-maddie-book/amp

You mean Kate Mccann's close friend, who is not in the slightest biased ? 

[Alice Purjorick]

Well there is now a decision by the highest court in a country which is an EU Member State.
What happens next may be interesting.

[G-Unit]

Well there is now a decision by the highest court in a country which is an EU Member State.
What happens next may be interesting.

No comments by Mitchell or their 'friend' today. Speechless at last?

[Alfie]

No comments by Mitchell or their 'friend' today. Speechless at last?

No one likes a gloater, just sayin' like....

[jassi]

Us sceptics don't gloat - Oh no, but just like Gerry, we can't resist having a little smirk

[G-Unit]

No one likes a gloater, just sayin' like....

1. I was merely wondering why all the usual sources seem to have nothing to say.
2. I don't actually care about being 'liked'. I got over that years ago.

[Alice Purjorick]

At least "the right wing rag" has the neck to call it like it is:

"Madeleine McCann's parents lose third libel case to silence detective who claimed they faked their daughter's abduction"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4338616/McCanns-lose-final-court-case-silence-policeman.html
 

[Mr Gray]

Interesting point comes to mind
Up until now the McCanns opponent has been amaral
The latest complaint is to have a decision of the Portuguese SC nullified
Their opponent now is the state of Portugal
Looks like The European Court is in their sights

[stephen25000]

A reminder is needed.

The success rate of cases brought to the ECHR by UK citizens is abysmal.

[Mr Gray]

A reminder is needed.

The success rate of cases brought to the ECHR by UK citizens is abysmal.

Depends on the strength of the case

[Mr Gray]

It may well be the McCanns knew the request for an anulment would not be successful but was necessary to ensure that an appeal to Europe succeeded

[stephen25000]

It seems the Mccanns are quite happy to use donated money from other people.

Now if they try to go to the ECHR, it's about time they used money they earned themselves.

Not from donations, magazines, interviews, serialization rights, or the book.

Just from their salaries, as other people have to do (and I doubt they would get legal aid either).

[stephen25000]

Another reminder.

An appeal to the ECHR has to be accepted, and it has to be precisely drawn up.

Now, taking Portugal to the court, when they have had every opportunity to do so there, stands as a  waste of time.

If their case had been more professionally constructed, then they might have succeeded. However, from the initial witness reports, before the first judge, the 'preparation' was extremely amateurish and lacking substance.