Wandering Off Topic

[jassi]

Those with the backing of wealthy benefactors and a high end team of lawyers will have considerably less to fear  from injustice than your average joe in the street, I fancy.

[Robittybob1]

Those with the backing of wealthy benefactors and a high end team of lawyers will have considerably less to fear  from injustice than your average joe in the street, I fancy.

Were the McCanns something special from the start?

[jassi]

Were the McCanns something special from the start?

Depends on when you want to call start, but they certainly had top end legal advice within days, as well as the offer of funding from the likes of Branson and 'windows' Kennedy and more than usual Foreign Office input.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Those with the backing of wealthy benefactors and a high end team of lawyers will have considerably less to fear  from injustice than your average joe in the street, I fancy.

Oh well that would explain why they were victorious in their court case against Amaral then.

[slartibartfast]

Oh well that would explain why they were victorious in their court case against Amaral then.

As well as having the right backers, you need to choose your battles, especially when playing on someone else’s turf to their rules.

[jassi]

Oh well that would explain why they were victorious in their court case against Amaral then.

Their expert legal team is more expert in British law than Portuguese law, which might go some way to explaining their epic fail.

[Mr Gray]

As well as having the right backers, you need to choose your battles, especially when playing on someone else’s turf to their rules.

The McCann's had no choice other than to sue amaral ..imo..and again imo ...in any fair justice system would have won...
Amaral himself thought he might lose when he said he would go to the ECHR if necessary....it's of not do much importance now they have been virtually cleared...imo..
And will be vindicated in the ECHR...imo

[Vertigo Swirl]

Their expert legal team is more expert in British law than Portuguese law, which might go some way to explaining their epic fail.

And where would they be tried in the unlikely event that they are charged over Madeleine’s disappearance?

[slartibartfast]

And whete would they be tried in the unlikely event that they are charged over Madeleine’s disappearance?

Portugal, it’s where it happened.

[jassi]

The difference being that in the libel trial they had to prove their claims  whereas in a criminal trial, it would be for the State to prove its case.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Portugal, it’s where it happened.

Exactly, so their wealthy benefactors and expert legal team will probably count for alot less there where justice seems to operate in a weird parallel universe.

[Mr Gray]

But this time it will be on neutral ground..and...If, by some chance, the ECHR finds that Portugal has breached the McCann's human rights they will have achieved more than if they had defeated Amaral. They will have discredited not just him, but his entire country.

[slartibartfast]

But this time it will be on neutral ground..and...If, by some chance, the ECHR finds that Portugal has breached the McCann's human rights they will have achieved more than if they had defeated Amaral. They will have discredited not just him, but his entire country.

Which helps Madeleine how?

[G-Unit]

But this time it will be on neutral ground..and...If, by some chance, the ECHR finds that Portugal has breached the McCann's human rights they will have achieved more than if they had defeated Amaral. They will have discredited not just him, but his entire country.

So if it doesn't, what then? Pages of posts explaining just how wrong the ECHR judges are?

[Angelo222]

But this time it will be on neutral ground..and...If, by some chance, the ECHR finds that Portugal has breached the McCann's human rights they will have achieved more than if they had defeated Amaral. They will have discredited not just him, but his entire country.

I can't see that ever happening.  By their neglect, the McCanns brought about the situation in which their daughter mysteriously disappeared so I don't see any court upholding their human rights since they put so little value on their own daughters.