FlyingGoose
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Sorry your lordship I will ask permission before I cross swords with you again
Fire in the night
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FlyingGoose
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Actually the high court found that in 2010 that social media site, as such shall be counted as slander due to the nature of the postings and the groups that can see it , case law does not prove a pie in the sky as each case is looked at individual .
But the proven is that a person needs to be identifiable to be slandered
Also slander comes under common law as it has been decriminalised so it is out of criminality and under civil law,
fair comment (whether the statement was a view that a reasonable person could have held), not unusual for people with assets to destroy them for insurance (could have been allegedly a disgruntled partner , too , so which one is being slandered
It may be something that was said about you personally
The first condition is that the statement complained of was a statement of opinion. #
Defamation Act 2013
Defamation Act 2013. In a case of someone making a statement about you on social media, you are must establish that the statement complained of is defamatory.
The assessment used is whether the statement made would lower you in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally.
However, a statement is not defamatory unless its publication has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to your reputation (section 1(1) Defamation Act 2013). What amounts to ‘serious harm’ is decided by the courts.
There is not an automatic presumption in that something on the internet has been ‘published’.
Any one bringing a case for defamation must prove that the words complained of were about them – this can be straightforward if you are clearly identified or ‘tagged’ in a social media post.
If this is not clear, the general test the court will apply is whether reasonable people would understand the words to refer to the claimant
Can I sue someone for defamation on social media?
Could do this all day but my Troll good old Goaty bores me , but it gave me something to do during lock down
Looking forward to my letter ,
But first consider this , I did not post the picture
I am not a moderator of this site ,, if is is slander they have a duty to take it down
I have used an opinion not a fact , under freedom of speech and a defence of reasonable opinion
The person allegedly slanders must so that they have had their reputation ruined , lol I suspect that saying on a forum Pure speculation OFC had damaged any reputation of a person with no identity
Thank god the Judges are more intelligent than some on here
Bring it on fan boys
of back to the lounge were people are realSlowboat35
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I'm intrigued by the apparently widespread assumption that a fire is most likely to be caused by a dehumidifier.
Why?
A dehumidifier is little different from a fridge and I daresay the UK boat population racks up a hundred times as many operating hours a year on fridges than dehumidifiers, so shouldn't there be evidence of an overwhelming number of fridge fires? Yet you don't seem to hear of them.
In winter many boats use mains powered accessories, battery chargers and heaters in particular - why are they not implicated too?
Why?
A dehumidifier is little different from a fridge and I daresay the UK boat population racks up a hundred times as many operating hours a year on fridges than dehumidifiers, so shouldn't there be evidence of an overwhelming number of fridge fires? Yet you don't seem to hear of them.
In winter many boats use mains powered accessories, battery chargers and heaters in particular - why are they not implicated too?
zoidberg
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I truly wish I hadn't started this thread.... which was intended as 'information' - and perhaps a suggestion simply that they may care to check their own arrangements.
lw395
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Little different from the fridge that started Grenfell?
JumbleDuck
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Of the very low number of fires reported in boats, a significant proportion seem to be started by dehumidifiers. My best guess is that cheap desiccant dehumidifiers, since they contain a heater, may occasionally misbehave if the disk jams or the motor stops turning it. I run two compressors dehumidifiers unattended at home without a qualm.
