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Whether the Scottish Court Service has been involved in any attempt to have the website of the organisation, Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers, closed down and, if so, what costs it has incurred.
Started with S2W-17390 on 17 Jun 2005; latest 28 Jun 2005. Each later question says it follows up an earlier answer.
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To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Court Service has been involved in any attempt to have the website of the organisation, Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers, closed down and, if so, what costs it has incurred.
Cathy Jamieson, 24 Jun 2005: The existence of this organisation’s website became known to the Scottish Court Service through a leaflet being distributed to members of the public. As the contents of the website appeared to include material that was potentially defamatory, officials felt it appropriate to draw this possibility to the attention of t… -
Whether it is satisfied that the actions of Scottish Court Service officials did not contravene section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Cathy Jamieson, 26 Jul 2005: As was explained in S2W-17390,as the content of the website appeared to include material that was potentiallydefamatory, SCS officials felt it appropriate to draw this possibility to the attentionof the service provider. That was the extent of the SCS actings in the matter and,as such, was not in contravention of Sect… -
Whether it is aware that the website referred to remains up and running.
Cathy Jamieson, 26 Jul 2005: The Scottish Executive is aware that the website referred to remains up and running. -
Whether Scottish Court Service officials routinely take action in cases of alleged defamation of individuals in respect of matters that do not directly affect their departmental interest.
Cathy Jamieson, 26 Jul 2005: The SCS officials do not routinelytake action in cases of alleged defamation of individuals in respect of mattersthat do not directly affect their departmental interest. -
Whether any person can take individual legal action for defamation if they consider that their reputation may be damaged by a website such as that of Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers.
Cathy Jamieson, 26 Jul 2005: Any individual can bring a defamationaction to protect his or her reputation. Under the Defamation Act 1996a person has a defence in defamation proceedings if: they can show they are notthe author, editor or commercial publisher of the statement complained of; theytook reasonable care in relation to its publication, a…
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