[WikiEN-l] Re: Libel law

Thu Dec 8 16:16:28 UTC 2005

"Anthony DiPierro" <wikilegal at inbox.org> 
wrote:
[snip]
> Read what I said again, noting the word "judgements".  Judgements are
> given by courts, and courts are part of the government.

Not in the UK. Great care is (or at least should be) taken to ensure that 
the Judiciary is independent of the Government.

Sometimes this works a treat, like when the Judges tell Ministers that their 
latest publicity-seeking policy is cobblers.

Sometimes it's not so great, like when a Judge gets a bee in his (usually, 
although there are some mad female Judges also :-) bonnet about something 
and goes on a bit of a rampage.

It'll all balance out in the end, I expect...
-- 
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]] 