Summary: This important question needs to be answered. Reputations are at stake. Ratings: 3rd-5th Years [ - ] Category:Humor Fics Characters: None Warnings: None Challenge: Serie: None Chapters: 1 Completed?: Yes Wordcount: 3520 Viewcount: 3662 Published on: 07/31/11 Updated On: 08/16/11
Story Notes: This story does not fit into my timeline as it's main premise, that wizards introduce Muggle libel laws into their legal system, is almost as ridiculous as UK libel laws themselves.
1.At the Wizard Courts by Northumbrian [ - ] (3520 words)
Warning – serious bit: The organisation Sense about Science launched a campaign to “Keep Libel Laws out of Science” because British Libel Laws ARE a mess. Various quacks (vitamin pill salesmen, chiropractors, etc.) have tried to sue journalists who (rightly) say that their “miracle cure” doesn’t work. The UK libel laws force the legitimate critic to prove (at great expense) that a quack’s snake oil does NOT do what it’s claimed, when, rightly, the quack should be required to prove that it does. I feel strongly about this.