Charlie Gard

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Parents are said to be "shocked" that they have been denied extra time with their son

Erm excuse me, what about the extra time you could have spent with him instead of wasting taxpayers money and nhs money being in court everyday :mad::mad::mad:
 
TJM said:
Person A mentions the McCanns.

Person B responds directly with a cartoon of 'Mr McCann' burying someone.

The innuendo is pretty clear.
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No evidence he's burying anyone there. Could be looking for treasure. Gardening. Anything.

I think you're jumping to conclusions.
 
Dis86 said:
No evidence he's burying anyone there. Could be looking for treasure. Gardening. Anything.
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The judges (or the odd jury) who hear defamation cases aren't stupid and civil cases are decided on the balance of probabilities, not beyond reasonable doubt. 'That could have theoretically meant something else' doesn't wash, especially when the people who did read it and responded took the obvious meaning, which would be used as evidence in court.
 
Looking at the 24/7 judgment, it goes to show what the parents are really like. GOSH put this in their application:

'Not for the first time the parents through their solicitors raised the prospect of criminal proceedings against the hospital and its staff.'
 
It is quite amazing how a thread about Charlie Gard morphs into a thread about Madeleine McCann.
How come the whole sorry sage hasn't yet been blamed on Brexit?
 
abbviper said:
Looking at the 24/7 judgment, it goes to show what the parents are really like. GOSH put this in their application:

'Not for the first time the parents through their solicitors raised the prospect of criminal proceedings against the hospital and its staff.'
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No winners in these tragic situations.

I wonder if this family have connections/work within the legal profession? This is not untypical of the most litigious sorts, using their experience of the profession to intimidate and threaten all around them to get their way. I have been at the receiving end of this, not that it impacted me much because water off a ducks back, but it is so often an approach of people in the profession.

As I say tragic thing for any family, but this does seem to me more of a fight to be right first, which is perhaps harsh and probably wrong, but just feels that way.

May he get a quiet life and RIP one day.
 
Housey said:
I have been at the receiving end of this, not that it impacted me much because water off a ducks back, but it is so often an approach of people in the profession.
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Been on the receiving end of this as well - fortunately they made the mistake of assuming because they were high up in a company and very well off and I was just in a run of the mill job the odds would be on their side and they could intimidate me with the legal complexities and financial aspect - I think it shook up their world view a bit to find they were wrong on both counts.
 
Certainly a tough episode that has provoked much discussion. Ignoring all else; poor chap got dealt a bad hand. Finally RIP.
 
Hopefully they'll refund whatever unused money is remaining that has been donated, or give it to a children's charity, and they won't start any further legal proceedings against GOSH... and pigs will fly.
 
Converge said:
Hopefully they'll refund whatever unused money is remaining that has been donated, or give it to a children's charity, and they won't start any further legal proceedings against GOSH... and pigs will fly.
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Let's hope so, many posters here have been below the belt with his poor parents.

RIP Charlie, his soul in a much better and kinder place now.
 
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