The Anonymous Widower

Fair Comment?

I have been following the progress of the action against Simon Singh by the British Chiropractic Association with interest.  As a scientist, I believe strongly that in science we get progress by research, experiment, peer review and open debate, and not by resorting to the law.  I’ve also always had a deep regard for Simon ever since he wrote Fermat’s Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world’s greatest minds for 358 years and The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking.  These are two of my favourite books.

So perhaps I’m biased.

But I am rather pleased that he has obtained a judgement in the Court of Appeal, that allows fair comment as a defence in certain libel actions.

April 2, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | News | Books, Free Speech, Law, Science