The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132240   Message #2990775
Posted By: Richard Bridge
21-Sep-10 - 08:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Pakistan Cricket Chairman Butt
Subject: RE: BS: Pakistan Cricket Chairman Butt
Recent studies show that libel tourism into the UK is in fact very rare.

In oder for a libel (or slander) action to lie there must be an identifiable plaintiff. So "Some of the England team took bribes" is not actionable because no one player can say "that identifiably refers to me". If extrinsic circumstances identify the subject matter of the statement then the person so identified can sue.