McGrath: I wasn't stating it as fact, but accepted that (as Devil's Advocate) there might be justifiable reasons for the original statement.

"The crucial phrase is perhaps "as these remarks are still on the web site" - ie it has not been removed once it has been pointed put that it is libellous."
As English law seems to give the truth of a claim as being the perfect defence to a charge of libel, perhaps the remarks have not been retracted for that reason.

Without fuller details, all any of us can do is offer advise on what we see before us, but we must remember that there are two sides to the question.

CHEERS

Nigel