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Court Rules Restaurant Review “Defamatory”

So now you can’t criticise bad, expensive food and service ?

The Court of Appeal agreed, finding that it was defamatory to say the food was unpalatable and the service bad.

It appears that only Justice Kirby had any common sense, saying that the jury was far more likely to know what the community standards were than the judges, saying:

Astonishing as it may seem, judges may occasionally lack a sense of irony or humour

Or even common sense, in this case..

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One Response to “Court Rules Restaurant Review “Defamatory””

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    izmir restaurants:

    It is not easy to please everyone while writing restaurant critics as we do in our website, we have common problems which are helpless… good luck

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