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They used a few more than two, and framed it as a question. IIRC it did not progress to court. I would not go overboard, and I'd hope to define a site and group by what it is rather than what it is not. On 4 January 2013 11:58, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can I suggest a deliberately provocative and simultaneously dismissive > mockery of a disclaimer? Something akin to Private Eye's "We refer you to > the case of Arkell v Pressdram", in which they famously replied to a > specious writ in two words: "Fuck off." -- and then won in court when the > incensed ambulance-chasing lawyers tried to make something of it. There are > a lot of litigious gits out there, but the courts are (at least > occasionally) not idiots. > > Those who really are of the ambulance-chasing ilk may (at least > occasionally) be effectively deterred by the threat of applying to have them > listed as "vexatious litigants", which (nearly) completely bars them from > initiating cases. > > In other words, legal bottom-feeders are looking for ignorant and frightened > victims. Show them we're neither and they will indeed fuck off and choose a > softer target. Add some theatrics and the word will go around very quickly: > don't chance it bringing these guys into court with a dodgy case, the risk > to your own rep is too high. > > IANAL, but I've spent hundreds of hours in court (look at all those > parenthetical qualifying subclauses). > > -- > Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz > @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq