It would appear that “former Tory MP Antoinette Sandbach has threatened the University of Cambridge with legal action after a historian named her as a descendant of merchants who enslaved his ancestors.”
Oh, my… It would be a damn shame if more people knew of this so please do not boost this post.
#AntoinetteSandbach #SamuelSandbach #Sandbach #british #britain #slavery #slaveOwners #tories #tory #uk #cambridge #colonialists #colonialism
Isn't there an absolute defence in English law that the defamatory statement is true?
@Paulos_the_fog I’m not a lawyer but logically that should be an absolute defense against defamation regardless of jurisdiction.
Not so - in Thailand for example, saying nasty things about someone is a criminal offence and the veracity of the statements is not a defence.
