Carter Ruck attempts to ban German Edition of Amaral's book

To all of you:
You may be interested to know that the British law firm Carter-Ruck attempted to ban the German edition of Gonçalo Amaral's book «A Verdade da Mentira» (Die Wahrheit über die Lüge) on Nov. 13, 2009 by mailing a letter to Amazon.de «demanding» to withdraw the said book from the market with reference to the September injunction issued by the Portuguese (Lisbon) Civil Court, pretending the jurisdiction of the said court in every European country. In other words: Claiming to be entitled to enforce the Portuguese injunction in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. According to the German Penal Code, based on their action, Carter-Ruck committed the crime of attempted fraud and coercion, because there is no such thing like international jurisdiction of the Portuguese court. Therefore, C-R was informed in no uncertain terms about the legal situation and the refusal to comply with their demands. It was recommended to hire a German lawyer who acts for them and on behalf of the McCanns in order to obtain such injunction from a German court. In this case thgey would face the following problem: No German court would issue an injunction without the prior hearing of all parties involved. To those, who are not familiar with the juridical instrument «injunction» let me give you a brief explanation: An injunction is not a verdict, but in urgent cases a temporary decision by a court to prevent or limit damages done to the applicant's party. What makes this case so special is the fact, that - if C-R intends to proceed with the case in Germany, they need to hire a German lawyer first for the writ and to launch the case - defendants can and will request the deposition of the McCanns to appear in person before the judge for their testimony and to answer many questions satisfactory to the court. If they do not show-up, bad luck for the McCanns and their case! Lets us wait and see what happens next, how C-R intends to proceed on behalf of his clients. They should be aware that the perverted British libel laws do not apply to Germany. Therefore, they may be in for a big surprise and a counter suit for damages. Let us wait and see.

MissGivings wrote:Is it me?? It reads to me like it is Goncalo's book The truth of the lie this is about, not 60 reasons.

Ambersuz wrote:

MissGivings wrote:Is it me?? It reads to me like it is Goncalo's book The truth of the lie this is about, not 60 reasons.

You're right Missgivings....its Goncalos book and I want to know if anyone had permission to translate his book and where is this paypal button selling it now?

Claudia79 wrote:Mr Amaral's book was translated and printed in Germany by a proper publisher which bought the copyrights, as far as I know.

Ambersuz wrote:

Claudia79 wrote:Mr Amaral's book was translated and printed in Germany by a proper publisher which bought the copyrights, as far as I know.

OK great stuff then!!!

Who is Vera Steinke? has she translated it again?

I think arach has made a mistake!

arachnidae wrote:

MissGivings wrote:arachnidea, your thread title is a tad misleading. The op you posted is actually referring to Goncalo's book, The Truth of the Lie, not the MF's 60 reasons booklet.

so it is, sorry it has been a very long day of math :(

The Famous Grouse wrote:It is still on sale in Belgium too.

The Famous Grouse wrote:It is still on sale in Belgium too.