[Foundation-l] About that "sue and be damned" to the National Portrait Gallery ...

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/7/11 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
> 2009/7/11 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>> You can't know that and it's not your place to guess. Just stay out of
>> it unless Derrick asks for your help.
>
> I think we can safely assume that the NPG it is not going to follow a
> legal strategy that gives them a significant risk of facing millions
> in legal bills. Due to the conventions of English law it is generally
> unwise to overplay your hand when requesting damages.
>
> As to staying out of it. As a private subject I'm pretty much free to
> do whatever I like for the pretty obvious reason that if that was not
> the case you would provide a great weapon for those wishing to cause
> further problems for those threatened with lawsuits.

You are free to do a great many things, that doesn't mean it is a good
idea to actually do them.