RE: Re: OT: Domain Names LEGAL Stuff

["Mark Hetherington" <mark.egroups@xxxxxxx>]

Mark Harrison wrote:
> You have, in your message below, claimed that my employer has,
> through my message, purported to provide legal advice on Domain
> Name dispute resolution.

Actually, he claimed that your *opinion* was that of your employer. The
only
reference to "legal advice" in his statement, was a rather
unfortunate snip
of your original message, resulting in your sentence ending in
"legal
advice" appearing at the start of his quoted context. Please make sure
your
claims are accurate when disputing the giving of legal advice,
especially
when said advice is purportedly on behalf of one's employer ;)

> There ARE some good lawyers on this group. They HAVEN'T gotten
> involved in this thread, presumably because they can only give
> legal advice in situations covered by their professional
> indemnity insurance.

That statement is just missing the "bottom of the ocean being a good
start"
punchline :)

I think it more like the warning on prescription medication. "Do not
give
this medicine to anyone else even if they appear to have the same
symptoms".
Legal cases, while drawing on the same knowledge base, statutes and
case
law, can have very different outcomes even though on the surface they
look
the same. The lack of material facts would make the original statement
very
difficult for anyone to comment on in a qualified manner, especially in
a
"public" forum.

There is one other, quite obvious, conclusion one could draw from the
lack
of "professional" input.

> I am deeply concerned that several people in this group are
> giving advice to someone ACTUALLY faced with the prospect of
> legal action, without having commercial or legal knowledge of the
> subject. I realise that some of the suggestions made were
> flippant, but, had they been followed, could potentially have led
> to an escalation of legal action and significant costs to the
> person in question.

I share your concern. Hopefully the less posted, but more
"doomsaying"
messages, expressing how admissable such issues were are sufficient for
people to realise this fact.

How does the saying go about giving someone enough rope? It is never
more
true than when faced with "legal action". This does cut both ways
of course.

Mark.

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