Topic: Simon Singh

Share | The British Chiropractors Association has dropped its libel action against science writer Simon Singh, following a Court of Appeal ruling that Singh had the right to rely on the defence of 'fair comment'.. "The BCA brought the claim because it ...
Science writer Simon Singh today triumphed in the key libel battle that began when he was sued for criticisms of chiropractors in a British newspaper two years ago.. The appeal court ruling two weeks ago made it much harder for the BCA ...
Writer wins vital appeal in British libel case; free speech advocates hail victoryA British science writer chipped away at the country's restrictive libel laws Thursday with an appeals court victory in a case that has become a rallying point for free speech ...
Share | A global bloggers' campaign in defence of British science writer Simon Singh - who is being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association - was launched this week by Cosmos magazine.. This week, Cosmos republished the original article in ...

Beware the spinal trap

Read the article that got Singh sued by chiropractors: You might be surprised to know that the founder of chiropractic therapy, Daniel David Palmer, wrote that "99% of all diseases are caused by displaced vertebrae". In the 1860s, Palmer began to develop ...

In defense of chiropractic

SINCE the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) decided to sue science writer Simon Singh for libel, scientists and journalists have unleashed a torrent of criticism against chiropractic. Many critics - including Edzard Ernst (New Scientist, 30 May, p 22) - hark back to ...

Defending chiropractic

SINCE the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) decided to sue science writer Simon Singh for libel, scientists and journalists have unleashed a torrent of criticism against chiropractic. Many critics - including Edzard Ernst (New Scientist, 30 May, p 22) - hark back to ...
Share | Renowned British science writer, Simon Singh, will appeal a libel ruling brought against him by the British Chiropractic Association. The controversy started in 2008, when Singh wrote an opinion piece for Britain's The Guardian newspaper discussing the history of chiropractic ...
IF YOU have ever been tempted to call alternative medicine " bogus", choose your words with care. That's the message from a ruling in the High Court in London that censured science writer Simon Singh for claiming that the British Chiropractic Association ...