Time to start that legal defense fund
Australian court rules in favor of a restaurant owner who sued a critic over a negative review. I'm from a line of lawyers (my father has been the town justice of my small hometown for almost forty years) and grew up with his words ringing in my ears: Don't ever put anything on paper that you wouldn't want read in court. Still, if I'd always heeded that advice, would I have becomne a writer? Or a book reviewer?
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2104346,00.html
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2104346,00.html