Simon Singh wins libel court battle

Science writer Simon Singh has today won his appeal against the libel action brought by the British Chiropractic Association.

Full details here.

*UPDATE*

I was slightly overzealous with the celebrations above. What Simon has won is the right to use his argument that his statements were opinion, something that should be protected under freedom of speech/press.

Hopefully this will allow him to actually overturn the libel verdict that was previously handed down.

*UPDATE 2*

Of course you should all know by now that the BCA has dropped its case. Whoohoo! No Simon just needs to get his money back from them and everything will be straight again.

Possibly related posts:

1. UK Libel Law needs to be ammended
2. Sense About Science
3. Simons Singhs article on Chiropractic