RE: UKNM: Legal Responsibility of Content

[Rudd Daren]

	Steve Andrews wrote:


	How did the case come about if nobody outside NU saw the emails?


I don't know the exact details of the case, but a member of staff  must

have passed the message on to someone outside the NU - probably a less

than happy employee. Can't trust anyone these days!


Daren

0171 448 6603


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	-----Original Message-----

	From:	Steve Andrews (home) [SMTP:

heltaetck2net [dot] co [dot] uk

]

	Sent:	23 September 1998 14:08

	To:

uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

	Subject:	RE: UKNM: Legal Responsibility of Content



	Steve Andrews

Stevewnbc [dot] co [dot] uk

	-----Original Message-----

	From:

ownerchinwag [dot] com

 [

ownerchinwag [dot] com (mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com)

] On Behalf

Of Rudd Daren

	Sent:	Wednesday, September 23, 1998 10:28 AM

	To:

'uk-netmarketingchinwag [dot] com

'

	Subject:	RE: UKNM: Legal Responsibility of Content


	There has been a recent case where comments on email have led to

a

	successful lawsuit.


	In July, Norwich Union Healthcare agreed to pay damages of

�450,000 to

	rival insurers Western Provident Association after libellous

rumours

	about WPA's financial position were circulated by e-mail between

Norwich

	Union staff, suggesting that Western Provident was insolvent and

was

	being investigated by the Department of Trade and Industry.


	The interesting thing about this case was that the email was

internal

	and never sent to a third party.


	Daren

	Internet Marketing Manager

	0171 448 6603



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