Call to overturn court decision against critic

Scientific criticism could be harmed if a recent libel judgment the UK is upheld, according to a UK member of Parliament. Evan Harris, MP, has warned that a recent High Court judgment against science writer Simon Singh – if upheld – would have ‘major implications for the ability of scientists, researchers and other commentators freely to engage in robust criticism of scientific, and indeed purportedly scientific, work’. {openx:269} According to background information supplied in the commentary article, Mr Singh wrote an article in the Guardian newspaper criticising claims made by chiropractors about the efficacy of spinal manipulation in dealing with…