Don't be ridiculous, truth is a defence against Libel (written down is libel, not slander).

The onus is on the person who said the thing to prove it is true ("guilty until proven innocent," since it's a civil rather than criminal offence), but as long as he has documentation/emails it's all good.

Indeed, I would be astonished if they sued him for this, it would not end well for them.

Disclaimer: not a lawyer, but an election agent.

I don't recommend engaging council for this because it will cost you a fortune. And in the not unlikely event that you lose, you have to pay their costs as well. You have to ask yourself, "is this something worth spending my house on?"

By "engaging counsel", I didn't mean suing them. I meant getting professional advice regarding the situation.

That tends to involve less than a house, but still costs more than the Switch itself.

(I just got a quote this morning for a what I thought would be simply "explain my property deeds", and it came out at £500...)

So is there a UK equivalent of Nolo?

I'm not sure. There is a small claims court system, but we were talking about slander/libel in which case https://www.justanswer.com/uk-law/7bj5d-sue-someone-libel-sm...

I really would not recommend getting involved with libel law on a pro-se basis.

> truth is not a defense against slander under UK law.

It most certainly is. Defence #1, in fact.

It is a complete defence, but the burden of proof rests on the defendant.

Yes, that's what I meant.

Under US law, the burden of proof rests on the plaintiff.