Abstract
Imagine you have doubts about the effectiveness of a treatment being promoted for several childhood illnesses. You publish your concerns in a mainstream newspaper. You are then sued for libel by promoters of the treatment, resulting in a protracted court case taking more than 2 years of your time and costing you more than £200 000 in legal fees. This was the situation faced by scientist and science writer Simon Singh, who wrote an opinion piece in the UK newspaper The Guardian in April, 2008, suggesting that there was a lack of evidence behind claims being made by some chiropractors about being able to treat children's colic, sleeping and feeding problems, frequent ear infections, and asthma.
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