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Scientific controversies must be settled by the methods of science rather than by the methods of litigation ... More papers, more discussion, better data, and more satisfactory models - not larger awards of damages - mark the path towards superior understanding of the world around us".</p><div class="sc-w27hnf-3 dNfwHE mobile-only teads"><div class="sc-1y9ieyw-0 kUEZPS third-party-ad"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 decxED third-party-ad"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="thirdparty01" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_partner_independent/in_life-style/in_health-and-families/image/thirdparty01" data-size-key="THIRD_PARTY_ARTICLE_BODY_MOBILE" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="150000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 GPBfw"></div></div></div></div><p>Dr Singh's article had appeared on a page marked "Comment and Debate" in The Guardian in April 2008.</p><p>In it, he criticised chiropractic and the BCA's claims that its members could help treat children with colic, sleeping and feeding problems, ear infections, asthma and prolonged crying "even though there is not a jot of evidence".</p><div class="sc-toncsa-0 JdKtK"><div id="taboola-carousel-thumbnails" class="taboola"></div></div><p>He had added: "This organisation is the respectable face of the chiropractic profession and yet it happily promotes bogus treatments."</p><p>The case became a cause celebre for campaigners for reform of the libel law after Mr Justice Eady, dealing at first instance with issues of meaning and whether the words were fact or comment, held that they were defamatory - the "plainest allegation of dishonesty" - and amounted to a verifiable statement of fact.</p><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 decxED sc-w27hnf-0 irpcin"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="content" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_life-style/in_health-and-families/image/content" data-size-key="SINGLE_MPU" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 GPBfw"></div></div><p>Solicitor Robert Dougans, of law firm Bryan Cave, which represented Dr Singh, said: "To have won this case for Simon is the proudest moment of my career, but if we had the libel laws we ought to have I would never have met Simon at all.</p><p>"Until we have a proper public interest defence scientists and writers are going to have to carry on making the unenviable choice of either shying away from hard-hitting debate, or paying through the nose for the privilege of defending it.</p><div class="sc-w27hnf-3 dNfwHE teads"><div class="sc-1y9ieyw-0 kUEZPS third-party-ad"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 decxED third-party-ad"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="thirdparty02" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_partner_independent/in_life-style/in_health-and-families/image/thirdparty02" data-size-key="THIRD_PARTY_ARTICLE_BODY" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="150000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 GPBfw"></div></div></div></div><p>He said the only issue which remained to be settled was the amount of his costs Dr Singh would be able to recover from the BCA, and how much he would have to pay himself.</p><p>It is believed that Dr Singh's costs amount to some £200,000.</p><p>"However well this process goes, Simon is likely to be out of pocket by about £20,000. This - and two years of lost earnings, which he can never recover - is the price he has paid for writing an article criticising the BCA for making claims the Advertising Standards Agency has ruled can no longer be made," Mr Dougans said.</p><div class="sc-1048kfq-0 VpQpo"><div class="sc-1y9ieyw-0 kUEZPS mobile-only"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 decxED mobile-only"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="bottom_mpu_1" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_life-style/in_health-and-families/image/bottom_mpu" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 GPBfw"></div></div></div></div><p>"In the game of libel, even winning is costly and stressful."</p><p>Ely Place Chambers, the chamber of William McCormick QC, one of two barristers who represented Dr Singh, said in a statement that the BCA had ended its "ill-fated" claim.</p><p>It added: "Dr Singh's predicament as the sole defendant in an action brought in respect of a comment piece in the Guardian newspaper (to which the BCA never directed any complaint) was seen as a rallying point for those concerned about the abuse of UK libel laws in connection with scientific debate."</p><p>The BCA said in a statement that it decided to discontinue after careful consideration of its position in the light of the Court of Appeal judgment.</p><p>It said Mr Justice Eady, which it described as "the UK's most experienced defamation judge" had agreed with its approach, but that the Court of Appeal, in its recent judgment, had taken "a very different view of the article".</p><div class="sc-1048kfq-0 VpQpo"><div class="sc-1y9ieyw-0 kUEZPS mobile-only"><div class="sc-1pfx6hk-0 decxED mobile-only"><div data-mpu="true" data-is-video="false" data-tile-name="bottom_mpu_2" data-ad-unit-path="/71347885/_main_independent/in_life-style/in_health-and-families/image/bottom_mpu" data-refresh-check="false" data-refresh-ms="13000" class="sc-1pfx6hk-2 GPBfw"></div></div></div></div><p>The BCA said that while "it still considers that the article was defamatory", the decision provided Dr Singh with a defence such that it now took the view that it should withdraw to avoid further legal costs being incurred by either side.</p><p>The statement added: "As those who have followed the publicity surrounding this case will know, Simon Singh has said publicly that he had never intended to suggest that the BCA had been dishonest. 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