Anton Ferdinand plans civil action against John Terry in racism case

[Stanley]

Anton Ferdinand is considering taking a civil action against John Terry should the Chelsea defender escape serious punishment from the forthcoming Football Association inquiry into his alleged racist behaviour.

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[QPR Richard]

Anton planning civil action v Terry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9545687/Queens-Park-Rangers-defender-Anton-Ferdinand-plans-civil-action-against-Chelseas-John-Terry-in-racism-case.html

[terraloon]

I think AF needs to think long and hard about all this. The criminal case failed we wait to see what happens re the FA charge. If and its a big if they to cant prove the case any case in a civil courts could well backfire big time.
My reading is that AF would have to prove that the emotional distress suffered must be "severe." I would guess he would have to prove the act (not what happened afterwards) was the cause.
For me if AF really is considering a civil action he is being poorly advised possibly even being dragged into a wider dispute and all of this risks the chance of him being the subject of a counter claim ( remember what he admitted saying to Terry prior to Terrys comments)and then any moral high ground will be gone.

[West Acton]

I think AF needs to think long and hard about all this. The criminal case failed we wait to see what happens re the FA charge. If and its a big if they to cant prove the case any case in a civil courts could well backfire big time.
My reading is that AF would have to prove that the emotional distress suffered must be "severe." I would guess he would have to prove the act (not what happened afterwards) was the cause.
For me if AF really is considering a civil action he is being poorly advised possibly even being dragged into a wider dispute and all of this risks the chance of him being the subject of a counter claim ( remember what he admitted saying to Terry prior to Terrys comments)and then any moral high ground will be gone.

I hope that he is not being used as a pawn in a bigger game

[Bigdave]

**** off Anton, talk about tear the #### out of something. Move on its getting boring now, so what, if he did say it he's the c*n*