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Statements that are true or that reflect an honest opinion (e.g. negative review) are not usually themselves a basis for defamation. You should carefully consider the facts before you make a claim (and take legal advice if in doubt), as a false claim may expose you to liability.

FoulBusiness reserves the right to ask for verification of your identity and to seek further information from you to clarify the basis of your claim. Please note that FoulBusiness may not be able to investigate claims that are anonymous or incorrectly addressed or do not provide sufficient information in the form of the document set out below.

We will use reasonable efforts to identify defamatory content when notified but cannot be responsible where you have failed to provide all the relevant facts or where these facts cannot be ascertained. Any personal data you provide to us will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy; please review this before sending personal data to us.

Finally, before you proceed, reporting a report that you KNOW is true will expose you to liability and will more likely benefit to consumer rather than the business. Use the following document to file only FALSE reports.

Warning: Any statement you make from here on may be used in court proceedings. Any false, misleading or inaccurate information provided by you may result in civil and criminal liability.

To report a report:

FILL IN THE FOLLOWING LEGAL DOCUMENT

GO TO http://www.foulbusiness.co.uk/content/contactus AND CLICK "LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS YOUR OPTION. THEN IN THE "ENQUIRY" BOX COPY AND PASTE YOUR DOCUMENT. WE MAY ASK FOR THIS DOCUMENT TO BE SENT US BY POSTAL MAIL IF NEED BE.

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I [state your full name] of [state your postal address, daytime telephone number and email address], say as follows:

I refer to the website [please insert the relevant FoulBusiness.com website (e.g. www.foulbusiness.co.uk)] (the “Website”) and now give notice to FoulBusiness UK that via its Website it is causing or contributing to the publication of a defamatory statement.

The relevant statement appears on the Website at [please cut and paste the posting in which the relevant statement appears and the address of the relevant web page from the Website where the defamatory words appear].

The words I consider to be defamatory are: [please repeat the exact words appearing on the Website which you are complaining about].

I submit that these words are defamatory because [please state why you consider these words to be defamatory].

The defamatory words are untrue because [please state why the words complained of are untrue and what you believe the true position is].

[If the person making the statement is acting on behalf of the claimant, please include the following statement: I am authorised to act on behalf of the claimant. The [person/entity] claiming that words are defamatory is [please state the name and address of the person/entity] (“Complainant”). I am [please explain the relationship of the signatory to the Complainant]].

I declare that the above claim to be true, and understand that this notice may be used in any subsequent court proceedings relating to the above defamation complaint.

Name:

Dated:

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GO TO http://www.foulbusiness.co.uk/content/contactus AND CLICK "LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS YOUR OPTION. THEN IN THE "ENQUIRY" BOX COPY AND PASTE YOUR DOCUMENT.

AFTER DOING THIS WE WILL GET BACK IN TOUCH YOU WITHIN 3 WORKING DAYS. YOU MAY BE CONTACTED BY OUR SOLICITOR WHO WILL DISCUSS WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC CONCERN. IF OUR SOLICITOR DECIDES NOT TO REMOVE YOUR REPORT, YOU WILL BE ADVISED ABOUT WAYS TO COMBAT REPUTATION RISKS. WE WILL ALWAYS CONTACT YOU FIRST, AND ONLY HAND YOUR DETAILS TO THE SOLICITOR AFTER YOU GIVING US PERMISSION TO DO SO.