Home Office response on Burden of Proof

[Donald Ramsbottom]

SNIP
>I don't really understand why you are saying this ... the point is that
>I have stuff on my disk that I cannot decrypt and that is a simple
>consequence of normal operations.

Pardon my ignorance, not being a techie I assumed that you can access the
text of mail which was sent, but a copy of which was stored on your HDD or
other storage media, I will endevour to "look before I leap" in future.
Again apologies
>

>> 
>> But presumably it would be possible to prove it was a forgery?
>
>Errr. How? By demonstrating that I don't have the private key? Isn't
>this where we came in?
>
>I can (and do) claim it is a forgery, but I don't see how I prove it.

Again my ignorance of technical matters is showing, but is was a question
rather than a statement. 

Donald Ramsbottom LL.B, BA (Hons).

RAMSBOTTOM & Co. Solicitors

Internet Law & Global Cryptology Law Specialists