Tag Archives: libel

Law and Media Round Up – 23 April 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
It’s a big week coming up at the Leveson Inquiry, with appearances from the media owners: Aidan Barclay, Evgeny Lebedev, James Murdoch and Rupert Murdoch. “Plenty to talk about here,” Murdoch Snr has tweeted…

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Law and Media Round Up – 16 April 2012

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
The Leveson Inquiry and Parliament are still on Easter vacation and the new legal term begins on Tuesday 17 April, but there is no shortage of news and commentary to report, following Inforrm’s own…

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Law and Media Round Up – 2 April 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
The former chairman of the Indian Premier League Lalit Modi has been ordered to pay £90,000 damages in a libel action brought by cricketer Chris Cairns, over tweets published in early 2010. As Gervase…

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Inforrm Law and Media Round Up – Rothschild, Twitter joke trial, Von Hannover and Sun arrests

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

I’ve rounded up the past week in media law over at the Inforrm blog. The coming week should be a bit quieter, with no significant hearings listed in the courts, the House of Commons in recess and the Leveson Inquiry … Continue reading →

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‘Contempt of a cosmic order': legal risk of the Daily Mail’s 1997 “Murderers” front page

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

This morning, the Daily Mail was unusually willing to name check its rival titles, including the Independent, the Times, the Guardian and the Financial Times, for applauding the paper’s bold 1997 ‘Murderers’ headline (below left), which accused five men of … Continue reading →

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Midweek media law mop up: Defamation, defamation, defamation

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The Meeja Law must-read feeds (see @medialawUK & @meejalaw on Twitter) are clogged up with defamation stories this week, following the government’s publication of its draft bill. Here are a selection of those articles, plus a few other topics defining … Continue reading →

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Monday media law mop up: Libel and the public; prior notification attempt; and changes at Out-Law

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Media law bits and bobs from the last seven days… Lawyers talk libel The libel reform event of the week took place at Gray’s Inn Hall last Tuesday, with a focus on the ‘public’. Tweets from the event can be … Continue reading →

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What happens to the hundreds of defamation claims each year?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

The Inforrm blog has an excellent piece on what happens to defamation actions in England & Wales. It reports that while there are between 200 and 300 defamation claims each year, very few are disposed of at hearings, let alone … Continue reading →

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How many libel lawyers does it take…

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

… to discuss where the public interest lies in libel reform? Quite a few it would seem.  Last night in the austere but impressive surroundings of Gray’s Inn Hall, dozens of lawyers and miscellaneous libel reform types gathered to hear … Continue reading →

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What to do about libellous Freedom of Information responses?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

Some Friday food for thought on FoIs, which happens to coincide with David Higgerson’s similarly themed weekly post. Francis Davey, an independent barrister who advises technology and media companies in computer and internet law, raised an interesting issue on his … Continue reading →

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