Libel claims are often associated with top-level political figures or celebrities, like the now infamous fanfare of the Plebgate saga. There is, however, a significant trend in ‘religious libel’ cases in the UK, involving claims brought or defended by adherents of British minority faiths. Continue reading
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Month: March 2015 (Page 4 of 6)
On Monday 9 March 2015, the sixth day of the Mirror Damages Trial, the Court heard evidence from former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati and from former TV producer Robert Ashworth. Continue reading
“It is not only governments that are powerful, the press are powerful” a judge has told an Old Bailey jury considering charges against employees of The Sun newspaper. Summing up the case, which began on 6 January 2015, Mr Justice Saunders said that while a free press was vital it “still had to obey the law of the land”. Continue reading
In the case of Bussey Law Firm PC and Timothy Raymond Bussey v Jason Page (aka Jay Page) ([2015] EWHC 563 (QB)) a US lawyer and his firm were awarded libel damages of £50,000 for internet abuse by an individual in England. Continue reading
Solicitors Brett Wilson have published an e-book exploring the development of online abuse. The 21 page guide charts the recent explosion of cyberbullying and the potential dangers of social media use. Continue reading
The most important media law story of the week was the Mirror Damages Trial before Mr Justice Mann in the Chancery Division. The case got off to a slow start with whole first day being devoted to preliminary legal issues. Continue reading
For reasons we will get to in a moment, the State of Missouri charged Robert Metzinger with “making a terroristic threat under [Missouri Revised Statutes] § 574.115(4).” State v. Metzinger, 2015 WL 790463 (Missouri Court of Appeals 2015). Section 574.115(4) makes it a “class A misdemeanor” to Continue reading
The first week of the Mirror Damages Trial has concluded. On Day 5, Counsel for the Claimants finished his opening speech, the Defendant’s Counsel made a short opening and the Court heard evidence from BBC creative director, Alan Yentob. Continue reading
The claimants’ opening submissions continued on Day 4 of the Mirror Damages Trial before Mr Justice Mann. More than half the day was taken up with legal argument. Continue reading
A one day conference on “EU Internet Regulation after Google Spain” is being held at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law on 27 March 2015. Continue reading
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