In 2014, a gallery owner, Raymond Cripps was awarded a record $420,000 defamation verdict in the Victorian Supreme Court. The verdict was made by His Honour Justice Kyrou against two surrealist artists, Demetrios Vakras and Lee-Anne Raymond. Continue reading
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Month: August 2015 (Page 3 of 3)
The Inforrm blog yesterday reached three million hits – nearly 5½ years after our launch. Once again, we would like to thank all our readers and the many people who have contributed to the success of the blog over this period and particularly the large number of people who have written for us over the past 5 years. Continue reading
Last week, an Italian committee of politicians and experts announced its Declaration of Internet Rights, making Italy the first country to introduce an internet bill of rights. Oreste Pollicino, Professor of Comparative Public Law and Media Law at Bocconi University and Counsel of Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale, and Marco Bassini, PhD Researcher in Constitutional Law at the University of Verona and Fellow at Bocconi University, look at what the Declaration means in practice. Continue reading
In his recent decision in Lachaux v Independent Print ([2015] EWHC 2242 (QB)) Mr Justice Warby considered a number of procedural matters which arise in defamation cases where there is an issue as to whether there has been “serious harm to reputation” as required by section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013. Continue reading
The legal year in England and Wales ended last Friday, 31 July 2015. The High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court are now on vacation until Michaelmas Term begins on 1 October 2015. Our Table of Media Law cases records 78 judgments in media law cases this legal year, a similar number to 2013-2014. Continue reading
In the case of Lachaux v Independent Print ([2015] EWHC 2242 (QB)) Warby J gave judgement on preliminary issues, including an issue relating to “serious harm”, in a number of libel actions brought against three newspapers and the Huffington Post. He agreed with the analysis of “serious harm” in the earlier cases – damage to reputation must be proved and cannot be presumed. He nevertheless went on to find that there was, in fact, serious harm in relation to four of the five articles complained of. Continue reading
The legal term ended on Friday 31 July 2015 and we will not be publishing regular “Law and Media Round Ups” again until the beginning of next term in October 2015. We will, however, publish occasional “Summer Round Ups” drawing attention to recent developments. This is the first. We will also publish, shortly, a Round Up of the Legal Year. Continue reading
In Cheshire West and Chester Council and others v Pickthall, [2015] EWHC 2141 (QB) Mr Justice Edis granted an interim injunction under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (the “PHA”) to restrain the defendant from publishing allegations of criminal conduct on the part of the claimant Council and various individuals associated with it. In doing so, he showed the balance between freedom of expression and protection from harassment at the interim stage. Continue reading
On 7 July 2015, the Third Section of the European Court of Human Rights handed down a judgment in Morar v Romania ([2015] ECHR 668)(available only in French), ruling that a domestic court’s finding of criminal defamation against a journalist violated Article 10 principles on freedom of expression. Unfortunately, the court failed properly to engage with the issue of journalistic bad faith. Continue reading
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