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Month: November 2020 (Page 2 of 4)
On 30 October 2020 Mr Justice Warby handed down the much anticipated judgment in Gubarev v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd [2020] EWHC 2912 (QB). The Claimants brought a claim for libel arising out of the publication by Buzzfeed of the so-called “Trump Dossier”. Continue reading
Two decades ago, the US, UK and many other societies, without exactly intending to, delegated to digital platforms the redesign of the spaces where human beings meet, ignoring the possible social consequences. The result today, is a media ecosystem where it is business models, like those of Facebook and Google, that shape how our ideas and information circulate. Continue reading
Parliament decided to legislate in relation to corporate libel claimants by tackling head on the presumption of harm. By s.1(1) of the Defamation Act 2013, Parliament established the well-known serious harm test: “A statement is not defamatory unless its publication has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to reputation”. By s1.(2), it was provided that “harm to the reputation of a body that trades for profit is not serious harm unless it has caused or is likely to cause serious financial loss”. Continue reading
On 7 November 2020 Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, alongside his running mate Kamala Harris, with 290 electoral college votes to President Trump’s 232. US media outlets concluded that Biden will win the election with 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232. The Associated Press provided an explainer on the media’s role in calling the races in US elections. Continue reading
In June 1994 a libel trial began in the Royal Courts of Justice in London that would ultimately become the longest case in English legal history. Lasting 313 days, it pitted McDonalds, the fast food giant and multi-billion dollar company, against Helen Steel and David Morris, two activists of modest means who had distributed leaflets which were critical of the company. Continue reading
The trial of the preliminary issue as to meaning in the libel case brought by Rebekah Vardy against Colleen Rooney will be heard by Warby J on Thursday 19 November 2020. The Sun’s report of the forthcoming hearing is entitled “Judge bags wags: Meghan Markle’s privacy judge to head Coleen Rooney and Becky Vardy’s explosive libel trial”. Continue reading
The 1 November 2020 marked the fourth anniversary of the commencement of the Department of Justice’s current review of Ireland’s defamation laws. In late October, a newspaper leader and a blogpost provided updates on where we are on our slow boat to defamation reform. Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch is famous for always wanting to back a winner. So, amid the frenzied atmosphere of the vote count, when his Fox News network started to refer to Donald Trump’s “unfounded fraud claims” with regard to the election, it was clear his chances of retaining the presidency were diminishing by the minute. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
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