Dylan Sadler, a senior solicitor and prosecutor with the Environment Agency in the west of England, has succeeded in his libel action against the owners and operators of the Plants Galore garden centres in Devon. Continue reading
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On 9 February 2021, in a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd v Reddell [2021] ZAWCHC 22, Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath of the Western Cape High Court recognised that defendants may in principle raise a SLAPP defence in defamation cases. Continue reading
This is the thirteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Continue reading
What are the biggest domestic news stories you remember from the last few years? Apart from all the natural disasters, I think of stories about George Pell, the coverage that led to the Banking Royal Commission, the SAS in Afghanistan and because I am a law nerd, the reporting on former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon. Continue reading
A man who posted an online message slamming a law firm as a “total waste of money” and a “scam solicitor” has been ordered to pay £25,000 in damages for defamation. Continue reading
A unilateral Statement in Open Court [pdf] was read today before Mr Justice Nicklin, after The Duke of Sussex accepted an offer of settlement in relation to false claims made by the Mail on Sunday that he had turned his back on the Royal Marines and ignored correspondence from Lord Dannatt, the former Chief of the General Staff. Continue reading
The case of Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers has sparked a conversation in the UK in recent months about whether coverage of Meghan Markle was racist. This epiphany was not new to 2020; Prince Harry noted the racial undertones of comment pieces on Ms Markle when he first announced the couple were dating. Continue reading
As it approaches an important round in its case against the Duchess of Sussex, the legal department of of Associated Newspapers, owner of the Daily Mail, has been going through a bumpy spell. Take a look. Continue reading
The Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a significant (and lengthy) judgment on defamation law on 17 December 2020, in the defamation case brought by Trevor Manuel against the Economic Freedom Fighters ([2020] ZASCA 172). Continue reading
Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2020. Following my widely read posts on 2017, 2018 and 2019 defamation cases, this is my personal selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia, Canada, Scotland and Ireland, from the past year. Continue reading
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