The Internet has brought about a global communications revolution. An individual who wishes to communicate with others no longer needs a printing press or a broadcasting operation. Instead information can be communicated worldwide with a few keystrokes. Words, sounds, pictures or videos can, potentially, be communicated to the nearly 48% of the world’s population – 3.2 billion people – who are now estimated to use the internet (see ITU figures). Read the rest of this entry »
Online Publication Claims: an Introduction – Guy Vassall-Adams QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC
20 10 2017Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Guy Vassall-Adams QC, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers, Online Publication Claims
Categories : Data Protection, Harassment, Internet, Libel, Privacy
Google v Duffy, No clear result in law applying to search engines – David Rolph
15 10 2017
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Tags: David Rolph, Gazette of Law and Journalism, Google
Categories : Australia, Internet, Libel
Case Law, Australia: Google Inc v Duffy, Appeal court finds Google liable for publication of defamatory content of snippets and hyperlinked articles – Hugh Tomlinson QC
8 10 2017
In an important judgment handed down on 4 October 2017 in the case of Google Inc v Duffy ([2017] SASFC 130 [pdf]) the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Australia upheld the decision of Blue J ([2015] SASC 170) that Google Inc was liable for the defamatory content of the hyperlinks and paragraphs in search results on the claimant’s name (see our comment on the first instance decision). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, Hyperlinks, Janice Duffy
Categories : Australia, Libel
Ireland: It’s time to abolish juries in defamation cases – Eoin O’Dell
29 09 2017
Libel cases in England and Wales are “better off without juries”, according to Sir Mark Warby, the High Court judge with responsibility for the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cearta.ie, Eoin O'Dell, Jury Trial
Categories : Ireland, Libel
Case Law, Australia: Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd, Rebel Wilson awarded defamation damages of $4.5 million
18 09 2017
On 13 September 2017, Dixon J handed down judgment in the case of Wilson v Bauer Media Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 521. He awarded Rebel Wilson a total of Aus$4,567,472 in defamation damages against Bauer Media Pty Ltd and Bauer Media Australia Pty Ltd (“Bauer Media”). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damages, Rebel Wilson
Categories : Australia, Libel
Business as usual? The Court of Appeal considers the threshold for bringing a libel claim in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd – Iain Wilson and Tom Double
16 09 2017
The long-awaited decision in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1334 has brought some badly-needed clarity and certainty to the law of libel, and it seems fair to say that reports of the death of the libel writ have been greatly exaggerated. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson LLP, Defamation Act 2013, Serious Harm
Categories : Libel
Lachaux, Seriously limiting serious harm – Nicola Cain
14 09 2017
Trumpeting the Defamation Act 2013 when it received Royal Assent, the Ministry of Justice publicised section 1(1) of the Act, which provides that “A statement is not defamatory unless its publication has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to the reputation of the claimant“, established “a requirement for companies and individuals to show serious harm to establish a claim“. The Act, according to Lord McNally, represented “the end of a long and hard fought battle to reform the libel laws in England and Wales”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Defamation Act 2013, Nicola Cain, RPC Privacy Blog, Serious Harm
Categories : Libel
