On 21 November the Court of Appeal delivered a major decision on the statutory public interest defence for defamation claims, in the case of Alexander Economou v David de Freitas [2018] EWCA Civ 2591. Read the rest of this entry »
Case Law: Economou v de Freitas, Court of Appeal guidance on “public interest” defence – Dominic Garner
5 12 2018Comments : 3 Comments »
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Categories : Caselaw, Libel
Australia: the public interest backwater – David Rolph
5 09 2018
The UK, Canada, and New Zealand have developed a broader qualified privilege public interest defence … Australia lags in this development, although there are special local impediments … Durie v Gardiner in NZ holds there is nothing special about government or political speech that should not be applied to the protection of all speech … Waiting for the proper case in Australia … Professor David Rolph comments. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: David Rolph, Gazette of Law and Journalism, Public Interest Defence
Categories : Australia, Libel
Defamation Act 2013: The public interest defence and digital communications – Jacob Rowbottom
30 01 2014
The Defamation Act 2013 replaces Reynolds privilege with a new defence of ‘publication on matter of public interest’. On one view, the statutory defence aims to provide a broader protection for expression than was previously found under the common law. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Defamation Act 2013, Digital Communications, Jacob Rowbottom, Public Interest Defence
Categories : Libel
