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
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Tags: Dominic Garner, Public Interest Defence, Reynolds
Categories : Caselaw, Libel
Defamation Act 2013, A Critical Evaluation, Part 4, “Public Interest” defence – Dan Tench
29 07 2014
In earlier posts I have dealt with general concerns about the Defamation Act 2013, concerns about section 1, “Serious harm” and the new statutory defences of “truth” and “honest comment” in section 2 and section 3. In this post, I continue setting out concerns with the Defamation Act 2013 by looking at the public interest defence in section 4. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Dan Tench, Defamation Act 2013, Public Interest, Responsible Journalism, Reynolds
Categories : Libel
Case Law, Hong Kong: Pui Kwan Kay v Ming Pao, Responsible Journalism Defence fails
25 09 2013
The Hong Kong Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily was ordered to pay defamation damages of HK$500,000 (£69,000) to Hong Kong Football Association vice-chairman Pui Kwan-Kay. In a ruling handed down on 6 September 2013 ([2013] HKCFI 1442) Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung rejected the newspaper’s defence of “responsible journalism”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Damages, Responsible Journalism, Reynolds
Categories : Hong Kong, Libel
A New Style Public Interest Defence in Libel Law? – Andrew Scott and Alastair Mullis
8 11 2012
An interesting proposal has slipped quietly into the mix for consideration during the House of Lords Committee stage deliberations on the Defamation Bill. During the Second Reading debate, Lord Lester mooted a possible alternative to the clause 4 defence of responsible publication on a matter of public interest. The Joint Committee on Human Rights has pressed the Government on the desirability of the new alternative. In our view, the proposal – developed by Sir Brian Neill (pic) – offers an opportunity both to improve the operation of the existing common law defence and to ‘tidy up’ aspects of the existing Bill. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alastair Mullis, Andrew Scott, Defamation Bill, Public Interest, Reynolds
Categories : Government and Policy, Libel
New South Wales: Qualified privilege falls short again – Graham Hryce
18 08 2012
The NSW Court of Appeal has delivered another judgment confirming the difficulty in Australia of establishing the qualified privilege defence for media defendants. The NSW Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Lloyd-Jones v Allen ([2012] NSWCA 230) on 1 August 2012. Justice Henric Nicholas wrote the leading judgment, with which Justices Ruth McColl and Margaret Beazley concurred. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Gazette of Law and Journalism, Graham Hryce, Reynolds
Categories : Australia, Libel
