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27 May 2011, 6:40 am by INFORRM
This should not be taken as an attack on the approach the English courts have taken in the recent reported cases. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 5:34 pm by INFORRM
English PEN and Index on Censorship complain that “defendants have to jump through too many hoops for their publication to qualify as ‘comment’, while judges tend to be overly analytical in their approach”. [read post]
2 Apr 2011, 5:47 pm by INFORRM
English PEN and Index on Censorship recently published a joint report entitled Free Speech is Not for Sale, which calls for bold changes to English defamation law. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 9:04 am by INFORRM
While the Court of Appeal in BCA v Singh had regarded it as an open question whether Reynolds applies to opinion, Lords Nicholls and Hobhouse had said in Reynolds ([2001] 2 AC 127, at 201 and 193-5 per Lord Nicholls and 237-8 per Lord Hobhouse.) that the expression of opinion was protected, if at all by, by fair comment. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 6:52 am by INFORRM
The Irish (and indeed the English courts in the absence of a written constitution) have always shown a marked reluctance to exercise their injunction jurisdiction in a manner which would entrench on the freedom of expression enjoyed by the press and the media generally. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 4:07 pm by INFORRM
  This gap seems to be the longest in English legal history. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 4:26 am by INFORRM
  He suggested his preferable view, contrary to Jameel v Times Newspapers [2004] E.M.L.R 31 was not that the plaintiff must plead the exact levels of meaning but rather their particulars of claim could plead the single highest meaning. [read post]
8 Jan 2011, 4:05 pm by INFORRM
Just before the Christmas break, however, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Clift v Slough Borough Council ([2010] EWCA Civ 1171). [read post]
19 Dec 2010, 7:58 am by Howard Friedman
Nichols claimed that as a Christian, he must adhere to a high fiber diet of whole foods.In Mauwee v. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 6:01 am by charonqc
REASONS FOR THE JUDGMENT The elements of the defence of fair comment had been set out by Lord Nicholls in the Hong Kong case of Tse Wai Chun Paul v Albert Cheng [2001] EMLR 777. [read post]
26 Nov 2010, 11:59 am
The factual background in Starglade Properties v. [read post]
20 Nov 2010, 2:01 am by INFORRM
This includes: Index on Censorship and English Pen Report on Libel Reform, “Free Speech is Not for Sale”. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 4:21 am by INFORRM
  These are all areas in which the present English law of libel falls down. [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 3:57 am by INFORRM
In that context, it has been held that “the values enshrined in Articles 8 and 10 are now part of the cause of action for breach of confidence” (See Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd [2004] 2 AC 457 at [17] (Lord Nicholls) and that it is necessary to consider Strasbourg jurisprudence to establish the scope of that domestic cause of action, since those Articles are now “not merely of persuasive or parallel effect” but are “the very content of… [read post]