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13 Jan 2012, 4:01 pm
Clause 4 of the Draft Bill renames the defence “honest opinion” but, notwithstanding the observation by Lord Phillips MR in Spiller & Anor v Joseph & Ors ([2010] UKSC 53) that “There may be a case for widening the scope of the defence of fair comment by removing the requirement that it must be on a matter of public interest” the requirement is one that is to be codified in the new legislation (the words are at S4(3) of the Draft Bill). [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 4:30 am
The Quebec woman – the potential plaintiff – was not herself the spiller of the coffee. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 4:33 am
All that matters is whether the article concerned a matter of public interest and whether it was responsibly investigated. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 5:51 pm
Exactly how this subsection applies to particular cases may well be a matter of dispute. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 10:00 pm
Section 28(2) proclaims that “A child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every matter concerning the child. [read post]
4 Apr 2011, 5:34 pm
Secondly, the opinion must be on a matter of public interest. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 7:10 am
The Supreme Court opted for renaming the defence “honest comment” in Joseph v Spiller [2010] UKSC 53, [2010] 3 WLR 1791 at [117] (for the Court of Appeal, see [2010] ICR 642, [2010] EMLR 7 CA). [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 2:37 am
Moreover, there appears to be no need for the defendant to prove, as the Supreme Court had required in Spiller v Joseph [2010] UKSC 53, that the comment explicitly or implicitly indicates, at least in general terms, the facts on which it is based. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 7:09 am
Clause 4 performs the same exercise for the “common law defence of fair comment” – renaming it, “honest opinion” (despite the fact that, in Spiller v Joseph the Supreme Court have already renamed it “honest comment” – see our post here). [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 5:42 am
The defendant could not recover his costs of pleadings in those matters or any costs occasioned by those matters Thornton v Telegraph Media Group [2011] EWHC 159 (QB) – 2 Feb 2011. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 11:45 pm
The claimant has now failed in his attempt to take the matter to the highest court. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 1:52 am
Joseph v Spiller [2010] UKSC 53; [2010] WLR (D) 310 “The defence in defamation proceedings of fair comment – to be renamed ‘honest comment’ – did not require that the comment had to identify the matters on which it was based with sufficient particularity to enable readers to judge for themselves whether it was well founded. [read post]
3 Dec 2010, 12:21 am
The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in the case of Joseph v Spiller ([2010] UKSC 53), the first time it has considered a libel case since its inception. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 4:13 pm
Latest Cases Spiller & Anor v Joseph & Ors [2010] UKSC 53, 1 Dec 2010. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 6:01 am
This was so, even where the subject matter was not within the public domain. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:35 pm
The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in the case of Joseph v Spiller ([2010] UKSC 53), the first time it has considered a libel case since its inception. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 2:03 am
This was so, even where the subject matter was not within the public domain. [read post]
28 Nov 2010, 4:51 pm
The matter was stayed by Mrs Justice Sharp on 22 October 2010 but has now been listed for trial. [read post]
21 Nov 2010, 4:38 pm
Spiller v Joseph heard 26 and 27 July 2010 (Lords Phillips, Rodger, Walker and Brown and Sir John Dyson). [read post]
20 Nov 2010, 2:01 am
There has been a great deal of publicity about the need to reform the law of defamation. [read post]
