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15 Feb 2008, 2:39 am
Seaga v Harper Privy Council “The defence of qualified privilege established in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd ([2001] 2 AC 127) was available not only to the press and broadcasting media but could also extend to the publication by any person of material of public interest. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 2:09 am
Seaga v Harper (No 2) [2009] UKPC 26; [2009] WLR (D) 212 “Success fees under conditional fee agreements, and premiums paid on ‘after the event’ (’ATE’) insurance cover were not recoverable as costs by a successful party in an appeal to the Privy Council from Jamaica whose domestic law did not allow conditional fee agreements or [...] [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 2:12 am
Seaga v Harper (No 2) Privy Council “After-the-event insurance premiums and success fees under conditional fee agreements entered into with English counsel and solicitors were not recoverable as costs by a successful party in an appeal to the Privy Council from Jamaica whose domestic law did not permit conditional fee agreements or allow for a successful party's [...] [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 9:43 am
’’ Said former JLP leader and Prime Minister Edward Seaga: “The polls are against him and with the capital spent, he would not be able to lead his party. [read post]
17 Apr 2012, 2:33 pm
Actually, I'm optimistic about this, given the possible link between Reynolds and responsibility more generally (cf Irish Defamation Act 2009), and glimpses of a non-media approach, e.g. in the Privy Council case of Seaga v Harper (para 11).] [read post]
17 Jul 2010, 2:11 am
While in most cases it will be a media defendant who wishes to rely on the defence, there is Privy Council authority to the effect that the privilege can be asserted by a non-media defendant (Seaga v Harper [2008] UKPC 9). [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 5:13 am
The courts have stressed that, to give proper protection for responsible journalism, the defence must be applied in a practical and workable manner: Bonnick v Morris [2003] 1 AC 300 PC; Harper v Seaga [2009] 1 AC 1 PC. [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]
2 Apr 2011, 5:47 pm
“Nearly 30 years have elapsed since the last Government Committee on defamation, so that a review of the law is seasonable. [read post]
