MPs: Defamation Bill needs to address libel costs
Proposals for reforming the libel laws contained in the Government’s draft Defamation Bill should go further to give greater protection…
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Editors in last-ditch plea to scrap teacher anonymity
The Society of Editors is urging the House of Lords to drop a controversial clause in the new Education Bill…
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Kenneth Clarke to address Society of Editors conference
Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month’s Society of Editors…
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Daily Mail in libel payout to Sir Roger Moore’s wife
The wife of actor Sir Roger Moore accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages today over a claim that she lived with…
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Morrissey’s NME libel case ‘should be thrown out’
Singer Morrissey’s libel claim over an NME article about his attitude to immigration should be thrown out as it was…
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Sunday Times in libel payout to Russia’s richest woman
The Sunday Times has published an apology and paid “substantial” libel damages to Russia’s richest woman Elena Baturina. The complaint…
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Russian billionaire sues Lebedev after studio punch-up
The owner of the Evening Standard and The Independent, Alexander Lebedev, is being sued by Sergei Polonsky – the Russian…
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Sun libel payout to Man U player over sex story
A case of mistaken identity has led to The Sun paying Manchester United footballer Tom Cleverley “a substantial sum” in…
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