Lord Lester’s Defamation Bill – Main Provisions
These are the main provisions of the Defamation Bill introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Lester of Herne…
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Lord Lester publishes reform plan for ‘archaic’ libel laws
A senior Liberal Democrat peer will today publish plans for reforming “archaic” libel laws in England and Wales. A Defamation…
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Northern Ireland Sundays in Stevens Inquiry libel payouts
The Sunday World and Sunday Life newspapers in Northern Ireland have apologised and paid libel damages to members of the…
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Independent on Sunday in libel payout to sex blogger
‘Girl with a one track mind’blogger Zoe Margolis has won ‘substantial damages’from the Independent on Sunday after it referred to…
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A recruitment agency’s attempt to sue a journalist for defamation over a story which he passed on to a national…
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Coalition deal appears to bury broadcast news pilots
Proposals to replace ITV regional news with a series of independently funded consortia appear to have been buried by the…
By Judge throws out Sikh holy man libel action
Freelance journalist Hardeep Singh has seen off a libel action brought by an Indian holy man who he claimed was…
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Mirror pays substantial damages to Barry George
Barry George, who was cleared of murdering Jill Dando, today accepted substantial libel damages over claims that he was obsessed…
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