“Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has told the former chief whip Andrew Mitchell MP that the cost of his libel action against The Sun will be restricted to the cost of the court fees for the claim.”
The Lawyer, 7th August 2013
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The former Conservative party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has won £180,000 damages in his high court libel action over a Sunday Times allegation about charging £250,000 to meet David Cameron.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Libel, racism, threats, harassment and the naming of people in defiance of court orders.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A decision to continue to withhold crucial details from a damning report on widespread abuse in children’s homes has been strongly criticised by victims, lawyers and child protection experts.”
The Guardian, 8th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Sunday Times has won a long-running libel trial brought by an East End businessman it accused of running a vast criminal empire in London.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Mail has apologised and paid £110,000 in libel damages to a London defence firm it wrongly linked with an alleged chemical weapons plot in Syria.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Daily Mail has apologised and agreed to pay £125,000 in libel damages to a TV psychic it falsely accused of using a hidden earpiece to scam a theatre audience.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On 24 May Mr Justice Tugendhat handed down the judgment in McAlpine v Bercow [2013] EWHC 1342 (QB), finding that Mrs Bercow’s tweet carried a defamatory meaning. Following the judgment it was announced that Bercow had accepted an earlier settlement offer, saying that ‘today’s ruling should be seen as a warning to all social media users’. Although Twitter litigation is no longer new (the site has been the form of publication in a number of cases, most notably Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 756 (QB)), McAlpine is the first to really tackle the peculiar nature of this social media genre and could mark a key moment in social media use.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th June 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Paul Gascoigne has launched a six-figure legal claim against the Daily Star over a leaked mobile phone video allegedly stolen from his flat.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Carmarthenshire blogger fears losing her home after being told to pay a £230,000 legal bill for a failed bid to sue a council chief executive.”
BBC News, 5th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A tweet published by Sally Bercow about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was libellous, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 24th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police is to pay substantial damages to a man who was wrongly
pictured in ‘wanted’ posters following the London riots in 2011.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Changes to libel laws in England and Wales have been implemented after the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent late last week.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Large scale reforms to the law governing cases of defamation have today become law as the Defamation Bill gains Royal Assent.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th April 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Laws that led to London being dubbed ‘the libel capital of the world’ will be reformed after peers in the Lords voted to pass the defamation bill, ending a three-year campaign led by Liberal Democrat peers Lord McNally and Lord Lester.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two private care home operators are attempting to sue the leader of the council at the centre of the Rochdale child grooming scandal for libel after he suggested vulnerable children would not be safe in the area.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A three-year campaign to reform Britain’s ‘chilling’ libel laws is days away from victory after the government did a U-turn on a key proposal which would prevent companies using defamation laws to silence their critics.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The permanent damage that internet publications can inflict is very much the focus of Tugendhat J’s assessment of damages in this case, encapsulated in the memorable description he quoted in an earlier judgment: ‘what is to be found on the internet may become like a tattoo’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
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