“The retired teacher speaks out about his vilification by the press after his wrongful arrest for the murder of Joanna Yeates.”
The Guardian, 24th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative peer Lord McAlpine has reached a £125,000 settlement with ITV and Phillip Schofield. It is in relation to a This Morning programme broadcast in November during which the presenter handed the prime minister a list of names of alleged abusers he had found on the internet.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Users of the social networking site Twitter who wrongly linked Tory peer, Lord McAlpine, with the North Wales care home child abuse scandal, are bracing themselves for a barrage of lawsuits.”
The Independent, 19th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown explains why careless Tweeting of Lord McAlpine’s name could prove expensive for those who publish and repeat libellous remarks.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Newsnight scandal shows that the status quo does very little for defamation victims.”
The Guardian, 16th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Conservative politician Lord McAlpine has commenced legal action against a long list of organisations and individuals who wrongly linked him to a paedophile ring after coming to a £185,000 settlement with the BBC.”
The Independent, 16th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“What the Newsnight debacle can tell us about proposed changes to defamation law.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On 2 November, Newsnight broadcast what are now known to be mistaken claims by former care home resident Steve Messham that he had been sexually abused by a prominent 1980s Conservative politician.”
BBC News, 13th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Media lawyers Niri Shan and Lorna Caddy explain why commenting on Twitter and Facebook is no longer the same as a chat down the pub.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Cairns v Modi; KC v MGN Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1382; [2012] WLR (D) 302
“When breaking down the details of an award of damages in a defamation case there was no need to introduce a more analytical reasoning process founded on the three broad bands of compensation for injury to feelings in the context of sex and race discrimination cases.”
WLR Daily, 31st October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The natural father of Baby P who was falsely accused of having been convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl has had a libel award of £75,000 cut to £50,000.”
The Independent, 31st October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An appeal against a £90,000 libel award to former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns over an accusation of match-fixing has failed.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“When speech offends, insults and disparages should we resort to legal action?”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The comedian Frankie Boyle has been awarded £54,650 in damages after a high court jury found that he had been libelled by the Daily Mirror.”
The Guardian, 22nd October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Conservative MP Liam Fox is suing the Dubai businessman who helped reveal the former defence secretary’s unusual working relationship with Adam Werritty.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Comedian Frankie Boyle is suing the Mirror newspaper for libel, over an article which labelled him racist.”
BBC News, 15th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Scientists and academics are to be given extra protection from bullying corporations that use Britain’s libel laws to suppress legitimate criticism and debate, the Government has indicated.”
The Independent, 12th October 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The high court has ruled that Sir Elton John was not libelled by the Times in articles that he claimed falsely linked him to a controversial tax avoidance scheme.”
The Guardian, 10th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has lost part of a high court libel case brought by a former Bank of Scotland director over two articles he said falsely implied he was involved in criminal conspiracies.”
The Guardian, 5th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Caroline Whitmore accepts undisclosed damages, legal costs and an apology over libel claim.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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