Britons unaware of legal risks of posting online – Daily Telegraph
“Half of all Twitter users do not consider the legal risks before tweeting, according to a new report.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: defamation
Tesla legal claim over Top Gear stunt thrown out – Daily Telegraph
“A High Court judge struck out the American company’s allegations of libel and malicious falsehood, which were based on a stunt in the television series.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Morrissey can sue NME over ‘racist’ claim – The Independent
“Morrissey spoke of his ‘delight’ after a judge ruled yesterday that he had the right to sue the music magazine NME over an article which he claims branded him as a racist.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Times can use leaked Police documents in libel defence – UK Human Rights Blog
“Mr Justice Tugendhat has held that, with restrictions, The Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL) should be allowed to use information from leaked documents in its defence to a libel claim brought by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). However, proportionality limited the reach of this judgment to the next stage in the libel claim, after which reassessment may be necessary.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 25th October 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Solicitors from Hell owner’s defamation bid was ‘abuse of court process’ – The Lawyer
“Mr Justice Tugendhat has dismissed a £1m defamation claim launched against Law Society chief executive Des Hudson by Solicitors from Hell owner Rick Kordowksi, branding the bid ‘an abuse of the court process’.”
The Lawyer, 21st October 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Allegedly defamatory comments from named authors should stay online, say MPs – OUT-LAW.com
“Web hosts and ISPs should be allowed to keep allegedly defamatory comments online as long as the author of the comment is identified and a notice of complaint is published alongside the comment, a Parliamentary committee has recommended.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Top Gear did not libel carmaker Tesla, high court rules – The Guardian
“Electric sports carmaker Tesla Motors has lost a major part of its high court libel claim against the BBC’s Top Gear programme, but is still suing the corporation for malicious falsehood over an episode that showed the company’s Roadster model running out of battery in a race.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Libel reform: final report of the joint committee on the draft defamation bill – The Guardian
“Read MPs and peers’ verdict on the government’s plans to reform libel law.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Libel reform: juries should be dropped for most trials, says committee – The Guardian
“Libel trials by jury should be abolished for all but exceptional cases involving public figures, a parliamentary committee has recommended.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Morrissey’s NME libel case: judge to decide on jury trial – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior libel judge is considering whether to grant Morrissey a high court trial before a jury over an NME magazine interview he claims portrayed him as a ‘racist and a blatant hypocrite’.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Morrissey takes ‘racism’ battle to court – The Guardian
“He once claimed to bear more grudges than lonely high court judges. Now Morrissey wants his date in the high court to rebut years of allegations that he is a racist and a hypocrite.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Russia’s richest woman wins Sunday Times libel battle – The Guardian
“Russia’s richest woman has won a bitter two-year libel battle against the Sunday Times after it wrongly claimed that she had secretly bought a £50m mansion in north London.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reynolds defence is just the start – The Guardian
“In Flood v the Times, the supreme court has to consider questions of balance and the limits of editorial discretion.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Solicitors from Hell owner launches £1m defamation claim against Law Soc CEO – The Lawyer
“The fight between the Law Society and Solicitors from Hell website owner Rick Kordowski has taken a further twist with Kordowski launching a defamation claim against Law Society chief executive Des Hudson.”
The Lawyer, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Online libel cases double – The Independent
“The number of libel cases in which claimants say they have been defamed online has more than doubled in a year – and the growth of social media may be a cause of the surge, according to new research.”
The Independent, 26th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Council sued for unmasking Twitter user – The Independent
“The first Briton to have his Twitter identity forcibly revealed by a court is seeking to sue the council that blew his anonymity and force a judicial review of the case.”
The Independent, 8th August 20111
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Saudi prince wins libel damages over Independent story – BBC News
“Saudi Arabia’s interior minister has accepted undisclosed damages over an article in The Independent newspaper accusing him of ordering police to shoot and kill unarmed protesters.”
BBC News, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
My libel victory underlines the need for journalists to check their facts – The Guardian
“A critic is free to hate a book but this ruling found Lynn Barber had a reckless disregard for the truth.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ethiopian billionaire wins libel action in UK – BBC News
“An Ethiopian-born billionaire has won £175,000 in libel damages over allegations he had hunted his daughter down so she could be stoned to death.”
BBC News, 29th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Eight newspapers pay libel damages to Christopher Jefferies – The Guardian
“Eight national newspapers have made public apologies today to Christopher Jefferies for the libellous allegations made against him following the murder of Joanna Yeates. The titles – The Sun, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record, Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Scotsman and Daily Express – have also agreed to pay him substantial libel damages, thought to total six figures.”
The Guardian, 29th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
