“The founder of consumer website Solicitors from Hell has lost another defamation case in the High Court, with Mr Justice Tugendhat ordering him to pay £10,000 to Marlow firm Gabbitas Robins.”
The Lawyer, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“A website which claims to name and shame under-performing lawyers is facing legal action from the Law Society for alleged defamation.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A leading defamation lawyer has called for conditional fee agreements to be preserved to help victims of press abuse.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The present proposals by the Ministry of Justice to abolish the recovery by successful claimants of the success fees on ‘no win no fee’ libel and privacy cases and the recovery of ‘after the event’ (ATE) insurance premiums represents a damaging and dangerous attack on access to justice for ordinary citizens of modest means.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Private Eye editor Ian Hislop has said he is ‘worried’ by proposals to limit the use of juries in some libel trials.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Sunday Times has lost a court battle to force the commissioner of the Metropolitan police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency to disclose confidential documents which the newspaper could use as evidence in a libel trial next month.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A libel case brought by Cherie Blair’s lifestyle guru Carole Caplin over her alleged portrayal as ‘some sort of sexpot or randy masseuse’ got the go-ahead today.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former Labour MP Frank Cook lost his libel case against The Sunday Telegraph today over reports he claimed £5 on expenses to cover money put into a collection by an aide representing him at a Battle of Britain memorial service.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Bahrain is to sue the Independent newspaper, accusing it of ‘orchestrating a defamatory and premeditated media campaign’ against the Gulf state and neighbouring Saudi Arabia. It singled out for criticism the newspaper’s award-winning Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Twitter has been forced to hand over the personal details of a British user in a libel battle that could have huge implications for free speech on the web.”
The Guardian, 29th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judge who has allowed a financier to bring a secret libel suit against his own sister-in-law defended his decision to make all the parties anonymous on Wednesday, in the wake of the uproar over superinjunctions and the outing of footballer Ryan Giggs in defiance of court orders.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A wealthy British financier is seeking to have his sister-in-law secretly jailed in a libel case, in the latest escalation of the controversy over superinjunctions and the internet, the Guardian can disclose.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first modern battle for commonsense press freedoms was fought and won over three decades ago as Margaret Thatcher and massed ranks of lawyers toiled to suppress Spycatcher and its revelations about MI5’s lurid history.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman from west London who falsely branded a neighbour a paedophile in an ‘unseemly outburst’ must pay £1,500 in compensation for slander.”
BBC News, 13th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It was, according to the perpetrator, nothing more than a case of him ruffling a boy’s hair. But the gesture triggered a dispute that led all the way to the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“On 15 March the Government made good on a manifesto commitment of both coalition parties to act on libel reform, unveiling a draft Defamation Bill for consultation until 10 June.”
Legal Week, 12th May 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, will begin court action on Thursday against two tabloid newspapers over the way they covered the hunt for the killer of Joanna Yeates, the landscape architect whose body was found dumped on Christmas Day in a country lane near Bristol.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2001
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Senior figures from the newspaper industry on Wednesday warned politicians against plans to eradicate juries in libel trials as part of sweeping reforms to defamation law in the UK.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society and Bar Council should investigate defamatory comments made on the Solicitors from Hell website to find an effective route of redress for firms named on the website, a High Court has said.”
The Lawyer, 18th April 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Welcome to the third episode of Without Prejudice: Tonight, I am afraid, I can’t tell you about our guest… in fact, the superinjunction is so harsh, I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a guest… but…. I can tell you that David Allen Green and Carl Gardner are at the table…. waiting to discuss libel, privacy, hyperinjunctions, Rough Justice – Miscarriages of Justice, The Lautsi v Italy crucifix case, and we may even have time to discuss expert immunity from suit…and interns.”
Charon QC, 6th April 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
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