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• UK: Libel law reform campaigners seek £10,000 damages cap

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 147
  English PEN, a charity that promotes the human rights of writers and publishers, and Index on Censorship, a body that promotes freedom of expression, spent a year investigating English libel laws. Their joint report, Free Speech Is Not For Sale , was published today. They say that England’s libel law “was ...
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• Libel Law Redux: Latest Reports on the Defamation Roadshow

  
  The Wardman Wire — Authority: 553
  There have been several good reports in the last day or two about UK Defamation Law. Let me highlight two which are particularly well argued, and a good summary. There have been several good reports in the last day or two about UK Defamation Law. Let me highlight two which are particularly well argued, and a good ...
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• What should be done about libel law and the internet

  
  Podnosh Blog — Authority: 538
  Another point of discussion at C&binet conference ‘09 was the law. There was general consensus libel laws in the UK need to be changed to accommodate for the migration of news online and to make sure the law is clear. On a board of suggestions as to what the government should do to encourage hyperlocal , ...
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• John Kampfner calls for changes to libel laws

  
  The Wire — Authority: 479
  Index on Censorship, the campaign group which fights for freedom of speech, will next week publish a report aimed at convincing politicians that current libel laws must be changed.John Kampfner, the former New Statesman editor turned chief executive of the campaigning group, said he would like to see the libel laws ...
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• How Iain Dale libelled Tom Watson (and me)

  
  Bloggerheads — Authority: 112
  "I didnt libel Tom Watson. if I had done, he would have sued me." - Iain Dale ( source ) Today, in the High Court, The Sun issued an apology to Tom Watson ( more ) and agreed to pay a "substantial sum in damages" (plus costs) for the "acute distress, humiliation and embarrassment" caused. Take a look at what ...
  2 weeks ago

• Super-injunctions Debate

  
  Washminster — Authority: 132
  Westminster Hall Wednesday 21st October 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm Effects of English libel law on the reporting of parliamentary proceedings . Issues arising from last weeks row about attempts to gag Parliament. Guardian article on how super-injunctions are used to gag investigative journalism here . Roy Greenslade ...
  3 weeks ago

• Monbiot on Justice David Eady and Libel Law in the UK

  
  EcoLogics — Authority: 123
  perhaps the gravest judgements against the Honourable Mr Justice Eady are those made by legislators in the United States. Such is the reach and severity of his illiberal rulings that four states have so far passed what are, in effect, Eady laws(9), and Congress is currently considering a federal bill whose purpose is ...
  3 weeks ago

• BCA libels Simon Singh!

  
  Skepfeeds-The Best Skeptical blogs of the day — Authority: 125
  In a stunning turn of events the British Chiropractic Association’s press release which I wrote about a while ago, has defamatory language in which they accuse Simon of “maliciously attacked” the BCA, thus putting themselves in a worse position than Simon was for using the word “bogus”. The BCA is now in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Britich Chiropractic Associaton a.k.a sore losers

  
  Skepfeeds-The Best Skeptical blogs of the day — Authority: 125
  The British Chiropractic Association, BCA does not like the latest judge ruling giving Simon Singh the right to actually defend himself . The HORROR! So today they sent out a pathetic press release .They whine that the judge didn’t get to hear all sides of the story. No shit Sherlock! You were given an opportunity ...
  3 weeks ago

• Simon Singh Granted Permission to Appeal,

  
  Scepticon — Authority: 113
  This just in (sort of), for those following the unfortunate case of the British Chiropractic Association suing columnist and author Simon Singh for libel, Singh has just been granted the right to appeal original ruling on the meaning of his article. For those not aware of all of this see here for a rough run down ...
  4 weeks ago

• …and while I’m on the ‘tort law’ topic

  
  Banditry — Authority: 415
  What’s the point of injunctions in cases of breach of civil law? If someone breaks the criminal law, they should be punished. That’s why we have criminal courts. But if someone’s planning to do something which might, if they do it, be against civil law, what on earth is the justification for turning *that* ...
  4 weeks ago

• Libel law reform

  
  Banditry — Authority: 415
  It’s clear from this week’s events, and indeed to everyone with access to either eyes or a braille reader, that English libel law is a disgrace that needs reformed. As far as I can make out, the only objection to libel law reform is that in countries like the US with a sensible (i.e. unenforceable unless you’re ...
  4 weeks ago

• Silencing Criticism through Libel Law

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 652
  A Scottish colleague brought this article by Richard Dawkins in the UK’s Guardian to my attention, and the title says it all: “ Libel laws silence scientists .”  I’m embarrassed to say that I hadn’t heard of this before now, but the physicist turned science journalist Simon Singh (author of such books ...
  4 weeks ago

• Trafigura gagging order on toxic waste dumping memo overturned by blogosphere and Twitter users

  
  newsjiffy — Authority: 424
  Fantastic news that the gagging order brought by the law firm Carter-Ruck (as seen on a semi-regular basis in the pages of Private Eye) on behalf of the Swiss oil trader Trafigura , has been abandoned. The order was intended to prevent the media reporting three questions asked in the House of Commons by Paul ...
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