Sentences with phrase «concerning libel»

The Toronto Star reports on a landmark decision by the Court of Appeal for Ontario concerning libel and media rights:

Questions that have arisen in case law concerning libel, emotional distress and copyright infringement are discussed in the relevant cases below.

The article starts off with «A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning a libel suit against a radio host referred to the changing attitudes surrounding public comment and defamation... [more]

Not exact matches

He is being sued by Muscat for libel, which has raised concerns about whether Facebook suspended the account because of pressure from officials in Malta.

-- i'm not the least concerned that i've lied or libeled anyone, i haven't.

Another positive recommendation concerns the window of opportunity for libel claims.

English libel law was used to threaten me, but I had to speak out, says Peter Wilmshurst, the cardiologist sued for voicing safety concerns

So far, there's little evidence that scientific publishers have been seriously affected: None of 22 journals or journal publishers contacted by Science has rejected a research paper solely because of libel concerns, for example.

The same U.S. company that had originally filed against him in 2007 served his lawyers yesterday with its latest complaint, which concerns when Wilmshurst explained his libel case on BBC Radio in 2009.

In the exchange, Mr Haslam cited libel concerns as the reason why CUP could not publish Ms Dawisha's new book e...

Such as the legal framework where libel is concerned.

He became increasingly fascinated with British journalists» lack of concern to conceal their political bias and to find that in a nation of libel tourism, journalists themselves drift regularly into the scandalous, in often - hilarious fashion.

The journal's lawyer, who is based in England (as was Lewandowsky by that time), was very concerned about the journal being sued for libel.

Notwithstanding your concern about its relevance getting fogged by academics, it would still be in the 2 - 3 incidents that I'd recommend to the libel litigants.

Media Legal Defence Initiative, the Open Society Justice Initiative, Index on Censorship, English PEN, Global Witness and Human Rights Watch jointly intervened in the case to express serious concern about the costs of defending libel and privacy claims in the UK.

When Katie Mohammed turned to Facebook to air concerns about her community — as millions of people do every day — she didn't think she'd ever be sued for libel, and become the centre of a precedent - setting case in Ontario's laws protecting speech in the public interest.

As a result, publishers and booksellers are increasingly concerned about «libel tourism»: foreigners suing other foreigners in England or elsewhere, and using those judgments to intimidate authors in other countries, including the United States.

The BBC has settled with Lord McAlpine over a libel claim concerning allegations of child abuse made on the Newsnight programme which implicated the former Conservative politician.

In a 44 - page judgment, Justice Sean Dunphy dismissed the libel suit, writing that lawyer Maia Bent's concerns about Dr. Howard Platnick have merit and that there is a «public interest» in not stifling debate about reports from medical experts.

Nothing in KRS 432.230 to 432.270 shall prevent any court or judge from proceeding against any person writing or publishing a libel or slanderous words concerning such court or judge in relation to his judicial conduct in court by indictment, nor prevent any court from punishing any person guilty of a contempt in resisting or disobeying any judicial order or process issued by or under the authority of such court.»

It is also concerning to think that it might join that long list of situations where lawyers have been used in a way that has retarded debate on important health issues (such as, in extremis, this memorable episode when a High Court judge criticised Andrew Wakefield for trying to use libel law to silence his critics).

His reported cases include RH Green & Silley Weir v BR (limitation period against 3rd party), de Bry v Fitzgerald (security for costs), Hartt v Newspaper Publishing (libel concerning a work by Michelangelo), Pearson v Sanders Witherspoon (valuation of loss of chance), Siebe Gorman v Pneupac (status of consent orders), Senate Electrical v NTL (liability of an employee for acquisition warranties) and Bendell v Smith & Others (a successful recovery action by a lender on a shared appreciation mortgage equity release — the only such case to go to trial).

The Bill, which had its first reading last week, seeks to answer concerns that the current law on libel is costly, vague and uncertain, and is stifling debate by encouraging self - censorship.

A civil Court which consists of three divisions: - i) Queen's Bench (can be known as King's Bench Division if a King is assuming the throne)- civil disputes for recovery of money, including breach of contract, personal injuries, libel / slander; ii) Family - concerned with matrimonial maters and proceedings relating to children, e.g. wardship; iii) Chancery - property matters including fraud and bankruptcy

They are concerned about lawsuits, libel charges, and interfering with the job prospects of either a positively remembered employee or an employee who was a poor fit for their organization.

More importantly, the suit concerned only one person named in the article (out of many other stories and discussions of research), who was determined by the judge to be a private individual rather than a public official, and therefore allowed to prove libel without meeting the standard (malice) required for public figures.