Sentences with phrase «in libel trial»

Jim's First Amendment and media experience is exemplified by his successful defense of The New Yorker Magazine in the libel trial Masson v. New Yorker, 832 F. Supp.

A number of well - known figures have offered statements in defence of Andrew Mitchell in a libel trial over the «plebgate» row, with Lord Coe calling the former minister «a man of integrity».

[163] In 1996, he warned of the growing influence of spin doctors in the party, and called for Blair to sack Alastair Campbell after a High Court judge criticised him in a libel trial.

Not exact matches

The author, who served as a member of the British Parliament and once ran for mayor of London, was convicted in 2001 of committing perjury during a 1987 libel trial.

Written by David Hare and based on the book «History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier» by Professor Deborah Lipstadt of Emory University in Atlanta, Mick Jackson's Denial is an examination of Professor Lipstadt's (Rachel Weisz, «The Light Between Oceans») court battle in London to defend herself from a libel charge brought by British historian David Irving (Timothy Spall, «Mr. Turner»), a Holocaust denier and alleged anti-Semite.

Based on the acclaimed book «History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier,» DENIAL recounts Deborah E. Lipstadt's (Academy Award ® winner Rachel Weisz) legal battle for historical truth against David Irving (Cannes Award winner Timothy Spall), who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier.

In 2000, a libel trial took place in Great BritaiIn 2000, a libel trial took place in Great Britaiin Great Britain.

The court will hear arguments tomorrow in a case where a Toronto doctor is appealing a Superior Court decision that dismissed his libel action against a former head of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and ordered him to pay more than $ 310,000 in costs.

Litigators can also expect more co-operation between parties, which «had all but disappeared post - Mitchell [the Andrew Mitchell libel trial in which Mitchell's lawyers were sanctioned for not meeting court deadlines]».

To his client's relief, online trade libel attorney Dan Warner convinced an Arizona appeals court to vacate a trial court's ruling in a Facebook defamation case.

Because so few libel cases ever go to trial, opportunities to argue for the responsible journalism defence in court were rare.

I concur in the reversal, but dissent from leaving the case open for a new trial, believing that, for reasons stated in the concurring opinions of MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS and myself in the New York Times and Garrison cases, a libel judgment against Rosenblatt is forbidden by the First Amendment, which the Fourteenth made applicable to the States.

On my proposed disposition of these appeals, the issue whether the claim for libel in the internet version of the article is subject to the notice and limitation provisions of the Act is relevant only to the issue of discoverability, an issue I would also leave to be determined at trial.

One of the first cases was in the trial of John Peter Zenger, in 1735, where a law against libels was used against him, and subsequently nullified by a jury.

In fashioning his damages awards, the trial judge appreciated that, for this reason, a comparison with awards in other libel cases was of little assistancIn fashioning his damages awards, the trial judge appreciated that, for this reason, a comparison with awards in other libel cases was of little assistancin other libel cases was of little assistance.

Although Rabinowitz relies on several libel cases in which the amount of the compensatory damages awarded was lower than that awarded here, other libel cases reveal compensatory damages awards in amounts higher than those awarded by this trial judge.

In 1987 I played a peripheral part in what the trial judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, described as «the libel case of the century»: Jeffrey Archer against the Daily StaIn 1987 I played a peripheral part in what the trial judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, described as «the libel case of the century»: Jeffrey Archer against the Daily Stain what the trial judge, Mr Justice Caulfield, described as «the libel case of the century»: Jeffrey Archer against the Daily Star.

Automobile manufacturing innovator Henry Ford illustrated this point during a civil trial in which he sued a Chicago newspaper for libel.