Sentences with phrase «libel action if»

Andrew Mitchell would have avoided the personally and financially devastating verdict in his High Court libel action if he had shown a «scintilla of humility», his fellow Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has tweeted.

Not exact matches

Two reasons that I can see: he does not admit to committing libel and if the apology works, and Heartland accepts it without court action and all that that entails (discovery, forensic analysis of his computer hard drives, email accounts, Pacific Institute equipment, etc., etc.), then the misdirection would be successful.

Lewandowsky falsely linked climate skeptics to moon landing hoaxism, and free marketeers to rejection of beliefs they overwhelmingly endorsed, so I guess an enterprising lawyer could think about a class action civil suit for libel (I'm not sure if there's ever been a class action libel action), against the researchers and the journal.

If a defendant is successful in having a libel action dismissed on this basis, there is a presumption of costs being awarded on a full indemnity basis, the statute says.

Under D.C. law, government officials have absolute immunity in actions for libel and slander - even if their statements are false and defamatory - provided that two conditions apply.

Even though the vast majority of libel actions are brought through the civil courts, crown prosecutors can press charges for criminal libel if it is thought to be in the public interest.