Sentences with phrase «libel charges brought»

Lyonette Louis - Jacques recently mentioned the criminal libel charges brought in France against an American publication for a review of her American book.

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.

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British science writer Simon Sing is free and clear of libel claims brought by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA), reports Mark Henderson of The Times of London, after the BCA dropped all charges just weeks after a landmark ruling from the Court of Appeal allowing the fair comment defense.

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.