Sentences with phrase «libel claim»

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.

Representing foreign businessman in libel claim against ex-customer and the customer's business / legal advisor, in which claim for lost business exceeds $ 4.5 m.

As a matter of tort, none of the examples given would likely attract ordinary libel claims if the message writers were known.

Dunphy ultimately dismissed Platnick's libel claim on the basis of Bent's emails being «substantially true and correct.»

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

When a Canadian newspaper quoted him in a story, NMT issued three separate libel claims against Wilmshurst; that case is still pending.

The lawyers at Gilbertson Davis LLP have experience with defamation claims, cyber libel claims, and business litigation claims.

It may also prevent companies using the threat of relatively unsubstantiated libel claims as a tactical advantage before any proceedings are brought.

An unanswered question for Cade is whether this policy could subject cooperating salespeople and other members to libel claims if the information turns out to be wrong.

That assertion netted her a libel claim by Lorenzo Tan, the former chief executive officer of RCBC, who also sued Deguito's lawyer.

The essence of a libel claim, of course, is the protection of one's reputation.

I believe Paster Mark has a libel claim.

The libel claim follows publication of an article headed «Text - Mad Ronaldo fined # 8k, Fergie's Fury on phone ban.

The Daily Mail and Mail Online will pay significant damages to settle a libel claim brought by the US first lady, Melania Trump, over false claims about her work as a professional model.

You can add personal injury coverage (libel claims, for instance) for a few dollars a year in many cases.

National Review's lawyer Michael A. Carvin argued that «no court in the history of Anglo - American jurisprudence has ever allowed scientific debates to go to a jury,» that Mann's libel claims have no merit, and if the case continues it could set a dangerous precedent for free speech.

Dougans, who acted for science journalist Simon Singh in the high - profile libel claim brought by the British Chiropractic Association, says he would like to see a tribunal set up for «small - scale» libel claims, which could be structured in a similar way to employment tribunals.

Libel claims are often associated with top - level political figures or celebrities, like the now infamous fanfare of the Plebgate saga.

Search engines have historically enjoyed considerable immunity from defamation and libel claims, given that they present themselves as automated organizers of information and not publishers of the information itself.

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.

Toronto litigator and mediator Howard Winkler of Winkler Dispute Resolution is part of a team representing the former Ontario PC leader in a libel claim against CTV, reports Global News.

Yesterday, a Russian court rejected a libel claim brought by Josef Stalin's grandson, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, asserting that Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta damaged Stalin's «honor and dignity» in an April article that referred to him as a «bloodthirsty cannibal.»

The libel claim related to statements posted on an internet blog

Platnick v. Bent, 2016 ONSC 7340 involved a libel claim by Dr. Howard Platnick against Maia Bent, the recent past president of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA).

Megan Shortreed acted for the successful «non-media» defendants who got a libel claim against them struck out because they were not served with notice pursuant to the Libel and Slander Act.

Wray v University of West Indies [2007] UKPC 14 The Privy Council held that the claimant was entitled to a declaration that his employer breached its contractual duty to give notice and a libel claim was not struck out but remitted to the Supreme Court of Jamaica.

Issuing a directed verdict in favor of Hustler on the issue of invasion of privacy, a federal district court also ruled against Falwell on his libel claim because, the court said, no reasonable person would believe the situation depicted in the ad to be true.

Satire and Parody 30 The Comments Were Invited by the Plaintiff 30 Opinion 31 Libel - proof 31 The Victim Is Deceased 31 Uncertain Defenses to Libel Claims 32 Safe Conduit 32 Words Spoken In the Heat of Anger 32 Worthless Defenses 33

Another possibility is that individual members of a corporation could bring a libel claim, perhaps funded by their employer.

In actual fact, bringing a libel claim promptly may be the best way of limiting or preventing loss to a company's reputation and, consequently, value.

Romanova v Sloutsker: for the appellant Russian journalist on behalf of Media Law Defence Initiative in her challenge to Court of Appeal against jurisdiction judgment -LRB-[2015] EWHC 545 (QB)-RRB- permitting the libel claim of a Russian oligarch to be brought in the English courts.

The Claimant (H), brought a libel claim against D1 and D2 in respect of a referral letter notifying a third party authority of C's dismissal from her employment.

You can add personal injury coverage (libel claims, for instance) for a few dollars a year in many cases.

Court addressed a libel claim resulting from a decision by the Ethics Hearing Panel of the New York State Association of REALTORS ® (NYSAR).