Sentences with phrase «libel law»

The Conservatives say they would hold a «fundamental review» of libel law, if elected.

Julian Porter QC acted for Toronto Life: a libel law legend, author of the wonderfully lucid «Libel: a Handbook for Canadian Publishers, Editors, and Writers» and occasional commentator on Libel and Social Media.

That's an important step on the path to bring British libel law in line with basic principles of free speech and common sense that all blawgers should be happy to see.

Does the Act «reverse the chilling effect on freedom of expression of current libel law» or is it damp squib which will make defamation cases more complex?

And one need only glance through the parliamentary discussion of Fox's Libel Law, passed in England in 1792, to sense the bad odor of criminal libel in that country even when confined to charges against individuals only.

But the mere description of this statute as a criminal libel law does not

The Illinois Supreme Court tells us that § 224a «is a form of criminal libel law.»

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).

Libel law aims to balance freedom of expression and public information against protection of private reputations, be they individual or corporate.

The Court of Appeals in Maryland refused to implement English libel law, finding it repugnant and incompatible with the safeguard of free speech in the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

We reported last year on how the sheriff of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, relying on the state's old and constitutionally infirm criminal - libel law, had raided the house and seized the computers of a local man suspected of being responsible for a gadfly blog that had criticized the sheriff and other community figures.

«The Charter gave us a weapon,» says Rogers, who felt Canadian libel law was too restrictive.

I suspect that any revision of libel law and privacy — separate issues but linked — will have to consider carefully the reality of the jurisdiction of the English court and the use of injunctions.

Since Ghana repealed the Criminal Libel Law (July, 2001), libel cases in Ghana will now come under the aegis of civil torts action.

His annually updated survey of Massachusetts employment libel law is distributed nationwide by LexisNexis.

But, the UK is known for having very plaintiff - friendly libel law (although less - so now).

The case gives rise to a number of interesting libel law questions and casts doubt on the appropriateness of a proposed new «public interest defence».

Of course, he probably would have been dead in the water under UK libel law (which is notorious liberal).

The First Amendment does still pose constraints, which are some of the most defendant - friendly in the world (interestingly enough, US law is descended from English law, and English libel law used to be among the most plaintiff - friendly in the world).

I'm not sure what relevance any of that has to the current case, since the suit in question was governed by Canadian libel law.

There have been internet libel law suits where judges have issued orders directing that anonymous internet bloggers are to be revealed in the full light of day, such orders are normally accompanied by protests from a trivial yet noisy family of rabid people who deem that freedom of expression should be absolute and unconditional & the speaker should not be held to account for their words, without consideration to the accuracy or deceptiveness of the allegations.

Yesterday's House of Lords ruling easing British libel law is being hailed by news organizations for bringing English journalists closer to the freedoms enjoyed by reporters in the United States.

(I am deeply suspicious that you are restating libel law in the US rather than actually talking about German law.)

It is usually too broad a question if not specified to one country as most legal questions have different answers under the laws of different countries and this would absolutely apply in the case of libel law.

Legally, and in regards to libel law, that is a world of difference.

National Review is asking for money to defend itself against a libel law suit filed by Professor Michael Mann for defaming him by accusing him of academic fraud.

Now, stop to think what this means about how the court will actually resolve whether Mann's hockey stick was a fraud, and you begin to see why the Supreme Court decided to clip the wings of libel law.

«English libel law is so intimidating, so expensive, so hostile to serious journalists that it has a chilling effect on all areas of debate, silencing scientists, journalists, bloggers, human rights activists and everyone else who dares to tackle serious matters of public interest.»

Also to avoid any accusations of inconsistency, it is my understanding that accusations of «fraud» can be defamatory, but that it is virtually impossible for US «public figure» to demonstrate «actual malice» under US libel law and that libel judgements in Canada against US parties can not be enforced in the US.

Britain's notoriously lax libel law (changed just this year) was supposedly the reason.

He brought the suit [in Britain] because British libel law puts the burden on the defendants — in this case, Ms. Lipstadt and Penguin — to prove the truth of their assertions.

But since the burden of proof in English libel law lies with the accused, it bizarrely fell to Lipstadt and her legal team to demonstrate that one of the defining events of the century did indeed transpire.»

Simon Singh rightly draws attention to proposed reforms to English libel law (2 April, p 26).

The long - overdue reform of English libel law and its chilling effect on free speech has begun, but the battle isn't won yet

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

The most important thing is to establish a public - interest defence in English and Welsh libel law, so that doctors and scientists can present their data without being sued.

Last month, however, after two years of campaigning by scientists and free speech activists, the UK government published a draft defamation bill, the first step on the road to reforming English libel law.

Other scientists, science journalists and journals have also been subjected to legal actions and threats, and the libel law of England and Wales has earned a reputation for being anti-free speech and for silencing scientific debate and criticism.

Worse still, it is a matter of shame and embarrassment that English libel law is used to silence scientists overseas.

The law in Australia, the US and other countries does not discourage scientists from writing about companies, and the hope is that English libel law will move closer to these models.

The long - overdue reform of English libel law and its chilling effect on free speech has begun, but the battle isn't won yet, warns Simon Singh

«That is why, as Attorney General, under the government of the great Ghanaian statesman, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, I led the process, in Parliament, for the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law.

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I know there are some who take issue with the media on several fronts, and even go so far as to criticise me for my part in the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law, for it made the media «too free».

Kufuor was a supporter of press freedom and repealed a libel law, though maintained that the media had to act responsibly.

It would be great if we could develop a cross-party consensus on libel law reform.

To commit citizens of Ghana to jail on account of what they have said at a time when democratic societies are moving away from such a practice would appear to roll back all the gains made since the repeal of the criminal libel law.

Let's march till meaning is given to the repeal of the Criminal Libel Law... Mugabe and Co must be set free, the President must speak now,» a circular from the supporters said.

«If passed, it could provide a model in libel law for countries across the world, and secure the biggest shake up of English libel law for a generation.»

A statement issued by Nana Ato Dadzie and George Loh, lawyers for the three, said the sentence was «harsh and excessive», adding: «We also do not believe that citizens of Ghana ought to be committed to prison for infractions on free expression especially in light of the repeal of the criminal libel law.