Sentences with phrase «of libel tourism»

Conversely, he points to the issue of libel tourism to illustrate an area where the English courts apply the law globally, where they should not, allowing foreign litigants to pursue cases in this country.

He became increasingly fascinated with British journalists» lack of concern to conceal their political bias and to find that in a nation of libel tourism, journalists themselves drift regularly into the scandalous, in often - hilarious fashion.

Not exact matches

A new defence of «honest opinion» and measures against «libel tourism» are among the provisions of the defamation bill.

The New York law addressed a legal problem commonly known as «libel tourism,» or the practice of shopping a case to find a favorable jurisdiction.

«New York is the world's crossroads, so what happens out there — in this case, the U.K.'s libel tourism problem and its misuse by terrorism's apologists and facilitators — affects us here, and it's nice to know that our defense of free speech here in New York is likewise having an impact out there as pressure builds in the U.K. to cease being a haven for libel terrorists,» the assemblyman said.

When plaintiffs use that fact to file a suit abroad that might not fly in the U.S., legal experts refer to this type of forum shopping as libel tourism.

It replaces the common law defence of «fair comment» with the statutory defence of «honest opinion», and takes a potshot at «libel tourism» by providing that the courts should not deal with actions brought against non-UK or non-EU residents unless satisfied it is appropriate to do so.

The US Senate has passed a bill against «libel tourism», essentially barring the enforcement of defamation judgments from places that the US deems to protect free speech insufficiently.

The legislation was prompted, as the BBC report says, by a libel suit against American writer Rachel Ehrenfeld who was sued in England, a notorious destination for libel tourism, because of a book on the funding of terrorism.

London may still be for the moment the «libel tourism» capital of the world for affronted folk, but Paris has its strong points, too, if the case of Professor Joseph H. H. Weiler is anything to go by.

He also took issue with the press over its «juggernaut of a campaign» against «libel tourism» fuelled by «no win, no fee» (which he said was not a phenomenon recognised by judges on «the front line»).

«Libel tourism» is the practice of filing defamation actions in London courts to take advantage of the UK laws that are highly [some would say absurdly] favorable to plaintiffs.