Sentences with phrase «use 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).

They also use the libel laws to silence the regime's opponents in England.

Not exact matches

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

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

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Earlier this morning, the good professor applied case law to the plaintiffs» allegations (that the ad libeled them, placed them in a false light, used their likenesses for commercial benefit, invaded their privacy, intentionally inflicted of emotional distress), and finds them wanting.

A libel case, like all lawsuits, involves the government's judicial branch using its coercive power to make you pay money as a result of your speech, based on a law requiring you to pay money for certain kinds of speech.

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've heard people use the terms libel and slander interchangeably, but I know that they are different in the eyes of the law.

As of July 2001, Ghana's parliament unanimously repealed the Criminal Libel and Seditious Laws, which had been used to incarcerate a number of journalists in the past, according to the West African Journalists Association (WAJA).

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.

One of the first cases was in the trial of John Peter Zenger, in 1735, where a law against libels was used against him, and subsequently nullified by a jury.

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