Sentences with phrase «wins libel»

British IT outsourcing firm Quindell Plc wins libel lawsuit against Gotham City Research LLP, Reuters

The passing of the royal charter opens the door for a judge to impose a financial penalty on a newspaper even when it wins a libel case — although any such move would have to wait for a year until the state - backed regulator is established.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won a libel cse against the Daily Mirror, who wrote that whilst Ronny was supposed to be recuperating after an operation, he was actually dancing on his bad foot and drinking cop

They include the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, who has been tipped for the post, and the former Defence Secretary, Liam Fox, who is keen to return to frontline politics after successfully winning his libel battle over the Adam Werritty affair.

Mr Cruddas was dismissed from the role after the Sunday Times reported that he was charging # 250,000 to meet Mr Cameron but has since won a libel action against the newspaper.

The standard, later extended to include public figures, set a high bar for libel and meant that people like Mr. Trump — both a public figure and soon - to - be public official — would have a very, very difficult time winning a libel lawsuit.

Not exact matches

Whether he won or lost his libel suit and criminal trial (s).

Shortly after his resignation the News of the World published allegations that Sheridan had attended swingers parties, Sheridan sued for libel and won, despite members of the SSP tesitfying against him.

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

Goldwater sued FACT for libel — and won.

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

British science writer Simon Singh has won an important appeal in his defense of a libel action by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA), which is suing Singh for calling certain chiropractic therapies «bogus» in a column.

Stoat has arisen to contemplate the libel suit that Irene Meichsner brought (and won two out of three falls) from Stefan Rahmstorf.

In the Canadian libel tradition, if a plaintiff demonstrates that he or she has been defamed, the case is won.

He won a victory (albeit a financially Pyrrhic one) not just for himself but for all those of us who trade in robust opinion and who believe that English libel laws are outrageously biased in favour of vexatious complainants, which is why we have unfortunately become a haven for libel tourists, some of them representing unspeakable causes.

This was later the basis of a libel suit, which Singer won.

Much like Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme, this scheme, with its constant infusions of material that could be libel / slander against skeptic climate scientists, was also doomed to fail from the start, built on a foundation of sand about its core «evidence» that was pushed by a person who never won a Pulitzer, and whose narratives don't line up right.

The government has dropped Lord Leveson's controversial proposal to make newspapers pay both sides» legal costs for libel actions, whether they won or lost in court.

«Then they wouldn't do stupid things like issue threats of libel suits that they can't win against bloggers who, it turns out, have lots of friends willing to make the law firm and its client look bad for it.»

Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Ernest B. Murphy gained national notoriety when he won a $ 2 million libel verdict against the Boston Herald in 2005.

And since the test for slander in English law is more rigorous than that for libel because actual financial loss must be proved, potential claimants will have a tougher time winning damages.

In the libel field, he is perhaps best known as the plaintiff who in 1990 won the then - largest libel verdict ever, $ 34 million, against The Philadelphia Inquirer, over a story that criticized his work as an assistant district attorney.

This week, St. Lewis won her three - year libel case against Rancourt and was awarded $ 350,000 in damages by an Ottawa civil jury, based on damages to her reputation stemming from Rancourt's use of the pejorative term in a 2011 blog.

The Supreme Court dismissed arguments by the defendants that Black was a «libel tourist» who shopped for the easiest jurisdiction to win his case.

To learn more about the basics of defamation law, and what you must prove to win a slander or libel lawsuit, head here.

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»).