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Kate Winslet wins $40,000 in lawsuit against Daily Mail
Kate Winslet is serious about positive body image—and her crusade is aimed at more than just the impressionable young women of the world. The actress has won $40,000 from the Daily Mail, which reported in January that Winslet lied when she said...
Tags: Kate Winslet, Lawsuit, Daily Mail, Body Image, Libel, Women
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I attended a talk by science writer Simon Singh last night, which was excellent. He spoke briefly, then answered questions at length about his latest book, Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial, co-written with the world’s first professor...
Tags: journalism, libel, libel law, Simon Singh, alternative medicine
Move to review bishop’s libel suit hit
Manila :: Philippines | 9 months ago
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Philippines Harassment was how the legal counsel of Archbishop Oscar Cruz described the prosecution's move to submit for review a local court's orders in the libel suit against the prelate following the postponement of his pre-trial case Thursday....
Little Britain stars accept libel damages
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
Credibility Comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas have accepted libel damages and a public apology over a claim that they had caused uproar among gay protest groups. The stars of Little Britain were not at London's High Court for the settlement of their action...
Tags: libel, libel damages, Little Britain
Canadian Court Rules That Linking To Defamatory Articles Isn't Defamatory
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility In 2007, he sued Google, Yahoo, Myspace, Wikipedia and some other sites, claiming that all were liable for content that he found defamatory. It's somewhat interesting to try to follow the trail of what the actual libel is -- as many of the lawsuits for...
Tags: libel
Freedom of the press vs. responsibility of the press
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility he Court has long respected freedom of the press, and upheld the same when it came to commentaries made on public figures and matters of public interest. Even in cases wherein the freedom of the press was given greater weight over the rights of individuals,...
Tags: libel, free press, The Supreme Court
Guardian Daily podcast: UN condemns UK libel laws
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The UN claims that the British government is using the Official Secrets Act to block matters of public interest...Home affairs editor Alan Travis talks about concerns that fingerprints of the over 75s aren't reliable enough for ID cards. Northern editor...
Tags: libel, libel action, court
Facebook Libel Case Victory
A businessman whose personal details were exposed in fake libellous entries on the Facebook social networking website has been awarded £22,000 damages against a former friend who created the profile. Mathew Firsht, managing director of Applause...
Tags: case victory, libel, facebook
Man wins Facebook libel case
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility In a test case before London's High Court, Mathew Firsht sued a former schoolfriend over a false personal profile on the site that included private information about him and untrue allegations about his sexual orientation. Mr Firsht said freelance cameraman...
Tags: facebook, libel, Mathew Firsht, Grant Raphael, Matthew Firsht, Mr Firsht, London, school friend, facebook libellous, firsht lied
Alex Pagulayan files P6-M libel case vs 2 pool officials
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility Former World Pool champ Alex Pagulayan filed a libel complaint on Monday against billiards officials Yen Makabenta and Ernesto Fajardo and asked for more than P6 million in damages. The Filipino-Canadian cue artist went to the Pasig Regional Trial Court...
Tags: libel, pagulayan filed
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