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Cardiologist will fight libel case ‘to defend free speech’
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 5 days ago
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Peter Wilmshurst, a consultant cardiologist at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, told The Times that he aims to use a public-interest defence to fight the claim from NMT Medical and establish the principle that scientists may engage freely in academic debate.
Tags: Dr Wilmshurst, NMT Medical, libel law, Seattle, Chiropractic, British Chiropractic Association, Fair comment, Tort law, Simon Singh, Defamation, United States law, Crimes
Jack Straw pledges action to end libel tourism
London :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago
Credibility England’s libel laws, after a long-running Sunday Times campaign. The justice secretary says the large legal fees involved in defamation cases in English courts are jeopardising freedom of speech, potentially curbing vital debate by scientists, academics...
Tags: Jack Straw, England, London, libel law, Britain, American, libel tourism, libel cases, United Kingdom
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: How libel laws silence our democracy
London :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
Credibility Never mind the fatwas, I say, and don't get hyper-agitated by the PC platoon, we who do not find rape jokes hilarious and who rebuff the fond nicknames "Paki" and "retard" and believe careless language can sanction cruelty and injustice. Though accused...
Tags: libel law, libel actions, British Chiropractic Association, United Kingdom, London, Rachel Ehrenfeld, Simon Singh, Freedom of speech in the United States, Funding Evil, Political libel, Defamation, Libel tourism, English defamation law
Parliament must act on libel | Afua Hirsch
Pen :: India | 20 days ago
Credibility Parliament must act on libel With firms like Carter Ruck questioning the law, MPs can no longer ignore the clamour for change You know there is something wrong with libel law when even Carter-Ruck – mother of all libel firms and regular claimant against...
Tags: libel law, english libel, free speech
Our libel laws shame us | Jo Glanville
Sale :: United Kingdom | 20 days ago
Credibility Our libel laws shame us The fact that England has become an international centre for libel litigation underlines the need for urgent reform There has never been such momentum for reforming English libel law ...Neither our own legislators or even our...
Tags: libel law
Keep journalism free
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
Dawkins condemns UK libel laws
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Richard Dawkins condemns British libel laws Scientist says libel laws that make it too easy for people to be sued could have 'disastrous consequences' for the public interest Richard Dawkins, condemned the way London had become "the libel capital of...
Tags: Richard Dawkins, libel law, United Kingdom, London
Plan to update libel law for web
London :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
Credibility Changes proposed by the Ministry of Justice could see the end of the 160-year-old "multiple publication rule"...Newspaper and civil liberties campaigners have argued it drastically limits freedom of speech. Qualified privilege The consultation paper gives...
Tags: libel law, United Kingdom, London
'Responsible journalism' defence advanced
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility Globe and Mail Update February 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM EST The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to redefine the borders of defamation law today, in a bizarre case involving an Ontario Provincial Police officer who presented himself as a trained dog handler...
Tags: law, defamation, Supreme Court of Canada, libel law, law needs
UK libel laws 'violate human rights'
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility The British libel laws have come under attack from the United Nations committee on human rights for discouraging coverage of matters of major public interest. The use of the Official Secrets Act to deter government employees from raising important issues...
Tags: free speech, libel law, human rights
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