Spada Professional Services PR Firm (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We celebrate the news that the High Court has dismissed two ‘weak’ libel actions . We welcome the Free Speech is not For Sale campaign to reform Britain’s libel laws. We believe in Article 10 and freedom of expression. But we fear that Roy Greenslade, writing on the foregoing in the Guardian , is guilty of a cheap shot against Mr JusticeEady. Summarising the way in which two judges,...
How our senior libel judge stamps on free speech – all over the world | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian . Trafigura’s super-injunction is weird for lots of reasons. But the strangest fact is this: it has nothing to do with the Honourable Mr JusticeEady. The company’s lawyers injuncted the Guardian, [...]
Mr JusticeEady has got it wrong again in a libel action, says the Court of Appeal . His ruling that Simon Singh’s article in the guardian meant that the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) knowingly promoted bogus treatments has been overturned. Singh has written extensively about the bogus claims of some chiros that their treatments can cure a range of children’s ailments....
More good news from what is turning into a good week for freedom of expression. Simon Singh has been given leave to appeal against Mr JusticeEady’s draconian interpretation of his critique of chiropractors. Read more
Mr JusticeEady has a reputation as one of the worst blights on freedom of speech in the UK, with appalling judgements in libel cases that have led Lord Hoffman to denounce him as “hostile” to responsible journalism in the public interest. Most notoriously, he has ruled that it is libellous to describe chiropractors as “bogus”, and [...]
This is a cross-post from Mutazil of The Spittoon The struggle against Islamism in this country is a long war, with all that entails. It unfolds in a world of skirmishes, false-starts and minutely shifting power balances. Every now and then, however, comes a set-piece moment: “The Trustees of Policy Exchange are delighted to report that Mr JusticeEady yesterday struck out the claim brought...
A video of the excellent science journalism and libel law debate at City University London last month is now available here . The debate feartured John Kampfner, chief executive of Index on Censorship : Simon Singh, the freelance science journalist who has just won leave to appeal Mr JusticeEady’s ruling against him in a libel action brought by the British Chiropractic Association...
Andre, 36, was present in the High Court in London for a brief hearing before Mr JusticeEady.His solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.He said it claimed that Andre may have been at fault for two accidents suffered by Harvey, the severely disabled son of his former wife Katie Price,...
Andre, 36, was present in the High Court in London for a brief hearing before Mr JusticeEady.His solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.He said it claimed that Andre may have been at fault for two accidents suffered by Harvey, the severely disabled son of his former wife Katie Price,...
... son Harvey . Andre was present at London’s High Court when the case was heard in front of Mr JusticeEady today, which is rather unusual. Celebrities are invariably at home picking their cracks when this kind of finding is reached. Speaking after the court appearance, Andre said he was glad Now and IPC Media admitted the lies, though he would not confirm the amount of payout received....
Andre, 36, was present in the London courtroom for a brief hearing before Mr JusticeEady during which his solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.
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Andre, 36, was present in the London courtroom for a brief hearing before Mr JusticeEady during which his solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.
Andre, 36, was present in the London courtroom for a brief hearing before Mr JusticeEady during which his solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.
