mathewingram.com/work (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Shane Richmond at the Telegraph has news of an interesting ruling from a British High Court judge, in a case that involved allegedly defamatory comments posted to an online discussion group about investing. In his decision, Mr. Justice Eady said that even though some of the comments on the investment forum amounted to “vulgar abuse,” [...]
Shane Richmond (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Defamatory comments on internet “bulletin boards” are more likely to be slanderous than libelous, a . The judgment came just as I was going on holiday, which is my excuse for missing it until now, but it raises interesting questions for comments on newspaper sites.First, though, the judgment itself. In posted on an investor’s bulletin board, Mr Justice Eady said that such comments are...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Mr Justice Eady, whose verdict in the Max Mosley privacy case has cast the whole of our red-top press into limbo, guards his own privacy pretty well. His Who's Who entry doesn't mention any recreations (presumably not S&M) or even his address. Yet, the Mosley decision could have a devastating effect on papers like News of the World, which rely on sexual disclosures as a large part of...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Mosley won his privacy case against the News of the World in July and was awarded £60,000 in compensation after allegations of him having taken part in a Nazi orgy with five prostitutes. The presiding judge in the case, Mr Justice Eady, said there was no evidence that “the gathering…was intended to be an enactment of Nazi behaviour or adoption of any of its attitudes”.
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has urged the sport to forget about the controversy surrounding Max Mosley and welcome him back.FIA president Mosley won his privacy case against the News of the World in July and was awarded £60,000 in compensation after allegations of him taking part in a "Nazi orgy" with five prostitutes. The presiding judge in the case, Mr Justice Eady, said there...
