“Lawyers are not popular and never less so than when they demand their fees. But to be really despised, we must fight and win a “no win, no fee” case and then have the temerity to request payment of our fees with 100 per cent uplift.”
The Times, 6th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Courts cannot assume that online material has been read without some evidence in libel cases, a court has ruled. The court cannot simply infer from statistics on website visits that certain people have read a particular article, it said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Italian footballer Marco Materazzi has won damages from the Daily Mail over claims he racially abused Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Club la Costa (UK) plc v Gebhard and another [2008] EWHC 2552 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 332
“A valid offer to make amends under s 2(2) of the Defamation Act 1996 could not be made without the offeror conceding that the ‘specific defamatory meaning’ which the statement conveyed was defamatory of the person bringing the complaint.”
WLR Daily, 28th October 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
“A tribunal has admitted making inappropriate remarks about an academic at Oxford University, issuing a public apology and agreeing to pay costs and damages after he accused it of libel in what is believed to be the first instance of its kind.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man is being threatened with a libel action after posting critical comments on the internet about an eBay user who sold him a mobile phone.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Friends of Madeleine McCann’s parents are expected to accept libel damages of £375,000 today.”
The Times, 16th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A multimillion-pound lawsuit brought by advertising company WPP against its former Italian director Marco Benatti was settled on undisclosed terms in the High Court today.”
The Times, 14th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“There was once a golden age of celebrity when those lucky enough to earn a living as actors, singers or models were grateful for all the publicity they could get. Not any more. The number of stars of stage and screen resorting to legal action has doubled since 2005, helping to make London the defamation capital of the world.”
The Independent, 13th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Met police officer has accepted a public apology over a false claim that he ran down and killed a teenage thief.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The high court ordered the BBC to pay an estimated £500,000 in costs to IVF specialist Mohamed Taranissi today in his continuing libel action over a Panorama programme.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The settlement of a high-profile libel case between supermarket giant Tesco and the Guardian newspaper will encourage the use of ‘offers of amends’ as an alternative to trials, libel lawyers said this week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th September 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“A person who made a complaint to the police, instigating an investigation which did not lead to a prosecution, was entitled to rely on the defence of absolute privilege if proceedings were subsequently brought.”
The Times, 27th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Author Sir Salman Rushdie came to the High Court in London today to hear apologies from the writers and publishers of a book which they admitted contained falsehoods about his time under police protection.”
The Independent, 26th August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sir Salman Rushdie will be at the High Court today for the settlement of a libel action he brought over allegations in a book written by a former policeman.”
The Times, 26th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lecturer has won £10,000 in libel damages after his university falsely accused him of making up expenses claims.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th August 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“US celebrities are being actively courted by media lawyers to take advantage of Britain’s tougher libel laws and bring their cases to London.”
The Independent, 21st August 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions are characterised by ‘give and take’ and should be considered in that context.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Barry George, who was cleared last week of murdering the Crimewatch presenter Jill Dando, is considering legal action over the picture of a masked gunman that police claim is him.”
The Times, 4th August 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Former England and Manchester United star Andrew Cole has accepted substantial undisclosed damages over a newspaper’s claim he beat his wife.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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