Privilege: Nearly free speech

Kingsley Napley LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | September/October 2012 #45
Alice Anderson and Sarah Harris look at lessons to be learned from Mayer v Hoar Malice can be established where the defendant had an improper motive and knew that the statement was false or was recklessly indifferent as to whether the statement was true or not. As any seasoned defamation lawyer will know, two of …

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Privilege: Noah and the Flood

Bird & Bird LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | May/June 2012 #43
Phil Sherrell, Luke Arbuthnot and Astrid O’Reilly review the Supreme Court decision in Flood v Times Newspapers ‘To require journalists to become judge and jury before they can even report the mere details and fact of an investigation would be to redefine the journalist’s role and risk undermining the criminal justice system.’ The Times has …

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