The cabinet also approved plans to drop prison sentences for journalists convicted of libel.
It was a very good example of the injustice of the English libel laws.
It emboldens the mean-spirited and offers them a huge audience for spewing hatred and libel.
Soon afterwards, the magazine was forced to close and its editor prosecuted for libel.
The constitution protects media freedom, but criminal libel laws deter total freedom of expression.
In December, Mr Gormley won a libel case against Sinn Fein over press statements.
In American politics, the constitutional guarantee of free speech trumps most other considerations, libel included.
The forthcoming plea deal isn't part of the Lennar libel suit, according to Mr. Minkow's attorney.
His career has spanned three decades, and his cases have ranged from libel in Westmoreland v.
Several American states have passed or are pondering laws protecting their citizens from English libel judgments.
So then you make a decision in a libel court whether to claim damages or not.
The actual claim might be defamation, slight though the difference between that and libel is.
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There was also an allegation or two of libel and quite possibly a finding of such.
The libel law of England and Wales is rather different from many other countries, yes.
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Ijaz, who was under oath, told the tribunal that he had sued me for libel.
Groups that investigate government misbehaviour say their efforts are now being hampered by English libel law.
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Such as the local laws of slander, the local laws of libel and so on.
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The company denies any wrongdoing and is suing the authors and editor for libel.
Lord Lester also wants most libel cases to be heard by a judge, not a jury.
Last night on CNN, Ms. Sherrod suggested that she might consider a libel suit.
Mr Ornek insists the diary is fake and is suing Nokta for libel.
She angrily confronted us in the middle of the newsroom and threatened to sue us for libel.
Armstrong later sued over the book, including a libel lawsuit against The Sunday Times, which published excerpts.
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The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all committed to reviewing libel law in their election manifestos.
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Totalise is now expected to launch a libel action against the person who posted the defamatory messages.
Rachel Ehrenfeld published a book in the US and yet was still sued for libel in London.
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In Britain, absurdly strict libel laws allow forum shoppers to force books from shelves around the world.
He stripped independent TV and radio stations of their licenses and intimidated reporters with draconian libel laws.
The Courtney Love Twitter-libel saga has finally come to an end an ending with six figures.
Dow Jones has settled an Australian claim of libel on something written and uploaded in New York.
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