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Modern libel and slander laws in many countries are originally descended from English defamation law.The history of defamation law in England is somewhat obscure; civil actions for damages seem to have been relatively frequent as far back as the Statute of Gloucester in the reign of Edward I (1272–1307). [1]
Shelley's Case (1581) early case setting rules for future interests in real property and trusts; Hext v Yeomans (1583) [25] [26] early defamation case wherein the Court found that slander do not lie upon inferences. Case of the Swans (1592) Exchequer of Pleas establishing wild animals, cannot be given by transfer. [27] [28] Eaton v Allen (1598 ...
Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd was a House of Lords case in English defamation law concerning qualified privilege for publication of defamatory statements in the public interest. The case provided the Reynolds defence, which could be raised where it was clear that the journalist had a duty to publish an allegation even if it turned out to be ...
Defamation. English defamation law; Libel tourism, the idea that plaintiffs choose to file libel suits in jurisdictions thought more likely to give a favourable result. 'Funding Evil' libel case, a case where an American writer was sued for libel in England, despite the fact that the book was not published there. The Holocaust
Entertainer Liberace (pictured) was awarded £8,000 in damages for an article strongly hinting he was a homosexual.. Liberace v Daily Mirror is a 1959 English legal case in which the American entertainer Liberace sued the Daily Mirror columnist William Connor for libel after Connor, who while writing under the pen name Cassandra, [1] published an article strongly hinting that he was a homosexual.
Tort law, Defamation, Defamation Act 2013: The court ruled that section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 imposed a new threshold over the common law interpretation of defamation, being that the harm caused had to be serious. It was found that the damage to reputation of the individual in this case did not cause serious harm. [27]
Martin Lewis is a British journalist, TV presenter and Ralph Nader-esque campaigner who has announced that he will sue Facebook for defamation. The consumer champion has seen his face co-opted by ...
Keith-Smith v Williams is a 2006 English libel case that confirmed that existing libel laws applied to internet discussion. [1]It was important because it was seen as the first UK internet libel case that represented two individuals rather than one party being an Internet Service Provider, [2] and was the first British case involving a successful prosecution of an individual poster within a ...