Lord Hutton raises two issues in his report which concern the responsibility of the media in reporting information in circumstances where the rights of individuals (and corporations) risk being infringed. This is the key tension between the rights of the individual enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (which a recent … Read more
This is our fourth e-bulletin on this fascinating and hard fought action. In our April 2003 e-bulletin we reported the judgment of Mr Justice Lindsay on the issue of liability, and in November 2003 we reported on the assessment of damages. On 23 January 2004 Mr Justice Lindsay handed down judgment on the issue of … Read more
When in 2001 the new form of qualified privilege defence for the media was created in Reynolds v Times Newspapers, many thought that the millions of pounds in legal fees invested by the print media in making our libel laws more media friendly had finally borne fruit. In fact, most Reynolds defences have failed, and … Read more
