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Tim Black
Two cheers for libel law reform
The draft Defamation Bill still leaves too much power in the hands of judges to decide what can be published.
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| Tuesday 11 January 2011 |
Nathalie Rothschild
Scrapping ‘libel tourism’ is not enough
Nick Clegg’s proposals are welcome. But to protect free speech we need to gag England’s libel laws completely.
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| Thursday 18 March 2010 |
Mick Hume
Why we were right to fight
Ten years after a libel trial closed LM magazine, its former editor reflects on how that case foreshadowed the battles over free speech today.
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| Wednesday 25 November 2009 |
Nathalie Rothschild
Don’t make libel law ‘fairer’. Make it history
If we are serious about defending freedom of speech, then English libel should be sentenced to death.
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| Wednesday 20 May 2009 |
Mick Hume
Libel law is a bogus excuse for justice
A case involving the respected science writer Simon Singh proves again that the English libel courts are no place to seek the truth.
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| Tuesday 25 November 2008 |
Brendan O’Neill
A New York rebellion against libel imperialism
Brendan O’Neill meets the writers and publishers who have launched a war of independence from England’s ‘notorious, repulsive’ libel laws.
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| Wednesday 27 August 2008 |
Helene Guldberg
The shame of Salman Rushdie’s secular fatwa
In using England's archaic libel laws to have books pulped, the former free speech martyr puts himself in the same camp as censorious mullahs.
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| Thursday 26 June 2008 |
Helene Guldberg
No defender of liberty should use the libel laws
England’s law of defamation is the enemy of free speech. So why did the head of Liberty threaten a minister with a writ?
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| Friday 26 October 2007 |
Various Authors
Five books on terrorism you aren’t allowed to read
Authors whose books on terrorism have been ‘erased from the map’ by English libel actions - that is, effectively banned in the UK - tell British readers what they’re missing out on.
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| Wednesday 20 June 2007 |
Guy Rundle
‘No stars’ for this unpalatable judgement
The Australian court that classified an unfavourable restaurant review as 'defamation' has dealt a blow to critical thinking.
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| Friday 4 August 2006 |
Mick Hume
My verdict on Britain’s libel laws
Read spiked editor Mick Hume's Notebook in The Times (London).
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| Thursday 6 July 2006 |
Helene Guldberg
Don’t tinker with the libel laws – scrap them
No amount of reform will stop England and Ireland's stringent libel laws from having a chilling effect on free speech.
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| Monday 25 July 2005 |
Helene Guldberg
Why Roman picked London for his libel trial
How does a film director based in France who is a fugitive from the USA sue a US publisher and win? By taking his case to 'a town called Sue'.
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| Friday 3 December 2004 |
Helene Guldberg
Galloway 1, free speech 0
Ex-Labour MP George Galloway was defamed, but his victory under English libel law is nothing to celebrate.
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| Tuesday 29 April 2003 |
Jon Holbrook
Defending the court of public opinion
English libel law is no way to resolve the conflict between Labour MP George Galloway and his accusers in the press.
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| Friday 13 December 2002 |
Helene Guldberg
Libel online
A new ruling in Australia could restrict free speech across the worldwide web.
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