All Libel and defamation articles
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OpinionThe end of misleading headlines
At the heart of defamation law lies a significant legal fiction, namely that an imputation in a ‘publication’ must carry a ‘single meaning’.
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NewsUnhappy client to pay solicitor damages for defamatory review
Solicitor says he was embarrassed and angry when the untrue allegations were posted.
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News'Huge blow' for SRA as High Court rules on scope of privilege
Regulator to appeal ‘landmark decision’ that anti-SLAPP campaigners allege will leave the regulator ‘completely toothless’.
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NewsIn depth: New front opens in stalled anti-SLAPPs campaign
A third private member’s bill has revived the apparently stalled campaign opposing strategic litigation against public participation. And there is a fourth on the way.
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NewsNo need for SLAPPs law, says defamation specialist
Society of Media Lawyers says proposals will add to the complexity and cost of proceedings.
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OpinionSlapped down
A New Statesman article declares lawyers for the super-rich have ‘strangled Labour’s Slapp bill’ by means of a ‘discreet lobbying campaign’.
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News'Abusive' libel case shows need for SLAPP law, say campaigners
Businessman's parallel actions in county and High Court thrown out by head of the Media and Communications List.
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NewsLammy repeats anti-SLAPPs pledge as media lawyers deny lobbying coup
Society of Media Lawyers angrily rebuts allegations that 'discreet lobbying campaign' for super-rich has torpedoed fresh legislation.
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FeatureDefamation: A town called Sue
The Defamation Act 2013 tilted the law away from claimants but many lawyers believe it did not go far enough, reports Sian Harrison. London remains the world’s libel capital.
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NewsCosts success for Banksy over 'unreasonable' libel claim
‘Proceedings were deployed to exert pressure relying upon Banksy’s well-known concern to preserve his anonymity,’ judge finds.
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NewsFormer employee posted defamatory reviews of solicitor
Solicitor’s libel claim over probate executive’s one-star reviews gets green light.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Alex Wilson, RPC
Represents journalist Owen Jones in a libel claim brought by Raphael Berg, Middle East Editor of BBC News online.
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NewsJudge makes first 'statutory SLAPP' declaration
Claimant's behaviour in Dan Neidle case was 'not recognisable as properly conducted litigation'.
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Opinion'Jungle' book
Elizabeth Wiggin reviews 'Better Call Louis: Adventures in the media jungle' by Louis Charalambous.
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NewsClient's emails accusing firm of fraud were defamatory
Client sent six emails in a month in response to an invoice for £34,500 from London firm.
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NewsLaw lecturer brings action against student over 'sex-for-marks' defamation
Case will proceed to trial following High Court ruling on meaning of email to university staff.
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NewsDrop 'SLAPP' assault, top media lawyer urges SRA
Regulator's campaign against abusive 'lawfare' suffers two tribunal defeats in a week.
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OpinionThe SRA must move on from SLAPPs
Regulatory assault on media lawyers for 'strategic litigation against public participation' is now doing more harm than good.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Daniel Jennings, Shakespeare Martineau
Represented Richard Taylor in a libel claim against Pathe Productions, Baby Cow Productions and comedian Steve Coogan over how the academic was portrayed in The Lost King.