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Lester libel bill published
Response from the Libel Reform Campaign to Lord Lester of Herne Hill’s Private Members Defamation Bill READ LORD LESTER’S DEFAMATION BILL HERE Read the Libel Reform Campaign’s report Free Speech Is...
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Lord Lester slams Leveson royal charter
Lord Lester of Herne Hill – (picture: English PEN/Fickr) Lord Lester of Herne Hill, one of the UK’s most celebrated human rights lawyers, has slammed the government’s proposed Royal Charter on press...
View ArticlePAST EVENT: Lord Lester Introduces His Defamation Private Members’ Bill, 22...
Lord Lester Introduces His Defamation Private Members’ Bill 22 June 12.00pm – 2.00pm Free Word Centre The Libel Reform Campaign presents Lord Lester to introduce his Defamation Private Members’ Bill...
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Should you sue for a bad review?
The Royal Courts of Justice, London (Image Graham Mitchell/Demotix) A recent libel judgment has raised an interesting question: should you be able to sue for a bad review? I should probably give a...
View ArticleLord Lester on his private member’s defamation bill
Lord Lester publishes his private member’s defamation bill on Thursday. In The Times this morning he argues libel must be rebalanced in the scales of justice; our present laws have a chilling impact on...
View ArticleLibel reform forces its way up the political agenda
It is a matter of no little pride for the libel reform campaign that the first bill to be published under the new coalition government is aimed at reforming the UK’s hideous defamation laws. An issue...
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