The proposed restriction on corporate bodies to sue for defamation
By Magnus Boyd, partner, Carter-Ruck
The three Cs of changing libel: Costs, Citizen critics and Corporations
First posted by Judith Townend on The Media Standards Trust blog.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill brought his private member’s defamation bill to City University, London last week to be scrutinised by lawyers, journalists and academics, ahead of the government’s own white paper, due to be published early next year.
The collection of papers provided a spectrum of views, building on Lester’s bill which was introduced to the House of Lords in May 2010. While divided in their approaches to reform, the speakers and panellists agreed some form of change to England’s libel law is necessary.
- My PhD research colleagues and I have written a fuller account of the day here
- A live blog hosted by Index on Censorship can be viewed here
- Video and more detail about the papers will follow on http://reframinglibel.com
Three Cs came out of the discussion, with costs the dominant talking point. … Read more
