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Romana Canneti reflects on and commends a judgment giving new life to freedom of expression
A libel case must be retried in full because the High Court judge was rude, tetchy and ‘hostile’ to the claimant, the Supreme Court has held, in a decision that also offers important clarity on the Reynolds public interest defence

Post-Lachaux, how have the courts been confronting defamation & the serious harm test? Athelstane Aamodt offers an update

Nicholas Dobson applauds the elegance of the judgment in Lachaux, which gives a much clearer basis for future consideration of potentially defamatory material

In a boost to free speech & the Fourth Estate the Supreme Court has come off the bench on defamation. Romana Canneti provides the commentary

The Supreme Court has given an important ruling on the ‘serious harm’ test for libel.

Social media has added a whole new dimension to the challenges of determining the meaning of words, says Athelstane Aamodt

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