Comments on: The problem isn’t the oligarchs and lawyers: it’s the judges and the editors http://christopherwhite.info/blog/2007/09/29/the-problem-isnt-the-oligarchs-and-lawyers-its-the-judges-and-the-editors/ "Rarely pure and never simple." Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:23:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Christopher White http://christopherwhite.info/blog/2007/09/29/the-problem-isnt-the-oligarchs-and-lawyers-its-the-judges-and-the-editors/#comment-15763 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:16:54 +0000 http://christopherwhite.info/blog/2007/09/29/the-problem-isnt-the-oligarchs-and-lawyers-its-the-judges-and-the-editors/#comment-15763 Did you do the Jameel case when you did media law? Lord Hoffman's bit of the judgment is well worth reading: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/jd061011/jamee.pdf Did you do the Jameel case when you did media law? Lord Hoffman’s bit of the judgment is well worth reading: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/jd061011/jamee.pdf

]]> by: Gary http://christopherwhite.info/blog/2007/09/29/the-problem-isnt-the-oligarchs-and-lawyers-its-the-judges-and-the-editors/#comment-15758 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:59:11 +0000 http://christopherwhite.info/blog/2007/09/29/the-problem-isnt-the-oligarchs-and-lawyers-its-the-judges-and-the-editors/#comment-15758 I'm tempted to write to my MP, whenever I get a new one, and to Boris as well and ask him if he'll do something. Anything. Our libel laws are still, for my liking, a touch on the draconian and daft side. Largely they do tend to work, though, unless you have proper investigative journalism. I'll only believe Reynolds is a decent defence, though, when we start to see a whole host of successful rulings. On the net, mind. My God, you'd think politicians and the judiciary have never heard of this new fangled interweb thingumy. I’m tempted to write to my MP, whenever I get a new one, and to Boris as well and ask him if he’ll do something. Anything. Our libel laws are still, for my liking, a touch on the draconian and daft side. Largely they do tend to work, though, unless you have proper investigative journalism. I’ll only believe Reynolds is a decent defence, though, when we start to see a whole host of successful rulings.

On the net, mind. My God, you’d think politicians and the judiciary have never heard of this new fangled interweb thingumy.

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