Defamation

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

Athelstane Aamodt explores recent examples of blasphemy law in action & the human rights conflicts that arose

High Court ruling on 'the right to be forgotten' expected

The Government has dropped Lord Leveson’s controversial proposal to make newspapers pay both sides’ legal costs for libel actions, whether they won or lost in court.

Geoffrey Bindman explains why deceiving the court is not a good idea

There should be no hiding place for internet trolls, insists Peter Thompson QC

In a two-part series, John Murphy explores the inter-relationship between the torts of defamation & malicious falsehood