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Considering an LLB course at Birkbeck College (University of London)? Here are some tips, background and things I wish someone had told me before I started. Obviously the experience is different for each student, and some people find certain things easier or more difficult, so this is my personal perspective. End of caveat.
First the [...]
Chris Read, a 42-year-old from Kent, is facing legal action for libel after leaving negative feedback for an item he bought on auction site eBay. On October 3, Read used the feedback facility on eBay and wrote: “Item was scratched, chipped and not the model advertised on Mr Jones’s eBay account.” Mr Read subsequently [...]
The ground is moving under Community libel legislation, one ruling at a time. The latest is a judgement from Justice Eady that Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel. Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions are characterised by “give and take” and should be considered in that context.
In English [...]
Robert Murat, the first named suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has settled his libel action against a number of British newspapers over claims he was involved in her disappearance. And the sum of the settlement? It is estimated at somewhere in the region of £500,000.
To you and me this might be a [...]
Martha Stewart, America’s best known TV lifestyle guru was refused an entry visa to the UK.
Martha Stewart, 66, a self-made TV personality, who made millions selling her brand of “homemaking” to US audiences, was found guilty of conspiracy, making false statements and obstruction of agency proceedings – all relating to her sale of stock [...]
The effects of globalisation on law and the accountability of the Media in other jurisdictions is growing (or in plain English – you can be sued everywhere, because you are accountable wherever your content is available online).
Out Law, the online legal site, reported the following case where French law was used to sue british [...]
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