18 July 2008 – What could be more damaging than to be accused of paedophilia, child abduction and lying? To have those untrue allegations bruited about to some 50 million people with no chance of repudiation, perhaps. During the media … Continue reading
19 March 2008 – Abject apologies to Kate and Gerry McCann on the front pages of the Daily Express and the Daily Star are unlikely to be the last words on the subject. The apologies, which appear to exonerate the … Continue reading
14 April 2005 – When Rev Clive Doubleday complained via the PCC about an article that implicated his charity Smile International in an alleged child trafficking scandal the Sunday Mirror ‘stood by its story’ (For Sale Age 3, 25 Jan … Continue reading
By Sir Louis Blom-Cooper 15 November 1999 – The refashioning of the libel laws by the Law Lords in the case of Albert Reynolds v Sunday Times significantly broadens the defence of qualified privilege in disseminating information of public interest … Continue reading