Results tagged “Kirwans; Philip Gray; libel law; defamation; Simon Singh” from LDP - The Legal Week

THE high profile decision by the Court of Appeal in the libel case concerning the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) and the scientist Simon Singh has been hailed as a victory by libel reform groups.

There has been a long running and at times polemic debate between interest groups on both sides on the scope of our current libel laws. An increasingly vocal number of journalists, free speech groups and media publishers have campaigned for significant reform arguing the law unduly protects high profile celebrities and businesses at the expense of freedom of expression.