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UK Supreme Court considers ‘ordinary reader of Facebook’ in Defamation claim

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Christopher Wilsher

The UK Supreme Court has overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal, and held that the judge erred in law by using the Oxford English dictionary definition of a word as a starting point and not taking its context …

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Social media should be responsible for libels

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Alice Heathfield

AC Grayling’s victory last week in a Twitter libel case has set down a marker to those who think they can attack and insult people online with impunity. Grayling, a renowned philosopher and author, sued Peter North, a former UKIP …

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