Thursday 15 April 2010

Libel Law Reform

Congratulations to Simon Singh. If the current judicially imposed arrangement on privacy were enacted into the statute law, but with the burden of proof in libel actions placed on the plaintiff, then who could object to that? And why?
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 April 2010 at 16:35

    Neil Clark.

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  2. David Lindsay15 April 2010 at 16:36

    Why don't you ask him?

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  3. Will15 April 2010 at 19:35

    The Simon Singh case has nothing to do with the law of privacy. In fact, defmation law itself is not much to do with the developing law of privacy rights in the UK. There are a lot of criticisms that can be made of the position of both, but they need to be addressed seperately.

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  4. David Lindsay15 April 2010 at 22:28

    Making the privacy law statutory is the price of reversing the burden of proof in libel actions. That is the deal. The corporate media cannot expect your own way all the time.

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