Saturday, October 14, 2006

Publish, and you can still be damned / Spiked, 13 Oct 2006

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/earticle/1886
Helene Guldberg
"An 'historic' judgement in the House of Lords might make it easier to defend a libel case, but leaves press freedom subject to a bad law. Five UK law lords this week ruled unanimously that the media should be better able to claim a ‘public interest’ defence when sued for libel. The judgement by Britain’s highest court has been hailed as an historic victory for free speech and investigative journalism. But it still leaves the final say on freedom of the press in the hands of judges interpreting a bad law."