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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostGood try at missing the fact that the word "law" appears in both of the phrases "libel law" and "Common Law"
Bonus mark for missing the fact that the campaign is for "libel reform" which is not necessarily the same thing as "legislation"
You may want to follow the links so as to learn about the issues and the ways in which they might be addressed before giving us the benefit of your exhaustive knowledge of the matter
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostGood try at missing the fact that the word "law" appears in both of the phrases "libel law" and "Common Law"
Bonus mark for missing the fact that the campaign is for "libel reform" which is not necessarily the same thing as "legislation"
You may want to follow the links so as to learn about the issues and the ways in which they might be addressed before giving us the benefit of your exhaustive knowledge of the matter
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostAs far as I am aware there are no libel laws in England. I think it is part of Common Law and that can’t be legislated.
Bonus mark for missing the fact that the campaign is for "libel reform" which is not necessarily the same thing as "legislation"
You may want to follow the links so as to learn about the issues and the ways in which they might be addressed before giving us the benefit of your exhaustive knowledge of the matter
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As far as I am aware there are no libel laws in England. I think it is part of Common Law and that can’t be legislated.
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Petition to reform English Libel Laws
Not sure if it's been done before on CUK, but I've just received an update email from Simon Singh:
As you know, England’s chilling libel laws need to be reformed. One way to help achieve this is for 100,000 people to sign the petition for libel reform before the political parties write their manifestos for the election. We have 17,000 signatures, but we really need 100,000, and we need your help to get there.
www.libelreform.org/sign
When persuading your friends remember to tell them:
(a) English libel laws have been condemned by the UN Human Rights Committee.
(b) These laws gag scientists, bloggers and journalists who want to discuss matters of genuine public interest (and public health!).
(c) Our laws give rise to libel tourism, whereby the rich and the powerful (Saudi billionaires, Russian oligarchs and overseas corporations) come to London to sue writers because English libel laws are so hostile to responsible journalism. (In fact, it is exactly because English libel laws have this global impact that we welcome signatories to the petition from around the world.)
(d) Vested interests can use their resources to bully and intimidate those who seek to question them. The cost of a libel trial in England is 100 times more expensive than the European average and typically runs to over £1 million.
(e) Three separate ongoing libel cases involve myself and two medical researchers raising concerns about three medical treatments. We face losing £1 million each. In future, why would anyone else raise similar concerns? If these health matters are not reported, then the public is put at risk.
My experience has been sobering. I’ve had to spend £100,000 to defend my writing and have put my life on hold for almost two years. However, the prospect of reforming our libel laws keeps me cheerful.
Thanks so much for your support. We’ve only got one shot at this – so I hope you can persuade 1 (or maybe 10) friends, family and colleagues to sign.
Massive thanks,
Simon
www.libelreform.org/sign
The Libel Reform Campaign is a coalition of English PEN, Index on Censorship and Sense About Science.
So far, 188 MPs have signed our Parliamentary Early Day Motion calling for libel reform and the Justice Secretary Jack Straw has formed a working party that the Libel Reform Coalition is represented on.
Please also considering donating to keep our campaign going: www.libelreform.orgTags: None
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