The Defamation Act 1996 provides that you can sue for defamation using the fast track system for claims under £10,000. I believe that the cost of launching a civil suit for that amount would be around £690.
Sir Alec Ferguson was awarded £7500 in 2002 using this system for an article claiming he...
I think it's a grey area in this case. I think his inaction certainly contributed to the man's death but i'd hesitate to use the term "killer" regardless of the manslaughter conviction. If the manslaughter had been voluntary then there would be some justification for the use of the term but the...
I assume this thread was started in relation to the previous Mike Holland thread which seems to have disappeared and been replaced by a new one. Before that thread was removed and before this issue arose I was struck by the headline on the Argus website in relation to the case and thought it was...
But if they were ugly wouldn't the likelihood that the other person's wife had let them shag her be pretty remote, so on that basis alone can be assumed to be a lie and therefore libelous.