In the Fifth Dame Anne Ebsworth Memorial Lecture the Rt Hon The Lord Hoffmann examines the evidence. Are foreign litigants exploiting our libel system? The war in Iraq is these days much in the news. One of its most enthusiastic supporters of was...
Eric Barendt asks if a privacy statute would help the courts weigh freedom of speech and privacy
Do British laws represent a serious threat to freedom of expression?
Ken MacDonald argues British courts suppress free speech around the world
and Eric Barendt makes a proposal for balancing privacy against press freedom
Controversial Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders will face trial in the Netherlands on hate speech. Wilders's lawyers had attempted to block the trial, claiming that as a politician he should have protected speech. Wilders has gained notoriety for...
You Can’t Libel the Dead? DJ Taylor and Francis Wheen in discussion. 11 March.
Eoin O’Dell: An Irish blogger has been forced to settle a libel case for €100,000. Would the country’s new Defamation Act have saved him?
Pope Benedict has attacked British equality legislation, claiming it counters free expression. Is he right? Brendan O’Neill and Naomi Phillips go head to head
Jane Fae: The controversy over feminist writer Julie Bindel’s “transphobia” is more than just a difference of opinion
Channel 8, a critical TV station with the government, has been bought by a consortium created by presidents Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chávez. Details of the transaction had been kept secret, and Ortega's possible control of the channel raised concern...
Despite the odd absurd anomaly, such as an attempt to prosecute for a depiction of a woman having sex with a cartoon tiger, the UK government’s “extreme pornography” laws have not have proved to be the threat to free expression says John Ozimek
The full membership of the Justice Department's libel working group, which convenes tomorrow (28 January), has been announced. The working group will be chaired by Rowena Collins-Rice, Director-General, Democracy, Constitution and Law and Chief...
Significant ruling endorses free press and open justice