Popular west of England site The Bristol Blogger was temporarily removed by blogging platform Wordpress after it received a complaint from former University of the West of England vice-chancellor Howard newby. In a statement given to local radio...
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has been charged with drugs offences after Azerbaijani authorities claim to have found heroin in his cell. After brief court session it has been ruled that he should stand under the new charge. This...
Jack Straw has noticed the clamour for change. Reform of our unfair defamation laws must now become a manifesto pledge, says Padraig Reidy
The Ministry of Justice is to conduct a comprehensive review of England's defamation laws, which will be experted to report in mid-March, it was revealed today. The ministry's seemingly strong new commitment comes after over 10,000 people signed a...
Index on Censorship and English PEN today have expressed dismay that the BBC has conceded the libel action brought by toxic waste shippers Trafigura in the High Court
In 2009 the government, courts and the police have connived in the suppression of investigative journalism and scientific research. But campaigns for free expression are fighting back says
John Kampfner
Not everyone can be as lucky as I was, says Alexei Sayle. Our defamation laws are as outdated as barristers’ wigs and gowns
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, is to chair the bench in what could be a landmark hearing for libel law in England. Lord Judge will preside over science writer Simon Singh's appeal against an earlier ruling on meaning in the case he is...
Golfer Tiger Woods has gained an injunction from an English court against further reporting of his private life. Woods, 33 has been in the spotlight because of revalations of extra-marital affairs. Read more here
Chris Ames says the Chilcot Inquiry is highlighting flaws of previous Iraq war investigations