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Online publishers and hosts launch libel reform campaign
23 Nov 2010 07:27:05 GMT
Internet publishers and ISPs have joined forces to ask the Government to reform libel laws to protect the free speech rights of bloggers and commenters and to strip host companies of liability for libellous statements. - OUT-LAW News
Use freedom of expression responsibly, judge tells press
23 Nov 2010 07:25:25 GMT
Judges will be prepared to uphold freedom of expression as long as the press uses it responsibly, Mr Justice Tugendhat has said. - Solicitors Journal
Court rules that fruit drinks are 'luxury' items subject to VAT
23 Nov 2010 07:25:19 GMT
A tax tribunal has ruled that VAT must be paid on smoothies made from pure fruit even though the fruits themselves, if sold separately, would not be subject to the tax. - Daily Mail
Counter-terror officer jailed for 7/7 fraud
23 Nov 2010 07:05:31 GMT
A counter-terrorism officer has been jailed after being convicted of defrauding the Metropolitan Police out of thousands of pounds in a property scam during the July 7 bombings investigation. - Independent - Daily Mail
Home Secretary loses fight to keep July 7 evidence secret
23 Nov 2010 07:25:50 GMT
Home Secretary Theresa May has lost a legal challenge to a coroner's refusal to hold closed sessions of the 7/7 inquests to hear top secret evidence. - Independent - UK Human Rights Blog - Guardian
Twitter joke trial: Paul Chambers to take appeal to high court
23 Nov 2010 07:25:35 GMT
The case of Paul Chambers, a man convicted of "menace" for threatening to blow up an airport in a Twitter joke is to go to appeal at the high court. - Guardian - ZDNet - Preiskel.com
