Jo Glanville writes passionately in today’s Guardian about what Lord Hoffman called “the blackmailing effect” of our libel laws. She bemoans the no win, no fee regime and laments the fact that, according to a recent study by the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University, the cost of libel litigation in England and Wales [...]
Swordplay isn’t convinced that smashing the windows of Sir Fred Goodwin’s home serves much purpose. But for some time it has struck us that a smart PR move for Fred the Shred would be to express some form of contrition for his role in the banking fiasco. Heaven forfend, he might even have offered to [...]
The Mail’s chutzpah is admirable. After devoting page upon page to Jade Goody’s death, by way of re-running oodles of archive pictures and revealing that Ms Goody was not a saint, next up Mr Justice Eady’s favourite paper has condemned the BBC for giving too much prominence to the story.
Also in today’s Mail: Allison Pearson [...]
According to this story from the Los Angeles Times, Britney Spears has spent $2.7 million in attorneys’ fees and costs since a judge ruled the singer was not competent to manage her life and music empire.
Reportedly, at least 17 lawyers and firms have had a hand in Spears’ personal or business matters in the 14 [...]
The Mail has announced a pay freeze for all staff for a year, the FT is rumoured to be thinking of adopting a four-day week, and, on top of that, here’s a story from the Independent predicting the imminent demise of the entire newspaper industry. Or, at least, its mutation into digital news networks.
But for [...]
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It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion.
Edmund Burke, from the Preface to Brissot’s Address.