Archive for justice eady
Conservative MP Jacqui Lait loses libel hearing over expenses
The Evening Standard reports:
The Evening Standard has won a significant victory in a High Court libel battle brought by a Conservative MP.
Jacqui Lait, MP for Beckenham, had sued over an article headlined “Women MPs will be put off by Kelly reforms”.
Mr Justice Eady today struck out elements of her claim and ordered her to pay [...]
Not such a good day for Justice Eady
Having previously highlighted some of the good libel rulings from Justice Eady (here and here), and how rarely his rulings get overturned on appeal, it seems only fair to point out that he’s just had a very different experience. As London Lite report of the Richard Desmond vs Tom Bower libel case, which Justice Eady [...]
Libel good news: Justice Eady rules in favour of Google
There was good news for people who operate search engines – and by extension for the users of search engines, which is pretty much everyone on the internet – with a ruling last week from Justice Eady in favour of Google. The case involved a UK training company, Metropolitan International Schools (MIS), who viewed comments [...]
Justice Eady stands up for political freedom of speech
Cross-posted from The Wardman Wire:
A few weeks ago, Justice Eady (he of News of the World vs Max Mosley) ruled in a legal action taken by a defeated Conservative councillor, Christopher Quinton, against his Liberal Democrat opponent and agent following the 2007 South Oxfordshire elections.
The case arose from comments made in leaflets about local planning [...]
