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Accountancy regulators confront AI cheating in exams
Zoe Beels
9 August 2013
Defamation & Malicious Falsehood – discussing the Peter Cruddas case – part 2
Last year Peter Cruddas, former Conservative Party co-treasurer, commenced proceedings against the Sunday Times for defamation and malicious falsehood following the publication of a series of articles about him in March 2012. Katherine Pymont discusses.
31 July 2013
Defamation & Malicious Falsehood – discussing the Peter Cruddas case - part 1
Katherine Pymont looks into the detail at the Peter Cruddas defamation and malicious falsehood case.
24 April 2013
Twitter users - how to avoid ending up in court
Lord McAlpine won the first stage of his libel battle against Sally Bercow, the Common’s speaker’s wife, last week. Mr Justice Tugenhadt ruled that the High Court should first decide whether Ms Bercow’s tweet to her 56,000 followers in November 2012 - "Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *innocent face*" – was capable of being defamatory. If Lord McAlpine is successful, the level of damages will be decided a subsequent hearing.
22 February 2013
After months of debating, will the Defamation Bill ever get its eagerly anticipated debut?
The Defamation Bill (the “Bill”) has been the subject of debate for over 9 months, after having had its first House of Commons reading on 10 May 2012. The Bill is due to get its Third Reading at the House of Lords on 25 February 2013, which is the last stage for it to be amended. Following this, it will be sent back to the House of Commons for consideration of any amendments before being passed on to receive Royal Assent.
14 February 2013
Celebrity photographs in public places - where is the privacy line?
Another week, another set of bikini clad pictures of Kate Middleton on a beach. It again raises the question: what is a reasonable level expectation of privacy for celebrities in respect of photographs taken of them when they are out and about in public.