Class 9: 26 March 2012

Libel/Defamation 3: Review and Clicker Exercise

In this class, we will complete our review of the law of libel and test our knowledge in this area with a clicker exercise.

Please note the important recent case of Flood v Times Newspapers [2012] UKSC 11 on the Reynolds defence decided by the UK Supreme Court last week

For more on the case, please see the following articles:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/mar/21/times-libel-reynolds-defence

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/03/22/flood-v-times-newspapers-supreme-court-allows-reynolds-appeal-hugh-tomlinson-qc/