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		<title>Multiple publication; multiple reform?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At common law, the rule in Duke of Brunswick v Harmer (1849) 14 QB 185 established that each individual publication of a libel gives rise to a separate cause of action, subject to its own limitation period; hence, if the same publication is read many years later, that is a new publication giving rise to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The UK&#8217;s libel reform proposals are a good start</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s Ministry of Justice has announced its long-awaited consultation on the reform of the UK&#8217;s libel laws. Much of the territory covered by draft Defamation Bill was covered in Ireland by the Defamation Act, 2009 (also here), though there are some important differences as well. In this post, I want briefly to compare and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prior restraint and permanent injunctions in defamation cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Watters v Independent Star [2010] IECC 1 (03 November 2010), the first reported judgment on the Defamation Act, 2009 (also here), Matthews J granted the plaintiff a declaratory order pursuant to section 28 of the Act (also here) that an article published by the defendant was defamatory, and he made a further order pursuant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prior restraint and temporary injunctions in defamation cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some orders have been made on foot of the Defamation Act, 2009 (also here) &#8211; see, for example, Lowry v Smyth (background here and here; coverage of the order here), Mellon v Associated Newspapers (coverage here), and Meegan v Associated Newspapers (coverage here) &#8211; but Watters v Independent Star [2010] IECC 1 (03 November 2010) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late to the defamation party</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the UK, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg (pictured left) has announced significant reforms of Britain&#8217;s libel laws, which I consider a very good thing. 
During a wide-ranging speech today on civil liberties, he said:
We will be publishing a draft defamation bill in the Spring. We intend to provide a new statutory defence for [...]]]></description>
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