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• Arron Banks loses two of three challenges to failed libel action against Carole Cadwalladr

  28-02-2023 20:04
  
  Court of appeal upholds one claim Brexit backer suffered serious harm by continuing publication of inaccurate Ted Talk criticismsThe multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has lost a significant part of his appeal against the decision in his unsuccessful libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr.Banks, who funded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group, succeeded in only one of three challenges brought to the court of appeal. Continue reading...
  
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• Should climate activists be punished at all? | Letters

  28-02-2023 19:07
  
  Dr Abi Perrin wonders if it is ever justifiable for non-violent defendants to be jailed, Steve Tooze heralds a growing wave of activists, and Sue Davies laments costly, pointless trialsIt’s my hope that George Monbiot’s piece (Today’s climate activist ‘criminals’ are tomorrow’s heroes: silencing them in court is immoral, 22 February) will fuel deeper interrogation of the criminal justice system and who or what it serves to protect in its treatment of protester
  
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• Putin may never come to trial: so let’s help Ukraine act on Russian war crimes now | Letters

  28-02-2023 19:07
  
  Russian forces are covering up unspeakable acts. The UK has evidence – and we should share it immediately, says Prof Brad Blitz. Plus Russell Inglis on a jurisdictional loophole that applies to the UK as well as the USGordon Brown makes a strong case for a special tribunal for Ukraine (We owe it to the people of Ukraine to bring Vladimir Putin to trial for war crimes, 24 February). Yet, as past tribunals have shown, the startup costs can be considerable, and it may be years before Putin&rs
  
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• ECtHR: Warning on LGBTI-inclusive book is violation of freedom of expression

  28-02-2023 17:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  European Court of Human Rights rules on Macat v Lithuania.
  
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• Election court awards costs against petitioner in 'dates bribe' case

  28-02-2023 16:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Petitioner 'had the audacity to issue these proceedings in the knowledge that the allegations quite properly made by the respondents... were truthful.'
  
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• Crikey examines Rupert Murdoch’s admission that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ US election lie

  28-02-2023 15:00
  
  Lawyers consider implications of patriarch’s testimony as they prepare to fight defamation suit brought by Lachlan MurdochGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for Crikey, which is being sued for defamation by Lachlan Murdoch, are considering the implications for its defence of the admission by Rupert Murdoch that Fox News hosts endorsed Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 US election was stolen.Crikey’s publisher Private Media has confir
  
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• Junior 'dehumanised' by sexual messages from senior solicitor

  28-02-2023 13:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Male City lawyer alleged to have abused his seniority to take advantage of junior colleague for over a year.
  
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• MoJ opts against payment reform to Mental Capacity Act

  28-02-2023 13:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legislation will not be changed to make it easier for parents to access matured child savings accounts.
  
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• City firms' growth rate doubled in 2022

  28-02-2023 12:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Cautious optimism' as practices continue to defy wider economic gloom, annual survey suggests.
  
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• First 'revenge porn' civil case sees judge award £100,000

  28-02-2023 10:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge said impact on claimant 'akin to the impacts of sexual assault' but 'abuse is image based rather than physical.'
  
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• Metamorph firm's staff to miss out on £190,000 as creditors wait in limbo

  28-02-2023 08:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Liquidator’s report sets out staff losses while other employees wait for liquidation themselves.
  
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• Metamorph firm’s staff to miss out on £190,000 as creditors wait in limbo

  28-02-2023 08:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Liquidator’s report sets out staff losses while other emoloyees wait for liquidation themselves.
  
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• Elon Musk overstated Tesla’s autopilot and self-driving tech, new lawsuit says

  28-02-2023 02:59
  
  Shareholders sue the Twitter CEO again, alleging they were defrauded with false claims of the vehicles’ capabilitiesElon Musk is facing yet another lawsuit as shareholders of Tesla accuse the chief executive and his company of overstating the effectiveness and safety of their electric vehicles’ autopilot and full self-driving technologies.Shareholders have alleged in the proposed class action lawsuit that Tesla defrauded them over four years with false and misleading statements that
  
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