Comments on: Very big breaking news: UK libel laws narrowed https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/very-big-breaking-news-uk-libel-laws-narrowed/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 29 May 2008 20:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/very-big-breaking-news-uk-libel-laws-narrowed/comment-page-1/#comment-4392 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:06:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4050#comment-4392 “courts have been reluctant to acknowledge the chilling effects of litigation on other rights and economically productive activity.”

Understatement of the year.

]]> By: nevins https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/10/very-big-breaking-news-uk-libel-laws-narrowed/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:44:40 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4050#comment-4391 Just how many times was the phrase ‘First Amendment Rights’ used in discussing British law?

It is exactly the abuses of the State like these that people abandoned Britan centuries ago to make a country where the individual’s rights trumped the State’s. There’s been some erosion on that front, especially as people are quick to give away the personal rights of others without much thought.

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