Libel tourists to England, and the 1st Amendment

Excellent and very timely Australian analysis of the English libel Bar and its miscreants.

Breach of confidentiality: The Stig from 'Top Gear' and the BBC

The case has been decided on 4 October - BBC's attempt to prevent The Stig publishing his memoir [2010] EWHC 2424 (Ch) BBC v. Harper Collins Publishers/ Ben Collins (The Stig).

Hate speech: Noam Chomsky signs petition against Gassot law application

Chomsky is not a supporter by any means of genocide denial, the crime in question under the loi Gassot of 1990, but finds laws preventing the challenging of historical truth offensive. Contrast this with the use of genocide-denial laws in Rwanda to silence opposition to the presidency in the recent elections. Can genocide denial speech be prevented by imprisonment in a free society?

Inforrm libel/privacy blog

Another superb source.

Excellent blog on libel reform in UK

This is a really good resource especially on the 2009-10 libel reform campaign, from a critical viewpoint.

Council of Europe webTV show on Internet and human rights

Extremely basic, old fashioned and boring but its background to the debate.

Judicial Committee to investigate privacy 'super-injunctions'

Following the DCMS Report into libel and privacy law, the Master of the Rolls has set up the Committee, with 3 judges, 2 journalism representatives and the 2 most active gagging-order law firms, Schillings and Carter-Ruck.