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Category Archives: Libel Reform
Libel Reform – smells like victory
For those few resilient readers who have weathered the year-long storm of open access posts at Reciprocal Space and still look in here occasionally for reports of the libel reform campaign, there is good news. Within days I should be … Continue reading
Year
The Christmas holiday has unmoored me. End of year exhaustion segued into a bout of ‘flu that knocked me onto my back, where I lay and ached, semi-detached by illness and medication as around me my family made preparations for … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Open Access, Science & Politics, Scientific Life
Tagged CaSE, Libel reform, open access, review, Review of 2012, Science Policy
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“You can’t read this book” but you should
Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games spread a warm glow through liberal hearts. His imaginative sweep over British history and culture, which managed to be both reverent and irreverent, was filled with a human chaos that constituted a nicely … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Libel Reform, Science & Politics
Tagged Freedom of Expression, Libel reform, Nick Cohen
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A Bill to Amend the Law of Defamation
The libel reform campaign has yielded a spring crop: a bill to amend the law of defamation was introduced to parliament in the Queen’s Speech on May 10th. This means that legislation to amend the lax libel laws of England and … Continue reading
Libel Reform: the endgame?
It has been a long and winding road but tonight the journey towards libel reform in England and Wales paused in the historic Great Hall of the Inner Temple to take stock. The wheels are turning and the machine of government … Continue reading
Alive to the prospects for libel reform
The campaign for libel reform has been grinding away for several years now but there was still a buzz of expectation as we gathered in Committee Room 10 in the House of Commons last Wednesday evening. By 6 pm the … Continue reading
Let’s democratise the bejesus out of libel reform
This week the Guardian made the astonishing revelation that a man who is heir to the throne by an accident of birth and who is the representative on Earth of precisely no-one has been enjoying the right of veto over … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Science & Politics
Tagged defamation, democracy, Libel reform, Parliament
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Libel Reform: steps forward
Today sees the publication of a very important report on libel reform. The report is from the Parliamentary Joint Scrutiny Committee, which has been considering the government’s draft defamation bill in the light of oral and written evidence from interested … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Science & Politics
Tagged goldacre, Libel reform, Sense about Science, singh, wilmshurst
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Libel Reform – where are we?
Regular readers of this blog will be probably be aware of the ongoing campaign to reform the libel laws of England and Wales. These laws have pernicious effects in many aspects of public life — including science and medicine. They … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform, Science, Science & Politics
Tagged ben goldacre, Libel reform, Parliament, Science, simon singh
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Snapshots of 2010
I wasn’t going to do a review of the year’s blogposts but, on the off-chance that the recent move to the shiny new site at Occam’s Typewriter has attracted some new readers, I thought I would provide a brief guide … Continue reading
Libel Reform: Not There Yet
The British cardiologist Dr Peter Wilmshurst was reported in 2007 to have made remarks critical of a clinical trial involving a medical device made by NMT Medical. He is now being sued for libel. The case is complex and I … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform
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JoK-ing Apart
Today it is my signal honour to have a guest post on @JackofKent‘s most excellent blog. It examines the understanding of the nature of scientific evidence set out in the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling on the libel case brought … Continue reading
Posted in Libel Reform
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