ACD in the Media

If you want to see hypocrisy in action, look at England's libel courts. I warned during the rage against Blair and Bush that liberals were playing into the hands of reactionaries. Unintentionally or not, their depiction of a desire to democratise the … [Read more...] about Libel Tourists Will Love The Tales Of Lord Hoffmann

John Terry's is only the latest attempt to suppress free speech for financial reasons This was the week that the legal establishment bit back. For three months since Index on Censorship published its Libel Reform campaign in coalition with … [Read more...] about Let Battle Commence Over Privacy

MOST tourists come to Britain for the palaces, the pubs and the history. But a few come to take advantage of England's ferociously claimant-friendly libel laws (Scotland's are different). A string of cases in which plaintiffs with tenuous links to … [Read more...] about Taking Away The Welcome Mat

Have you heard? England may be shutting itself to tourists. Not the camera-toting, Big Ben-gawking, bus-riding sort of course, but a different, more controversial subset of regular visitors ignominiously labeled "libel tourists." Lured by London's … [Read more...] about Saudi Billionaire's Libel Legacy

This term "libel tourism" has been kicking around for some time now. It refers to the practice of filing libel suits not necessarily in one's home country, but in jurisdictions in which the laws on libel are more plaintiff friendly. For years, the … [Read more...] about "A Town Called Sue": England Weighing Changes To Libel Law

LONDON - England has long been a mecca for aggrieved people from around the world who want to sue for libel. Russian oligarchs, Saudi businessmen, multinational corporations, American celebrities - all have made their way to London's courts, where … [Read more...] about Britain, Long A Libel Mecca, Reviews Laws

LONDON — The world's rich and powerful have long chosen London to defend their interests in court, but pressure is mounting for an overhaul in the English laws that saw it named "libel capital of the world". Lawyers, freedom of speech campaigners … [Read more...] about Could London Lose 'Libel Capital Of The World' Crown?

They call it the 'small penis' rule. Faced with the risk of libel actions, novelists endow any objectionable male character with a remarkably small penis. What man would claim in court that such a character was based on him? This strategy is all … [Read more...] about Stop Allowing England's Libel Courts To Be Used By The Rich And Powerful To Stifle Free Speech

If we are serious about defending freedom of speech, then English libel should be sentenced to death. A pledge to end 'libel tourism'; an admission that the English libel laws are having 'chilling effects' on free speech; a promise to introduce … [Read more...] about Don't Make Libel Law "Fairer:" Make It History

Libel tourism is flourishing and London is the hottest destination. Its reputation as libel capital of the world has just been confirmed by figures that show that the number of defamation actions started last year was the highest for five years. The … [Read more...] about It's Official – London Is The Libel Capital Of The World