Litigation involving social media is still very new in South Africa and only a few reported cases can be found. In this case discussion, a brief overview is given of the few cases already reported, but in the main the case of Isparta v Richter 2013 6 SA 4529 (GP) is discussed. In ...
Many cases involving freedom of speech and of the press also have concerned defamation, obscenity, and prior restraint (see Pentagon Papers). See also censorship. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn....
Supreme Court precedent sets a high bar for defamation cases brought by public officials like Richer. He would have been required to prove not just that Lake’s statements were untrue but that she made them with “actual malice;" that is, knowing they were false or with reckless disregard fo...
In cases of defamation per se in Virginia, successful plaintiffs can recover “presumed” damages even if they are unable to prove exactly how their reputations were harmed and to what extent. For example, defamatory statements that impute to the plaintiff an unfitness to perform the duties of...
negative comments about other patients or healthcare workers can face serious legal action. There have already been many reported cases involving healthcare professionals in which allegations of defamation have been raised. This topic discusses defamation and presents several cases in the healthcare ...
crimes involving various characteristics used todifferentiatesocial groups. Critics of hate-crime laws have argued that they areredundantbecause they create additional penalties for acts that are already punishable undercriminal law. They also charge that such laws treat victims of different groups ...
cases. The cap cannot be exceeded, which will assist the formulation and understanding of damage awards by courts in defamation cases. That said, it will be interesting to see whether the explicitly separate awarding of aggravated damages in appropriate cases has the effect of circumventing the ...
This theory has been successful in getting around statutes of limitations governing breach-of-contract cases against doctors and lawyers, but as a recent federal case confirms, it doesn’t apply to defamation claims. The theory has been described variously as the “continuous tort rule,” the “...
A recent defamation case in Australia demonstrates that when it comes to cases involving the Internet the world is in uncharted territory. This is despite ... Grant,David - 《Journalism Studies》 被引量: 5发表: 2002年 Online Harassment, Defamation, and Hateful Speech: A Primer of the Legal ...
There are lots of cases of involving the model of a novel is a plaintiff or not. In such cases, the verdict usually relies on"the reader's awareness"as conclusive factor. 4) There is a casual relationship between the act of the wrongdoer and the damage to the victim."Common knowledge"...