JUDGE MALONE’S LIBEL WIN

MaireWhelan

ATTORNEY GENERAL Máire Whelan made the interesting suggestion recently that the defamation laws should be reformed to allow more latitude to court reporters. Whelan floated the idea that no unwitting mistake in a court report should be actionable unless there was proof of malice, and that a simple “error” should not be punished by damages… Read more »

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