Freedom of Speech in UK Law
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... appeal concerns the interaction between two fundamental rights: freedom of expression and protection of reputation. The context is newspaper ... for a wide qualified privilege at common law for 'political speech'. The judge ruled that publication of the article was not privileged ... ...
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Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart
... ... 1 I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech of my noble and learned friend Lord Browne-Wilkinson. I respectfully adopt ... to me that this can involve any impeachment, or questioning of the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament, accordingly I do not ... ...
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Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd and Others (No. 2)
... ... is entitled to communicate anything he pleases to anyone else, by speech or in writing or in any other way. That rule is limited by the law of ... of public interest such as to countervail the public interest in freedom of expression. A communication about some aspect of government activity ... ...
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Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... action for defamation must inevitably have an inhibiting effect on freedom of speech. In City of Chicago v. Tribune Co. (1923) 139 N.E. 86 the ... ...
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Brind
... ... of the power in question necessarily imposes some restriction on freedom of expression. The obligations of the United Kingdom, as a party to the ... the case, of which I gratefully adopt the full account given in the speech of my learned and noble friend Lord Ackner, I find it impossible to say ... ...
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Thompson v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
... ... The reason for this appears clearly from a passage of the speech of Lord Hailsham in Broome v Cassel l [1972] A.C. 1027 at 1065/6: ... 23 This was a reference to decisions concerned with issues as to freedom of speech, one of which Neill L. J. then cites. Having done so he ... ...
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Jameel and Others v Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl
... ... Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to ... 92 I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech of my noble and learned friend Lord Bingham of Cornhill. I agree with it, ... ...
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R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Simms
... ... 1 I have had the advantage of reading in draft the speech prepared by my noble and learned friend Lord Steyn. For the reasons which ... Thus the prisoner's liberty, personal autonomy, as well as his freedom of movement and association are limited. On the other hand, it is well ... ...
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Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation
... ... that would result from the contrary view or upon its effect on freedom of speech. This case, when so much argument has been directed to detailed ... ...
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Burke v Central Independent Television Plc
... ... He referred to the importance of the freedom of the press and continued at 58H: "… I do not think the ... had to weigh the interests of the child against the rights of free speech. Thus at page 61D Roskill L.J. said: "As [counsel] rightly said, ... ...
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