Malicious Falsehood in UK Law
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Windsor Life Assurance v Mulvaney. Court of Appeal, Civil Division: Henry LJ and Pill LJ
The Defendant, Mr Mulvaney, had been employed by the claimant, Windsor Life Assurance Company Ltd, the appointment being governed by the rules of LAUTRO. He terminated his engagement in March 1992 ...... ... references were false and that their publica-tion constituted a malicious falsehood and/ Page 81 ... Refusal to hear evidence of compliance ... ...
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Libel: Its Purpose and Reform
Discussion of libel often fails to define defamation law's purpose and thus properly to assess its value. This article argues that defamation's purpose relates to fundamental human interests in soc...... ... the protection of libel law , as opposed to that offered b y malicious falsehood and the economic torts, should be withdrawn from purely economic ... ...
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Liability for References: Spring v Guardian Assurance
... ... The action was framed in malicious falsehood, breach of contract and negligent *University of ... ...
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Correspondence
... ... 287 of Chapman in an exposition of the tort of malicious falsehood. Wilkiirson v. Downton is certainly not usually ... ...
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Our Patchy Law of Privacy — Time to do Something about It
... ... they were: passing off, trespass to the person, libel, and malicious falsehood. Passing off was dealt with briefly. It was rejected ... ...
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Liability for References: The House of Lords and Spring v Guardian Assurance
... ... not bring an action in libel.g Instead, he sued in malicious falsehood, negligence and breach of contract. Judge Lever found ... ...
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STATUTES
... ... (v) Miscellaneous (a) Slander of Title, Goods and other Malicious Falsehood Though generically outside the scope of the law ... ...
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‘Only Flattery is Safe’: Political Speech and the Defamation Act 1996
... ... A local authority continues to be able to sue in malicious falsehood. For a parallel development in Australia, see Mullany, ... ...
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Reviews
Books reviewed: Foster, The Ethics of Medical Research on Humans Vidmar, World Jury Systems Simpson, Human Rights and the End of Empire. Britain and the Genesis of the European Convention Carty, An...... ... to tort liability, her analysis includes the torts of deceit, malicious falsehood and passing off as well as addressing the issue of negligence ... ...
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Unconventional Use of the Convention?
... ... the authority would be able to bring an action for malicious falsehood or to request proceedings for criminal libel. While it ... ...
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