Libel judges face a tough time in the media

by James Dean
Law Society Gazette
December 1, 2009

http://www.legal-project.org/article/579

Excerpt:

Mr Justice Eady, eminent libel judge and newspaper hate figure, has thick skin. Speaking at today's Justice conference on free speech and privacy, Eady quoted snippets from newspaper articles accusing him of 'moral and social nihilism,' 'arrogance,' 'immorality,' and to top it off, 'amorality'.

He was dismissive of the insults, directed at him for ruling in favour of claimants in libel actions against different media organisations. 'The media have nowhere to vent their frustrations other than through personal abuse of the particular judge who happens to have made the decision,' he said. 'Certain individual judges, of course, have been singled out for the treatment – much to the innocent amusement of colleagues and friends.'

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