Skyrocketing libel awards ‘threaten journalism’
In a new Sunday Business Post podcast, media lawyer Paul Tweed calls for protections for ‘proper investigative journalism’ against both over-litigiousness and encroachment of social media
Top media lawyer Paul Tweed has called for controls on Ireland’s cripplingly high defamation awards, claiming the multimillion sums handed out in damages are “discrediting the law” and threatening the very existence of newspapers and other publishers.
In Legal Matters, a new Sunday Business Post podcast going live this Wednesday, the libel specialist who has represented Ryanair, Britney Spears and Gerry Adams, champions the role of the traditional news media against the march ...
