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27 November 2014
Issue: 7632 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Defamation

Donovan v Gibbons [2014] EWHC 3406 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 268 (Oct)

The claimant brought an action against the defendant in libel following the uploading of a video onto the internet by the defendant regarding the safety of a pony sold by the claimant to the defendant for the purposes of children. The Queen’s Bench Division held, inter alia, that there had been a defamatory allegation of fact.

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

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Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

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NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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