Lecturer wins £10,000 email libel payout: “A university which sent a department-wide email accusing a lecturer of expenses fraud has paid him £10,000 in an out-of-court libel settlement.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)

Internet chat more likely slander than libel, says High Court: “Defamation on internet bulletin boards is more like slander than libel, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Eady said that bulletin board discussions…

Mosley orgy judge blocks web forum libel writ onslaught: “ No damages for ‘mere vulgar abuse’ The High Court judge who prompted sharp intakes of breath from newspaper editors when he awarded Max Mosley damages…