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Court overturns libel award over restaurant review
by Dave Keating | March 11, 2008 at 12:17 am | 269 views | add comment | 0 recommendations
A UK court has overturned a €25,000 libel judgement against a newspaper for writing a negative restaurant review.
Belfast High Court has ordered a retrial in the case of a newspaper's appeal against a €25,000 libel award over a restaurant review.The award was made to the owner of a pizza restaurant in west Belfast after a jury found an Irish News food critic's review defamatory.
There has been worldwide interest in this case because of its potential to affect all reviews - dramatic, musical and culinary - in the future.
Until now, adverse reviews printed in newspapers or broadcast have been deemed fair comment and a defence against libel.
However, in January, a Belfast jury found in favour of a restaurant owner who claimed a review was defamatory, awarding him €25,000.
March 11, 2008 at 12:17 am by Dave Keating, 269 views, add comment




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