Hudoc Judgment (Merits and just satisfaction) Violation of Art. 10 ; Pecuniary damage – financial award ; Non-pecuniary damage – financial award ; Costs and expenses partial award
There is little scope under article 10(2) of the Convention for restrictions on political speech or on debate on questions of public interest.
Judges:
Sir Nocholas Bratza
Citations:
49418/99, [2004] ECHR 365, (2005) 41 EHRR 18
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 10
Cited by:
Cited – Spiller and Another v Joseph and Others SC 1-Dec-2010
The defendants had published remarks on its website about the reliability of the claimant. When sued in defamation, they pleaded fair comment, but that was rejected by the Court of Appeal.
Held: The defendants’ appeal succeeded, and the fair . .
Cited – Economou v De Freitas QBD 27-Jul-2016
Failed action for defamation on rape allegations
The claimant had been accused by the defendant’s daughter of rape. He was never charged but sought to prosecute her alleging intent to pervert the course of justice. She later killed herself. The defendant sought to have the inquest extended to . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Human Rights
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.199505
