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05 April 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Warning as ‘tweets’ come home to roost

One of the first Twitter Libel cases has been brought in the UK to Cardiff.  Earlier this month the The High Court in Cardiff approved the settlement of its very own Twitter Libel case involving two local South Wales Councillors.
On 4th June 2009, Councillor Colin Elsbury, defamed fellow Councillor Edward John Talbot by posting a [...]

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20 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Google and Defamation

In the recent blog we commented upon the High Court allowing documents to be served using the social networking medium “Twitter”.

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08 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Injunctive Relief Enters the 21st Century

Recently Courts in New Zealand and Australia have permitted service of legal documents via Facebook, thus very much bringing their procedures into the 21st Century. In a recent High Court case, English Courts have joined the information revolution and made an Order for service of documents using the social networking medium ‘Twitter’.
Mr Blaney [...]

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