Ed Webb on 2009-10-13
Not accepted by Carter-Ruck & their ilk, though. Time for wide and deep reform of the libel laws.
This link has been bookmarked by 12 people . It was first bookmarked on 12 Oct 2009, by Clara Rivas Alonso.
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The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret.
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Jack W"The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights."
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msachleben SachlebenGuardian prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights
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Amped StatusThe Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights. Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found. The Guardian is also forbidden from telling its readers why the paper is prevented – for the first time in memory – from reporting parliament. Legal obstacles, which cannot be identified, involve proceedings, which cannot be mentioned, on behalf of a client who must remain secret.
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Terri KarpA shared note briefly appeared here, but is now gone.
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"it gradually became accepted that the public had a constitutional right to know what their elected representatives were up to".
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Tom Raftery on 2009-10-13
For a full explanation see http://www.spectator.co.uk/alexmassie/5417651/british-press-banned-from-reporting-parliament-seriously.thtml
the question is about Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste off the Ivory Coast - 1 more sticky notes...
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Clara Rivas Alonsoless access to Parliament and whatever happens there...not good.
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the question is about Trafigura's illegal dumping of toxic waste off the Ivory Coast
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