News
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Law Commission Consultation : Taxi licensing reform.
The Law Commission has published its consultation on taxi and private hire licensing. The proposals if implemented in full could lead to a radical change in the taxi business and would seriously effect many black cab owners and the value of their cabs if the restriction on the number of licenses is granted.
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Defamation Bill.Reforms to Libel laws introduced.
Major reforms to Defamation laws were unveiled in the Queens speech. The purpose to attempt to reduce the number of claims, stop the supposed practice of Libel tourism and protect the scientific community and website operators and adapt to the new Internet age.
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Internet Libel:Hyperlinks
McGrath & Anor v Dawkins & Ors (Rev 1) [2012] EWHC B3 (QB).A website owner can be held liable for hyperlinks to another site which hosts defamatory material.