Background to libel cases

Title

Background to libel cases

Genre

News report

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

Tim Crook examines the background to libel cases in British courts. The report follows the award of fifty thousand pounds in damages to writer Jeremy Cartland by the BBC.

Contributors

Tim Crook

Keywords

Administration of justice; BBC; Compensation; Libel; Courts; Trials; Jeremy Cartland

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