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The new edition of The Law of Defamation provides practitioners and media professionals with the latest significant case law, along with a comprehensive but straightforward analysis of the developing law of libel in Ireland. All chapters have been revised and rewritten to incorporate recent developments. The new edition features the significant Irish cases of recent years, including: Coleman v MGN [2012] on publication and jurisdiction Lennon v HSE [2015] concerning the right to a jury Christie v TV3 [2015] on discounts in an offer of amends Leech v Independent Newspapers [2014] on calculating upper level damages Meegan v Times Newspapers [2015] on discovery of journalists? notes Philpott v Irish Examiner [2016] on court reporting privilege Watson v MGN [2016] on delays and limitation periods McDonagh v Sunday Newspapers [2016] on appealing quantum of damages Muwema v Facebook [2016] on internet publication defences Ryanair v Channel 4 [2017] on the scope of journalistic privilege Higgins v Irish Aviation Authority [2018] on involving a jury when offer of amends not agreed It also deals with the influential cases emanating from international courts and from other jurisdictions, including: Delfi AS v Estonia [2015], the key ECHR ruling on internet comments Martinez v MGN [2012], the ECJ decision on where to sue McAlpine v Bercow [2013] on a libel in a tweet McGrath v Dawkins [2015] on comment threads Monroe v Hopkins [2017] on assessing the likely readership of a tweet

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