I would have thought that defaming a senior judge is not one of the more sensible activities for a newspaper editor to engage in but The Telegraph has apologised to Lord Justice Sedley….
The Daily Telegraph is to issue a formal apology to Lord Justice Sedley over a series of “professionally damaging” allegations which appeared in the paper last year.
The Daily Telegraph is to issue a formal apology to Lord Justice Sedley over a series of “professionally damaging” allegations which appeared in the paper last year.
It is extremely rare for a judge to launch libel proceedings, but this is the second time Sedley LJ has secured a newspaper apology. In 1996 The Independent was forced to public apologise to the then-High Court judge after it accused him of being politically partisan.
@Afuahirch of The Guardian has the link to the apology:
“popular Court of Appeal judge Stephen Sedley accepts apology from Telegraph 4 defamatory story http://bit.ly/dEjLi0″
Never let is be said that out judges simply sit all day in court…
Old Bailey hears how judge wrestled defendant to the floor
The Guardian: Court hears how Paul Reid’s alleged escape bid was thwarted by a double rugby-tackle from judge Douglas Marks Moore
Egad, do you think the Judicial Studies Board will introduce a mandatory physical education module, with special attention being paid to the diverse ways you can immobilise sleekit villains? I thought doing a lap in your gym-kit was ghastly enough. I imagine a judge rampaging in full fig is a sight to see…
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Have also written on the Sedley libel case, which speaks strongly to the need for newspapers to pay rather more attention to the legal facts of difficult cases, and rather less to the superficially attractive narratives they often prefer.
I wonder if any consideration has been given to an advertising campaign for the judiciary in the style of those Army recruiting television commercials? Judges seen dining in their residences, processing through London, sending down a wrong ‘un, and rugby tackling a fleeing offender whil in full robes.
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