After Reynolds (page 190)

The Court of Appeal has agreed to consider whether the protection for neutral reportage in Al-Fagih should be extended to cases where reporters adopt allegations as their own. Yesterday, Lords Justices Tuckey and Latham gave the publishers of The Daily Telegraph permission to appeal against a finding last December by Mr Justice Eady that the newspaper had libelled the former Labour MP George Galloway. The appeal judges did so in the light of two recent rulings from the European Court of Human Rights: Thoma v Luxembourg (2001) and Selisto v Finland (2004). See my report in today's Telegraph. You can read the full judgment here.

Posted at April 19, 2005 08:00 AM