TV3 manages to reduce compensation award to lawyer wrongly identified in news report

Media organisations should get a benefit from the first Court of Appeal decision in relation to the "offer of amends" provision in the 2009 Defamation Act, a judge has said.

TV3 manages to reduce compensation award to lawyer wrongly identified in news report

Media organisations should get a benefit from the first Court of Appeal decision in relation to the "offer of amends" provision in the 2009 Defamation Act, a judge has said, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The comment was made by Appeal Court judge Gerard Hogan who wrote this month's decision on the matter in relation to a case taken by a lawyer against TV3.

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