E22 The Fifth Court Geoffrey Robertston KC ’

2023-02-28

"British justice is a confidence trick"World renowned barrister Geoffrey Robertson, KC, author of several books including his most recent, Lawfare, 'How Russians, the Rich and the Government try to prevent free speech' - how the defamation laws are being used by the super-rich to cover up wrong doing. He says 'Britain doesn't have free speech, it has expensive speech'. He recommends allowing juries for libel cases, but not to determine damages awards when they might apply. He suggests libel cases...

"British justice is a confidence trick"

World renowned barrister Geoffrey Robertson, KC, author of several books including his most recent, Lawfare, 'How Russians, the Rich and the Government try to prevent free speech' - how the defamation laws are being used by the super-rich to cover up wrong doing.

He says 'Britain doesn't have free speech, it has expensive speech'.

He recommends allowing juries for libel cases, but not to determine damages awards when they might apply. He suggests libel cases should be televised and says the TV companies could pay for the rights to cover the upcoming Meghan Markle V Daily Mail case.

He's currently working on a new edition of his book on 'crimes against humanity', including Putin's attack on Ukraine.

Geoffrey recommends his own book, 'The Tyrannicide Brief' to all budding legal eagles.

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