1.   Recent high awards of damages in libel cases have led the Court of Appeal to a greater willingness to interfere.

2.   It can be difficult for public figures to win a libel case.

3.   The anti-fur trade campaign, Lynx, has effectively been reformed after it went into liquidation following the loss of a libel case brought by a fur farm.

4.   A number of important defences available to the media in libel cases can be defeated if the plaintiff proves that the publication was actuated by malice.

5.   Punitive damages in libel cases are a legal anomaly.

6.   The jury in the Mona Bauwens libel case have been discharged after being unable to reach a majority verdict.

7.   But they say legal aid should be available for proceedings under their Protection of Privacy Bill as well in libel cases.

8.   An Austell, Ga. man Time magazine misidentified as an alleged international terrorist has won the opportunity to present his libel case against the magazine again.