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News writer
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Gazetteer
A writer of news or an officer appointed to publish news by authority
Working journalist
Das Gupta, AIR 1970 SC 426: (1969) 2 SCC 1: (1970) 1 SCR 181. [Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955, s. 2(f)] Working journalist, means a person whose principal
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Piracy
which were used by the former author, Pike v. Nicholas, 1869 LR 5 Ch 251; as to pirating news from another newspaper, see Walter v. Steinkopff, (1892) 3 Ch 489. The remedies for piracy are an action … publication is a piracy. An author who has been led by a former author to refer to older writers, may without committing piracy, use the same passages in the older writers which were used by the former
Fair comment
When the defence is one of fair comment the plaintiff is not entitled to particulars, Digby v. Financial News Ltd., (1907) 1 KB 502; but the defendant can administer interrogatories to the plaintiff, Walkr v. Hodgson, (1909) … the jury, Dakhyl v. Labouchere, (1908) 2 KB 325 n. consult Odgers on Libel. A statement based on writers or speakers honest opinion about a matter of public concern; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 616.
Incorporated Law Society
volumes, and a hall supplied with current publications and books of reference, the daily cause lists, telegraphic exchange news and telephone, and a conference-room are open daily for the use of members. Classes and postal tuition for … of England. Every person who is or has been a practicing solicitor in England or Ireland, or a writer to the signet, or writer in Scotland, is qualified to become a member of the Society. An applicant
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