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Rice v Byline Media (IMPRESS scheme) (IMPRESS)

Why it matters

A worked example of the Leveson press-arbitration model in action: a real defamation claim against a regulated publisher decided by a CIArb-appointed arbitrator, with a modest damages figure and a practical remedy, at a fraction of court cost.

Summary

This is a press-arbitration decision under the IMPRESS scheme, Dennis Rice (Complainant) v Byline Media (Respondent Publisher), dated 6 July 2017. The scheme offers a low-cost alternative to a libel action in the High Court, letting a complaint against a regulated publisher be decided by an arbitrator appointed through CIArb. The full award, with its findings and any remedy, is set out in the original, linked here.

The detail

Parties: Dennis Rice (Complainant) v Byline Media (Respondent Publisher)

Case number: IMPRESS Arbitration Scheme Case No. 132130163

Outcome: Defamation partly upheld: one of two tweets found defamatory; £2,500 damages and a no-republication direction.

Quantum: £2,500

Applicable law: Arbitration Act 1996; English defamation law; the CIArb/IMPRESS arbitration scheme rules.

Issues in play: A publisher's freedom to tweet against an individual's reputation, decided through the low-cost IMPRESS press-arbitration scheme rather than High Court libel litigation.

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