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All the usual rules about copyright and libel still exist online (indeed, I know two bloggers who have been sued for libel in the English courts although that was a rather vexatious case rather than they really had libelled someone) and yes, all the usual stuff about incitement to violence, racial insult and so on still applies.
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Filming and broadcasting in English and Welsh courts are currently banned under Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and Section 9 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
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This competition is governed by English law and any dispute or claim in relation hereto is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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The judgement in the Court of Appeal ruled the English courts had no jurisdiction to hear the claim.
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This can become an issue if a dispute arises, because the U.S. courts only deal with contracts written in English.
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Yet given the reputation of English courts, and long-standing rules in other countries about recognition of their judgments, it is hard to find a legal counter-attack.
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English courts may also reckon that wifely efforts in childcare or home-making have stoked a husband's earning power, and give her a lifetime slice of it.
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But, while English magistrates' courts reduced the proportion of custodial sentences in that period, from 4.9% to 3.8%, Welsh courts showed a slight increase, from 4% to 4.3%.
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