ABSTRACT

This chapter is intended to give an overview of the remedies which may be awarded by the courts for infringement of the substantive private and public law rights considered in Part 1 of this book. An appreciation of the nature of the remedies will help to increase understanding of the impact that the law can have on the media’s activities. The detailed law relating to the specific causes of action, and remedies in defamation cases, are considered separately in the relevant subject chapters.