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26 July 2012

High Court to give “Twitter Joke Trial“ appeal verdict

Lord Chief Justice to hand down judgment today

By David Allen Green

Later this morning the Lord Chief Justice will be handing down judgment for the High Court appeal of the “Twitter Joke Trial”. 

This case is about whether a tweet constitutes a “communication of a menacing character” in circumstances where the tweet was self-evidently non-serious and caused no alarm or menace at the time.

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