Your Wondering why the Parish Magazine is shown on this website well the Editor/Advertiser is now on the Parish Council. Which means they have to take care in how they act in Public life under a strict code of conduct and the Nolan Principals. Put simply it means they have to not just take care in how they act as a Councillor but also in their daily lives within the community. In this case how the magazine is run.
Cllr John Hellens is the Editor of the magazine which in theory means he should take
full responsibility for what is printed in the publication. Well from the very limited
disclaimer apparently not.
Cllr Hellens put him self forward as a mediator over the project, unfortunately due to his close association with the Hall it meant he couldn’t. The association is via his links with Elizabeth Davies and Mike Tooley just to name two. There was also the association with a previous HPC Chair R. Whittaker (please see below)
The New Incumbent Chair of the Parish Council is Kevin Arnott his partner is Elizabeth
Davies who use to be on Hartlebury Parish Council 2018 -
Mike Tooley the creator of Hartlebury Facts The Magazine, Parish Hall website.
He was also a member of the Hartlebury Parish Council 2018 to April 2019 again during that project.
The Magazine is not run properly please refer to the following website
Cllr Hellens did add a very inadequate policy following an article which he allowed to be publish in 2019 by the then Editor and Chair of the Parish Council. This article had some serous errors since the person it related to was innocent, unfortunately this can not be elaborated on at the moment since the magazine even though very small must abide by the law which is set out on the link. http://www.villageandparishmagazines.org.uk/index.html#
The Editorial Policy: ‘inclusion of any article does not imply endorsement of the content of that article. We make no judgement as to the accuracy of the articles that appear. If there are any inaccuracies, we offer the opportunity to correct them through the pages of the magazine’
The above disclaimer is wholly inadequate.
Defamation Act 1966
Generally speaking, defamation is the issuance of a false statement about another
person, which causes that person to suffer harm. Slander involves the making of defamatory
statements by a transitory (non-
Libel involves the making of defamatory statements in a printed or fixed medium, such as a magazine or newspaper.
Typically, the elements of a cause of action for defamation include:
1/ A false and defamatory statement concerning another;
2/ The unprivileged publication of the statement to a third party (that is, somebody other than the person defamed by the statement);
3/ If the defamatory matter is of public concern, fault amounting at least to negligence on the part of the publisher; and
4/ Damage to the plaintiff.
In the context of defamation law, a statement is "published" when it is made to the third party. That term does not mean that the statement has to be in print.
Damages are typically to the reputation of the plaintiff, but depending upon the laws of the jurisdiction it may be enough to establish mental anguish
If they wish to publish some of the content then they need to have appropriate indemnity insurance and Legal Deposit
Did you know that according to the law of the land if you produce a newsletter or magazine of any description then you are legally required to deposit a regular copy with the British Library, and if formally requested, then also with, the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, the Bodleian Library Oxford