The Trinity Legal Term ends on Friday 31 July 2026. The summer legal vacation will run until Thursday 1 October 2026 when the Michaelmas Legal Term will begin. Continue reading
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One year after the decision in Walters v OpenAI (Case No. 23-A-04860-2) [pdf], the case remains one of the most significant judicial examinations of how traditional defamation principles apply to generative AI, albeit in a U.S. context. Continue reading
This month’s Mail Newspapers judgment in the case brought by Prince Harry and others was a comprehensive defeat for the claimants [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB). The judge found that, in relation to every one of the 57 pleaded articles, the claimants had failed to prove that Mail journalists had used unlawful information gathering (UIG). Continue reading
On Wednesday 15 July 2026, the Court of Appeal (Vos MR, Warby LJ and Whipple LJ) handed down judgement in the appeal of Vince v ANL [2026] EWCA Civ 899. Eco entrepreneur, Dale Vince brought a defamation and subsequent data protection claim against Associated Newspapers in relation to the publication of an article which juxtaposed his photograph with a headline referring to a “sex pest” Labour donor, despite the article itself relating to another individual. Continue reading
On 15 July 2026, the Court of Appeal handed down an important judgment in Vince v Associated Newspapers ([2026] EWCA Civ 899). This decision establishes, for the first time, that a person can sue a newspaper under data protection law for an “unfair” article even if, under the law of defamation, there is no claim. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” officers obtain a warrant that permits a multistep, give-and-take information sharing process between officers and tech employees that winnows down and identifies subjects. Continue reading
On 7 July 2026, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down judgment following the lengthy trial of the misuse of private information and breach of confidence claims brought by seven Claimants against Associated Newspapers Limited (“Associated”), the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline; Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE & Ors v Associated Newspapers Limited [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB). Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
The UK’s immigration and asylum bill has proposed restricting how the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is interpreted and applied in the UK to make it easier to deport migrants. Continue reading
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