Sympathy for News Group Newspapers and its News of the World employees is in short supply as the Metropolitan Police (finally), Mr Justice Vos, the Guardian, Keith Vaz, Tom Watson and countless claimants circle to bring this Fleet Street beast to its knees. Lord knows, even the Press Complaints Commission may decide they need a ticking-off.
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Month: April 2011 (Page 3 of 4)
Only in California … Now those who commission photographs of celebrities as well as the paparazzi themselves will be liable for hefty invasion of privacy penalties, thanks to The Terminator … Michael Cameron reports
Arnold Schwarzenegger may be gone from public office but he leaves a lasting legacy in the burgeoning annals of California media law, particularly as it applies to celebrities and privacy. Continue reading
The press has recently returned to the theme of evils of the privacy injunction protecting the unsavoury behaviour of the rich and famous. Last week’s round up drew attention to articles in the “Daily Mail” and “The Times”. The former had a second piece “Revealed: 30 ‘superinjunction’ gagging orders won by rich and famous in just two years“. This is obviously an area of important public debate. Unfortunately there remains a lack of data to inform the discussion. Continue reading
In this regular feature we draw attention to the last week’s law and media news and next week’s upcoming events. If readers have any news or events which they would like to draw attention to please add them by way of comments on this post. Continue reading
The “News of the World” phone hacking story has finally broken through into front page mainstream media coverage. First, there were the arrests of two individuals who were prominent at the newspaper at the relevant time (pictured right). Then, a week before the Case Management Conference where all the cases are to be heard by the assigned judge, Mr Justice Vos, News International has made a bold move – issuing a public statement indicating that it intends to “approach some civil litigants” with an unreserved apology and an admission of liability. Continue reading
This has been a dramatic week. Only yesterday the Government raised for the first time the prospect of a wide ranging independent inquiry into the conduct of newspapers in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal. This followed the arrests of the chief reporter and a former senior executive of the NOTW on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept the mobile phone voicemails of public figures.
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This is the final part of a four part post dealing with the Draft Defamation Bill and Consultation Paper published by the Government on 15 March 2011. It deals with the other issues raised by the Government’s Consultation. Part 1 of this post was published on 3 April 2011, Part 2 was published on 5 April 2011 and Part 3 was published on 7 April 2011. Continue reading
On 15 October 2010 we discussed the first instance judgment of Mr Justice Weatherup in the case of King v Sunday Newspapers Ltd arising out of the publication of some 29 articles in the “Sunday World” newspaper. The privacy claim was partially successful but the harassment claim failed. Continue reading
A Joint Committee of the Commons and the Lords has been appointed to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Defamation Bill and to report by Tuesday 19 July 2011. The Committee has called for evidence. The first evidence on the Draft Bill will be heard on Wednesday 27 April 2011, from Lord Lester of Herne Hill. Continue reading
This is the third part of a four part post dealing with the Draft Defamation Bill and Consultation Paper published by the Government on 15 March 2011. It deals with the single publication rule, jurisdiction and jury trial. Part 1 of this post was published on 3 April 2011 and Part 2 was published on 5 April 2011. Continue reading
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