The “legal term” in England and Wales begins today – with the courts back in full session. In celebration we begin our round up with the law of privacy rather than phone hacking. The most important decision in this area for some time was handed down on Thursday 29 September 2011. This was the decision of Mr Justice Nicol in Ferdinand v Mirror Group Newspapers ([2011] EWHC 2454 (QB)). Continue reading
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Month: October 2011 (Page 6 of 6)
The Leveson Inquiry has announced a programme of three seminars to take place on 6 and 12 October 2011. It has also announced a further preliminary hearing on 4 October 2011 at 10.30 in Court 76 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
The three seminars will take place at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster. The programme for the first two can be found here. The programme for the third has yet to be finalised. Continue reading
On Wednesday 28 September 2011, the Australian Federal Court ruled in the case of Eatock v Bolt ([2011] FCA 1103), that popular right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt (pictured) had contravened Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act when he questioned the racial heritage of nine “fair-skinned Aborigines” in an article in the “Herald and Weekly Times”. Continue reading
The complaint by Associated Newspapers to the Leveson inquiry that there is not enough representation of the tabloid or regional press on the panel is not unexpected, but nor is it entirely without merit. Continue reading
The BBC, the Guardian and some other newspapers reported last week that the family of Milly Dowler had said that planned changes to “no win, no fee” cases would have stopped them seeking compensation from News International. Continue reading
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