The Inforrm blog is taking a summer break for a few weeks. We thank all our readers and contributors who, over the past two and a half years, have made this into one of the world’s leading media law blogs. The blog has now had over 1.1 million page views since February 2010. We now have 592 followers for the blog with 1,195 followers of our twitter feed (@inforrm). Continue reading
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Month: August 2012 (Page 4 of 4)
In June and July 2012 we published a number of posts as part of an “Inforrm Debate” on the issue as to whether trial by jury should be abolished in libel cases. On 13 July 2012 we published a poll to find out whether our readers favoured the abolition of the statutory right to jury trial contained in clause 11 of the Defamation Bill.
In a judgment handed down on Monday 30 July 2012 (JIH v NGN and other cases [2012] EWHC 2179 (QB)) Mr Justice Tugendhat noted that seven privacy injunctions granted against News Group Newspapers in 2010 and 2011 had been discharged by consent. In each case, the anonymity of the claimant was retained. Agreements to discharge the injunctions had been prompted by Case Management letter from the court. Continue reading
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