New Zealand has been looking at new proposals for media regulation which address the digital revolution … Unlike Australia and the UK, the NZ Law Commission’s media reform plans have met with minimal resistance … Barrister Steven Price investigates Continue reading
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Month: May 2013 (Page 3 of 5)
In the case of Saint Paul Luxembourg SA v Luxembourg (Case No 26419/10) decided on 18 April 2013, the Fifth Section of the Court of Human Rights considered the protection of journalists against coercive court orders. It held that a warrant to search a newspaper office was, in the circumstances, a violation of Article 8 and, because it was in wide terms which potentially included information about sources, it was also a violation of Article 10. The Judgment is only available in French. Continue reading
Home Secretary Theresa May gave evidence to Leveson plus a wealth of additional material. Exhibit TM1 includes a detailed list of 27 concurrent ‘Inquiries/Enquiries/Reviews re Phone Hacking’, as at October 2011 (pp.433-434). No 4 on her list is: Continue reading
WAS Nigel Evans flirting with contempt of court by so publicly protesting his innocence on TV? That was the question I was asked after he had appeared before cameras to deny the allegations of rape; talk of his shock that they had been made and thank his constituents and friends for their support. Continue reading
The Crown Prosecution Service have today announced that the Sun Whitehall editor, Clodagh Hartley and two others are to be charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. The information concerned details of unannounced spending and policy decisions relating to the 2010 Budget and the coalition government’s deficit reduction plans. Continue reading
A new survey for journalists and bloggers, which can be found at this link, aims to collect information about their experiences of and views on libel and privacy law Continue reading
Published in late April 2013, the Independent Police Complaints Commision (IPCC) Commissioner’s Report [pdf] entitled ‘IPCC independent investigation into Surrey Police’s knowledge of the alleged illegal accessing of Amanda (Milly) Dowler’s mobile phone in 2002’ runs to just 6 scathing pages. Its key observation is that Continue reading
The Newspaper Society represents the local and regional media which, everyone agrees, are an essential feature of the democratic landscape. The Society tells us that there are 1,100 local and regional newspapers read by nearly 31 million people a week. Local newspapers are said to be more than twice as trusted as any other media channel. Unfortunately, Newspaper Society itself does not deserve the same degree of trust. It has today published the result of a bizarre “survey” of local newspaper editors under the headline “Half of Local Newspaper Editors Say Leveson Inquiry has Damaged Relationship with Readers“. Continue reading
The Guardian is attempting to overturn the Attorney General’s veto of the publication of Prince Charles’ correspondence with seven Government departments. An application for judicial review was heard over two days last week by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, with Lord Justice Davis and Mr Justice Globe. Continue reading
In an attempt to undermine the Royal Charter on press regulation that has been agreed by all parties in Parliament, Associated Newspapers News International and Telegraph Group have published their own rival charter, the “PressBoF” Royal Charter. Continue reading
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