Day 44, Part 3 Only a tiny proportion of the material found on computers stashed in the underground car park of Chelsea Harbour belonged to Rebekah Brooks, the phone hacking trial heard today. Continue reading
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Month: January 2014 (Page 4 of 9)
Day 44, Part 1: Rebekah Brooks appeared to believe that reports on the hacking of Milly Dowler were part of a co-ordinated exercise against News International by the BBC, the Guardian newspaper and members of the Labour Party. Continue reading
The University of Helsinki is holding a major conference on freedom of expression on 8 and 9 May 2014 in Helsinki. The Conference is designed for researchers, judges, journalists, representatives of NGOs and media practitioners (lawyers, editors, journalists, etc.) who are interested in the practical and legal extent and limitations on the freedom of expression. Continue reading
It is now clearly established in the case law of the Court of Human Rights that Article 8 protects the “right to reputation” as an aspect of private life. This is a relatively new idea, first appearing the case law as recently as 2004 (see Chauvy v France [70]). Continue reading
Day 43: Computers seized during a police search of Rebekah Brooks’s office at News International did not appear to have been used by her, the phone hacking trial heard today. Continue reading
In a paper published in December’s edition of Communications Law, Peter Coe explored the impact that proving serious harm by demonstrating serious financial loss, pursuant to s1(1) and (2) of the Defamation Act 2013, may have on corporate claimants’ right to reputation. This abridged version of the 10,000 word paper briefly outlines the analysis of issues with causation. Continue reading
Today is the fourth birthday of the Inforrm blog – which began operation on 22 January 2010. Our first post – “Welcome to Inforrm” – attracted 2 visitors in January 2010 and the site had a total of 7 page views that month. That was the only post for January. The posting rate and visitor numbers have increased dramatically since then. In the last four years we have had a total of nearly 2,200 posts and 2 million page views. Continue reading
Day 42: Police searches of Rebekah and Charlie Brooks’s homes in London and Oxfordshire came under scrutiny at the phone hacking trial today. At one stage, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, for Mrs Brooks, suggested that detectives were practising “Carry On” style policing. Continue reading
In the case of Re E (A Child) ([2014] Fam 6) the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, returned to the vexed question of reporting restrictions in children cases. He, once again, emphasised the importance of permitting public debate about a decision. He stressed the need to proceed with caution where the foreign media were involved and ordered express exemptions covering broadcast and print media outside the jurisdiction. He also permitted publication by the mother on the internet in languages other than English. Continue reading
Day 41, Part 2: Charlie Brooks may have threatened to sue after an estates manager refused to hand back his missing bags, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Neil Perkins, a porter at the Chelsea Harbour residential complex, said he thought he heard an irritated Mr Brooks issue the warning on 18 July 2011.
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