For 65 years, newspapers in Britain have run a system grandly known as self-regulation. It is little more than a complaints-handling service. The current body, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has – like its predecessors – lost public confidence for failing to hold newspapers accountable to their own standards. Continue reading
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Month: February 2014 (Page 5 of 7)
After the Press Complaints Commission chair, Lord Hunt, and its director, Michael McManus, struggled to answer MPs’ questions last month about the most complained-about newspapers, we published our own table based on the PCC’s own Monthly Complaint Summaries for 2013. Continue reading
By an order made on 7 February 2014, the Conseil d’État rejected application for a stay of a decision by the French information commissioner, CNIL, imposing a fine of €150,000 for a violation of privacy law on Google and ordering it to post a notice of the fine for 48 hours on its home page. Continue reading
This post follows on from my Inforrm post on 22 January (Defamation Act 2013: The value of corporate reputation), which considered the difficulties corporate claimants may face in establishing serious harm by demonstrating serious financial loss, pursuant to sections1(1) and 1(2) of the Defamation Act 2013. Continue reading
The prosecution case in the Phone Hacking Trial concluded on Wednesday 5 February 2014 after 13 weeks. There will be a number of days of legal argument and the jury will not return for the defence case until 17 February 2014. We had a post dealing with the conclusion of the prosecution case – highlighting the resources available for those who wish to follow the trial. Continue reading
In case of Lillo-Stenberg and Sæther v. Norway ([2014) ECHR 59) the Court of Human Rights held that the publication of long lens “paparazzi” photographs of a private wedding taken from a public place did not violate the privacy rights of the couple. The Court held that the rejection of the couple’s claim by the majority of the Norwegian Supreme Court within the State’s “margin of appreciation” and that, as a result, there was no violation of Article 8. Continue reading
In October 1999, John Stevens, then Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (MET), gave a high profile address at the 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference in Durban. His speech was entitled ‘Integrity is not negotiable‘ (here). Continue reading
A recent UK High Court decision determined that the misuse of private information is a tort … Sydney media law academic Dr David Rolph looks at the ramifications for the development of a privacy law in Australia Continue reading
The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications’ Report Media Plurality puts forward an innovative, multi-faceted approach to tackling excessive concentrations of media ownership in the UK. Continue reading
Much has been written about the Defamation Act 2013, which came into force on 1 January 2014. On the one hand it is a “boost for free speech“, on the other a “missed opportunity“. The government’s line is that the new Act “rebalances the law on defamation to provide more effective protection for freedom of speech while at the same time ensuring that people who have been defamed are able to protect their reputation“. Continue reading
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