Day 118, Part 1: Jurors should consider how News International’s executives behaved after the arrest of the News of the World’s royal editor Clive Goodman for phone hacking, the Old Bailey heard today. Continue reading
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Month: June 2014 (Page 4 of 6)
As Daily Mail explained at the time, a year (or so) ago, Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens, Jr. and three of his children — Elizabeth Cordia, Pamela Pickens, and Thomas B. Pickens III – sued his son Michael O. Pickens. Pickens v. Cordia, 2014 WL 2134540 (Texas Court of Appeals 2014). Continue reading
Day 117, Part 2: Clive Goodman, the “rogue reporter” blamed by News International for phone hacking at the News of the World, lied when he gave evidence at the current phone hacking trial, the judge suggested today. Continue reading
Day 117, Part 1: Andy Coulson made no attempt to inquire into the extent of phone hacking at the News of the World in 2004 after the chief reporter eavesdropped the messages of the Home Secretary, the Old Bailey was told today. Continue reading
The Phone Hacking Trial has completed its twenty eighth week of hearings and the end is now in sight. On Monday 2 June (Day 113), Trevor Burke QC for Cheryl Carter began his closing speech. On Tuesday 3 June (Day 114), it was the turn of Neil Saunders for Charlie Brooks and finally William Clegg QC for Mark Hanna. Continue reading
The recent decision of Weller & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 1163 (QB)has strengthened the rights of children against the mass media in English law. This decision is an important step in developing the rights for children against paparazzi under Article 8 ECHR. Continue reading
We have learned from media reports in the last two days that prosecutors have asked the courts to hold an entire terrorism trial in secret. Continue reading
The central argument in a new book, Big Media and Internet Titans is that media pluralism must be put back on the political agenda. The book has been published by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom.
“We identify key policy issues,” said the book’s editor, Granville Williams, “and argue that governments need to recognise that unless there are clear rules and limits on media ownership, democracy suffers. The Leveson Inquiry demonstrated this unequivocally.” Continue reading
Day 116: The judge today reminded the jury that the boss of a recruitment agent who left a hacked message on Milly Dowler’s phone firmly remembered being called about it by the paper’s managing editor, Stuart Kuttner. Continue reading
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