The new legal term – Hilary Term – started yesterday and will end on 1 April 2015. With the invaluable assistance of Mr Benjamin Pell we have prepared a list of the upcoming defamation and privacy trials, appeals and judgments. We would be grateful to readers for information about any other listed or pending cases. We will then update this post. Continue reading
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Month: January 2015 (Page 4 of 6)
A senior Ministry of Defence civil servant who made over £100,000 selling stories to The Sun told other staff not to speak to the media a jury heard today. Bettina Jordan-Barber, who worked for the MOD’s secretariat, was responsible for producing briefings on newsworthy incidents in the army. Continue reading
Natalie Munroe filed a federal civil rights suit under 42 U.S. Code § 1983 against the Central Bucks (Pennsylvania) School District, its Superintendent N. Robert Laws, and Principal Abram Lucabaugh, alleging that “the school administration harassed and eventually terminated her after discovering a private blog in which Munroe has expressed criticism of the school, her co-workers, and her students.” Munroe v. Central Bucks School District, 2014 WL 3700325 (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2014). Continue reading
The horrific events in Paris dominated the news this week. The slaughter of the staff of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and the other killings by three criminal misfits produced wide ranging reflections on freedom of expression and responsibility. Continue reading
The Inforrm winter break comes to an end today. The Hilary Legal Term begins tomorrow and we will resume our usual weekly “Law and Media Round Up” followed shortly by a preview of the new legal term. Continue reading
Hannah Weller, wife of musician Paul Weller, is campaigning to make it illegal for the media to publish pictures that identify any child without their parents’ consent. Of course this has had resounding public support because what right thinking person would oppose something labelled ‘child-protection’? Continue reading
A prominent member of the British Hindu community has been awarded £45,000 in damages over two defamatory emails circulated by a Hindu priest. Continue reading
An opinion poll has shown strong public support for a campaign to protect children’s privacy by preventing the media from publishing photographs of children without parental consent. A total of 67% of respondents strongly agreed or agreed that the publication of such photographs should be made a criminal offence. Continue reading
Prosecuting Counsel told the jury at the Sun Four Trial today that a Sun journalist paid an army officer for information on the Royal Princes. Continue reading
A jury at the Old Bailey has been shown emails in which a Sun journalist describes a leaked story about the death of an army major in Afghanistan as a “belting exclusive splash”. Continue reading
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