Here are some EU and UK internet legal developments to look out for in 2015 (last year’s list here). I have also provided a list of Cyberlaw Memes and Themes for 2015. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: January 2015 (Page 5 of 6)
The trial of four senior journalists, an army officer and his wife opened at the Old Bailey today with the prosecution telling the court “This trial is simply about greed”. In the glass fronted dock was John Kay, chief reporter at The Sun, two of the paper’s deputy editors, Fergus Shanahan and Geoffrey Webster and Duncan Larcombe the Royal editor. Continue reading
It was a cold, wet day at the end of November 2012 when Lord Justice Leveson published his report. The content was so hotly anticipated that those allowed a few hours head-start before the public release of the report were locked in special rooms in the Queen Elizabeth II building in Westminster so as not to leak its secrets. Continue reading
The jurors at the Sun Six Trial case at Kingston Crown Court retired to consider their verdicts this afternoon. They are due to return 14 separate verdicts in the case of six current and former Sun journalists accused of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. Continue reading
The jury in the Sun Six trial will retire to consider its verdicts later today or Wednesday morning, the judge told Kingston Crown Court yesterday. Judge Richard Marks QC told the 12 jurors in the case that he was half way through his summing up. Continue reading
In 2014 the slow process of Leveson implementation continued with the constitution of the Recognition Panel and the continuing development of IMPRESS. Meanwhile, the press continued its policy of delay and refusal to implement the Leveson recommendations. Continue reading
In summing up to the jury at the Sun Six trial Judge Richard Marks QC told them that they they should consider seven issues while deliberating on their verdicts. Continue reading
In the case of Dabrowski v Greeuw ([2014] WADC 175), the District Court of Western Australia awarded a husband defamation damages of Aus$12,500 against his estranged wife as a result of a defamatory post on Facebook. Continue reading
The supplier of the gun said to have been used in Mahmood’s failed Victoria Beckham kidnap plot was never contacted by Scotland Yard. The police were investigating Mahmood in Operation Canopus in 2005 but made no contact despite the fact the five defendants spent up to eight months on remand. Continue reading
The Gazette of Law and Journalism asked five savvy media law types – Michael Cameron, Justine Munsie, Patrick McCafferty, Grant McAvaney and Matt Collins – to choose the highlights and lowlights of the year that was … Some consensus emerged, at least in terms of UK developments. Continue reading
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