In the case of Haldimann v Switzerland (Judgment of 24 February 2015, available only in French), the Second Section held that the conviction of four journalists for having recorded and broadcast an interview of a private insurance broker using a hidden camera was a breach of their Article 10 rights. Although the case has been hailed as a “breakthrough for investigative journalism” it was, in reality, a fact sensitive decision from which no general conclusions can be drawn. Continue reading
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Month: March 2015 (Page 5 of 6)
On the third day of the civil damages claim against Mirror Group Newspapers Counsel for the eight claimants continued his opening speech to the judge, Mr Justice Mann. David Sherborne told the Court that senior MGN executives and journalists were not only aware of phone hacking but were complicit in it as well. Continue reading
A defence barrister at an ongoing trial involving four senior staff from the Sun has told an Old Bailey jury that former editor Rebekah Brooks has been “removed from the narrative.” Continue reading
Case Law, Canada: Baglow v Smith, defence of “fair comment” succeeds in landmark blogging libel case
The long running and high profile “blogger defamation” case of Baglow v Smith has been determined in the defendant’s favour. In a judgment handed down on 23 February 2015 ( [2015] ONSC 1175), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that the operators of a right wing message board were publishers of defamatory material concerning a left wing blogger. However, the claim failed because defendants were entitled to rely on the defence of “fair comment”, The case addressed, for the first time, a number of issues concerning “blogging and the law of defamation. Continue reading
The Sun’s relationship with some of it’s sources was “profoundly corrupt,” a court heard yesterday. Summing up the prosecution case against four senior staff at the newspaper, an army officer and his wife Michel Parroy QC told an Old Bailey jury that the trail was “in the end about greed,” greed from the sources for money and greed from the Sun for stories. Continue reading
News International gave police investigating alleged misconduct by their staff access to over 23 million internal emails a court was told yestertoday. Continue reading
Big Brother Watch has this week published the results of its research, conducted via freedom of information requests to police forces, into charges and cautions under two communications offences: Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and the Malicious Communications Act 1988. Continue reading
The civil claim by eight representative claimants against MGN Ltd, publishers of the Daily Mirror, the Sunday Mirror and the People began today – after yesterday was devoted to preliminary legal argument. MGN has admitted liability in relation to each of the claimants and the main purpose of the trial is to establish damages guidelines for subsequent cases. Continue reading
In CG v. Facebook Ireland Ltd and Joseph McCloskey ([2015] NIQB 11) a convicted sex offender was awarded £20,000 for misuse of private information and harassment claims brought in respect of a Facebook page designed to identify and track the whereabouts of sex offenders. An injunction was granted against Facebook. Continue reading
The first civil phone hacking trial will begin before Mr Justice Mann on 2 March 2015 with a time estimate of 10 days. We had a Case Preview yesterday but so far the case has attracted little attention from the press. Continue reading
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