On 15 April 2015, the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR held a hearing in the case of Couderc and Hachette Filipacchi Associés v. France (App. no. 40454/07). The hearing is webcasted and can be viewed on the Court’s website, here. The case concerns the right of privacy and reputation of Monaco’s reigning monarch conflicting with the right to freedom of expression of the French magazine Paris-Match. Continue reading
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Month: April 2015 (Page 3 of 5)
On 17 April 2015, the Crown Prosecution Service issued a statement concerning its re-review of Operation Elveden cases. It announced that no further action would be taken in the cases of nine out of the twelve journalists awaiting trial or re-trial. Continue reading
In September 2011 we had a post about the strange anachronism which is the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881. This places a duty on newspapers to register with Companies House. – but one which does not apply to newspapers published by companies. Continue reading
Infuriated by the BBC’s lack of coverage of its work, The European Scrutiny committee is at the centre of a discussion about the ‘limits’ of the corporation’s independence. Part 1 of this post was published on 17 April 2015. Continue reading
There were understandable scenes of jubilation from the friends and family of the two Sun and one Daily Mirror reporters at the Old Bailey yesterday as a jury found them not guilty on all charges. The Mirror’s Graham Brough and Neil Millard and Brandon Malinsky of the Sun walked free from court. Continue reading
Although an individual’s right to privacy is usually thought of in the context of state intrusion in one form or another, in reality the real threat of intrusion in a society such as ours comes from unsolicited marketing calls. Continue reading
The European Scrutiny Committee has locked horns with the BBC, repeatedly accusing it of a pro-EU bias. Is the corporation’s editorial independence under threat? Continue reading
On 30 March 2015, the Upper Tribunal gave judgment in the case of Department of Health v. Information Commissioner et al [2015] UKUT 159. Simon Lewis had requested that the Department of Health supply him with copies of the ministerial diary of Andrew Lansley from May 2010 until April 2011, via a Freedom of Information request. Continue reading
This post examines a U.S. District Court Judge in the Southern District of Illinois‘s recent opinion in a civil case: Troeckler v. Zeiser, 2015 WL 1042187 (2015). The suit was brought by two plaintiffs: Theresa Troeckler and Candice Zeiser sued Donald Zeiser, Steven Jacobsen, Kyvon Services, LLC, Mark Stueck, William Reynolds and Brighton Lewis, Inc. Continue reading
The Inforrm short Easter break ends today with a Law and Media Round Up covering the past fortnight and the forthcoming week. The Easter Legal Term starts today and runs until 22 May 2015. We are not aware of any libel or privacy trials listed over this period. Continue reading
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