The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, has issued “Practice Guidance on Committal for Contempt of Court – Open Court” [doc] to answer various questions on the application and interpretation of the “Practice Direction: Committal for Contempt of Court – Open Court” [pdf] issued on 26 March 2015. Continue reading
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Month: June 2015 (Page 1 of 4)
I recently wrote about the settlement of the Max Mosley litigation against Google (see my post here). Had that case been fought to its conclusion, we would at the very least have had the pleasure of gaining greater insight into the weird and wonderful world of the E-commerce legislation. However, sadly that was not to be. Continue reading
The trial of former News of the World Deputy Editor Neil Wallis continued at the Old Bailey this week. On Monday the defendant spent his fourth day in the witness box. Tuesday and Wednesday were taken up with closing speeches. The judge summed up on Thursday and the jury then retired to consider their verdict. Continue reading
In the case of Flegg v Hallett ([2015] QSC 167 [pdf]) the former Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works, Bruce Flegg, has been awarded damages totalling $775,000 over malicious comments made at a press conference and in a radio interview by his ex-media adviser, Graeme Hallett. Continue reading
English privacy law is a slow-evolving story. Most of its principles have developed from case law since the Millennium, yet awards of damages by the courts in compensation for harm suffered as a consequence of privacy infringements (such as for distress and loss of dignity suffered by claimants) have typically been low. Continue reading
On 25 June 2016, representatives of 20 journalists associations, publishing houses, academic institutions, trade unions and media rights experts from many European countries founded the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) Continue reading
A Bellingcat and Byline investigation can for the first time reveal Scotland Yard had intelligence Mazher Mahmood was corrupting police officers as far back as the summer of 2000. Continue reading
Columbia University has launched an online global database of freedom of expression case law and court rulings. The novel platform developed by Columbia Global Freedom of Expression currently includes some 250 rulings from 65 nations and will be updated and expanded with relevant judicial decisions on a weekly basis. The database is available free to the general public. Continue reading
Christopher Booker wrote about the case of Ethan Williams in The Telegraph on 20 June 2105, in an article entitled: “When judges defy instinct, it is children who pay the price – We were presented with two flatly opposing views of the story of Rebecca Minnock, who went on the run with her son“. Continue reading
On Delfi v Estonia… Is it time to adopt a good-Samaritan style exemption? – Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) recently upheld the decision of the First section in the case Delfi v Estonia, which in 2013 found that holding a news portal liable for the third-party comments posted on its Internet news portal did not amount to a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Given that we asked in an earlier post whether a passive and neutral intermediary could also be a data controller, it is interesting to have a look at the Delfi case to better grasp what a passive and neutral intermediary is or could be. Continue reading
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