This post examines an opinion an Ohio court issued in a civil case: Hughes v. Lenhart, 2015 WL 1138262 (Ohio Court of Appeals 2015). The Court of Appeals begins its opinion by explaining how the case arose: Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: July 2015 (Page 4 of 5)
The most high profile case of the week was the judgment of Nicol J in the case of Starr v Ward ([2015] EWHC 1987 (QB)). This attracted widespread media comment with a number of newspapers suggesting that Mr Starr now faces a £1 million legal bill. We had a case comment on this decision. Continue reading
The libel claim brought by entertainer Freddie Starr against Karin Ward has been dismissed by Mr Justice Nicol following an eight day trial. In a judgment handed down on 10 July 2015 ([2015] EWHC 1987 (QB)) the judge held that the allegations made by Ms Ward concerning Mr Starr’s conduct at a recording of a Jimmy Savile TV programme in 1974 were true. Continue reading
The Court of Appeal decision in Google Inc v Vidal-Hall [2015] EWCA Civ 311(27 March 2015) (Dyson MR and Sharp LJ in a joint judgment; McFarlane LJ concurring), affirming the judgment of Tugendhat J (at[2014] EWHC 13 (QB) (16 January 2014)), is a very important decision on damages for invasion of privacy, and it raises significant questions about the correctness of Feeney J’s reasoning in the earlier Irish case of Collins v FBD Insurance plc [2013] IEHC 137 (14 March 2013). Continue reading
In its judgement In the matter of an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2015] UKSC 42, the UK Supreme Court held that the publication of photographs of a minor (just about 14 years old at the time of publication) suspected of involvement in criminal activities did not constitute a breach of his right to respect for his private life protected by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The number of Google Spain “right to be forgotten” removal requests being challenged in England and Wales remains extremely small, less than 1% of the total number made to Google.
In his annual report dated 1 July 2015 [pdf] the Information Commissioner states that his office has “successfully dealt with over 120 complaints” received following the Google Spain judgment. Continue reading
On 11 June 2015, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia handed down judgment in the controversial case of Equuestek Solutions v Google Inc (2015 BCCA 265) dismissing Google’s appeal against a worldwide injunction ordering it to remove websites from search results (2014 BCSC 1063). The interim injunction therefore remains in place. Continue reading
The Media Standards Trust has published Election Unspun: Political parties, the press, and Twitter during the 2015 UK election campaign. [pdf] This is a data-driven analysis of mainstream media coverage and political actors and influencers on twitter during the UK 2015 election campaign. Continue reading
On 1 July 2015 the jury at the Central Criminal Court returned a verdict of not guilty at the trial of Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of the News of the World, on a charge of conspiracy to intercept mobile telephone voicemail messages. Mr Wallis had told the jury that he had no idea that his fellow News of the World executives were conspiring to hack phones. Continue reading
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s decision to sue Fairfax Media for defamation over the now-notorious front-page story “Treasurer for sale” raises interesting questions about politicians suing to protect their reputation, allied with the protection of freedom of speech in Australia. Continue reading
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