On 16 June 2015, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its much-anticipated judgment in the Delfi AS v Estonia case. (no. 64569/09). The case concerned the liability of a news portal, Delfi AS, for the comments posted by its readers below the news articles on its website. Continue reading
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Month: October 2015 (Page 5 of 5)
Welcome back to the weekly Inforrm Law and Media Round Up after our break over August and September. The new legal term – Michaelmas – began on Thursday 1 October. Continue reading
On 18 September 2015 in the case of Frank v. Legate (2015 ONCA 631) the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from the order of a motions court judge striking out the appellant’s statement of claim on the ground that it did not disclose a reasonable cause of action. The Court also held that the claim was also an abuse of process and could also have been struck out on that basis. Continue reading
The Press Recognition Panel, the body set up after the Leveson Inquiry to give life to a new system of press regulation, has opened its doors for business. This is good news for the press and the public alike. If a press regulator is recognised by this body, it will be able to offer British journalists effective protection from the chilling effects of bullying litigation and also protect the public by requiring news publishers to adhere to a framework of accountability. Continue reading
New technologies have changed the way we communicate challenging traditional structures of speech regulation. In the internet context, the transnational, instantaneous nature of communications makes it difficult for governments to directly control the information that enters and leaves a country. Continue reading
The Court of Appeal has listed the appeal in the privacy damages case of Gulati v MGN on 20 and 21 October 2015. No indication has yet been given as to the constitution of the court. Continue reading
Two brief paragraphs written by the chair of IPSO have given us a clear insight into the power relationship between the so-called ‘toughest regulator anywhere in the developed world’ and one of the biggest papers it regulates. Continue reading
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