Much has been written about the UK government’s proposed new Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB) since it was published for consultation by the Home Office, and formally presented to Parliament, early last month. Continue reading
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Month: December 2015 (Page 1 of 4)
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal in Warman v. Fournier (2015 ONCA 873). The Court upheld the judgment of Justice Robert J. Smith and a jury in which the appellants were found liable in defamation for publication of 41 statements on two websites. The jury had awarded the respondent general, aggravated and punitive damages of CDN$42,000 and had granted a permanent injunction against them. Continue reading
Over the last year we have covered a wide range of media and law stories on Inforrm, in the courts, in Parliament and in the press. We picked out sixteen numbers to remind readers of some of the highlights: Continue reading
Soon after the publication of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill in November, a number of privacy, surveillance and freedom of expression specialist academics and practitioners gathered at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to discuss the detail and the main issues. Continue reading
Families should be together at Christmas. That’s the simple message we should take from the merry noises emanating from Rupert Murdoch’s London apartment where, on Monday night, David Cameron, George Osborne, Rebekah Brooks and a slew of top News Corp personnel joined the mogul in capping off what has been a pretty decent year for him. Continue reading
Along with the civil courts, Inforrm is taking a winter break for a few weeks to allow the editorial team to relax. We will have a some occasional posts over the next fortnight but the full normal service will not be resumed until the second week of January 2016. Continue reading
This is the final part of a two part post. Part 1 looked at the existing position under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. This part will focus on the deficiencies in the Bill from a journalism perspective. Continue reading
Much has been written already and no doubt will continue to be written about the Investigatory Powers Bill. It was presented to the House of Commons by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, in November and is currently at the committee stage. Continue reading
The privacy injunction is back. This seems to be the message from the courts in 2015 and is supported by anecdotal evidence from practitioners. Lawyers are now being regularly instructed in potential privacy injunction cases, with several in play almost every weekend. While it remains the case that most of the threatened applications are resolved without court hearings there has been a clear increase in contested cases in court in 2015. Continue reading
The Michaelmas Legal Term ends today and this is the last Law and Media Round Up of 2015. The next round up will be at the beginning of the new legal term on 11 January 2016. Happy holidays to all Inforrm readers. Continue reading
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