The purpose of this update is to correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family court cases, to explain and comment on published Judgments of family cases and to highlight other transparency news. Read the rest of this entry »
Transparency Project: Family Court Reporting Watch – Weekly Round-Up
30 11 2016Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: Family Court Reporting, Transparency Project
Categories : Legal, Open Justice
The post-Brexit challenges for European media systems – Damian Tambini
29 11 2016
Since the Brexit vote, EU media policy has a new sense of urgency. It remains to be seen if member states will be more prepared to deepen media policy convergence in an attempt to protect fundamental values and rights, but last week DG Justice held a joint colloquium with DG CONNECT, discussing current challenges to media pluralism and media freedom. This is an extract from Damian Tambini’s Keynote speech to the colloquium. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brexit, Damian Tambini, LSE. Media Policy Project
Categories : Broadcasting, EU, Media
Law and Media Round Up – 28 November 2016
28 11 2016
The case of Lachaux v Independent Print, the most important libel appeal of 2016 will be heard by the Court of Appeal (McFarlane, Davis and Sharp LJJ) on 29 and 30 November 2016. This is first consideration of the “serious harm” test in section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 by an appellate court. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Weekly Round Up
Categories : Legal, Media
Court makes final order as parties agree settlement in “celebrity threesome” injunction case. PJS v News Group Newspapers – Nick Dyson
27 11 2016
Following the Supreme Court’s decision on 19 May 2016 to uphold the PJS injunction preventing the media from naming the celebrity and their partner involved in an alleged threesome at the end of 2011, the High Court has approved an agreed final order in the action for breach of confidence and misuse of private information ([2016] EWHC 2770 (QB)). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Nick Dyson, PJS, The Injunctions Blog
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Privacy
Blame the victim? Domestic violence as covered in The Sun and The Guardian – Michele Lloyd and Shulamit Ramon
26 11 2016
Domestic violence is an enduring problem in the UK: an average of two women a week continue to be killed by their current or former partner. It’s a widespread and important story, and – like all news media – newspapers make a decision about how to report this issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Michele Lloyd, Shulamit Ramon, The Conversation
Categories : Journalism
Case Law: Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council, Naming your Abusers – Jonathan Metzer
25 11 2016
In the case of Armes v Nottinghamshire County Council [2016] EWHC 2864 (QB) Males J held that the right of a claimant to name the people who abused her prevailed over the rights of the perpetrators and others to private and family life. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Anonymity, UK Human Rights Blog, Jonathan Metzer
Categories : Freedom of expression, Privacy, Open Justice
How the UK passed the most invasive surveillance law in democratic history – Paul Bernal
25 11 2016
You might not have noticed thanks to world events, but the UK parliament recently approved the government’s so-called Snooper’s Charter and it will soon become law. This nickname for the Investigatory Powers Bill is well earned. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Investigatory Powers Act, Paul Bernal, Surveillance, The Conversation
Categories : Government and Policy, Privacy
