There are portions of Lord Justice Warby’s most recent judgment in the litigation between Meghan Markle and Associated Newspapers [2021] EWHC 510 (Ch). that read as if he was dealing with a contempt of court case. So trenchant are the phrases he uses to deploy the novel remedy of an enforced publication on the front page and page 3 of The Mail on Sunday and similar for its online relative MailOnline that the phrase “cruel and unusual punishment” springs to mind. Continue reading
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Month: March 2021 (Page 3 of 4)
Piers Morgan’s ignominious exit from Good Morning Britain presents an ideal moment to reflect upon the meaning and nature of free speech. Continue reading
“I would sit up at night, and I was just, like, I don’t understand how all of this is being churned out … And I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.” This stark admission from the Duchess of Sussex during her and her husband’s much-anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey captures how press treatment of Meghan drove the couple’s decision to step back from royal duties. Continue reading
Being conscious of its regulatory role during the ongoing global health crisis, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”), the UK’s regulator of advertising across all media, aims to act with due regard to the circumstances faced by businesses in the current emergency. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the regulator seems to have adopted a layered approach to the implementation of its rules. Continue reading
A unilateral Statement in Open Court [pdf] was read on 3 March 2021 before Mr Justice Griffiths, after Dr Elly Hanson, a clinical psychologist, accepted an offer of settlement in relation to false claims by the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline concerning her involvement with Operations Midland and Conifer. Continue reading
On Thursday and Friday 4 and 5 March 2021, Mann J conducted his final case management conference in the News Group phone hacking litigation. The managing judge, who is due to retire from the High Court bench shortly, has presided over 90 case management conferences in the News Group and Mirror phone hacking litigation since his appointment as managing judge in 2013. The litigation will now be managed by Fancourt J. Continue reading
From the exposure of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s crimes to the Westminster sexual harassment scandal, the #MeToo movement has in recent years spread around the world, empowering survivors of sexual violence to share their traumatic experiences on social and news media. It was not until January 2021, however, that the impact of the movement became apparent in Greece. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
If the Daily Mail and its press allies are in a froth of hysterical fury about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, that may have something to do with the way she continues to humiliate the publishers of the Mail in court. Continue reading
While Article 30 of the European Union Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter ‘GDPR’) is often talked about for its obligations of keeping records of processing, not much attention is paid to the exemption it provides to small organizations. The provision provides an exemption from record-keeping obligations under GDPR to organizations having an employee strength of less than 250. Continue reading
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