The Michaelmas Term begins tomorrow, 1 October 2024 and ends on Friday 20 December 2024. Continue reading
The International Forum for Responsible Media Blog
Month: September 2024
On 6 September 2024 Steyn J handed down judgment in the case of Parish v Wikimedia Foundation [2024] EWHC 2301 (KB) setting aside an order granting the claimant permission to serve the defendant out of the jurisdiction. The Claimant failed the Forum Test and had failed to make material disclosures on the original application for permission. The Claimant also failed the merits test as a result of the application of section 8 of the Defamation Act 2013. Continue reading
The Press Justice Project is a charity which exists to help anyone affected by wrongdoing in the newspapers or their websites and to educate students, decision-makers and the wider public on press standards and accountability. Continue reading
More people in the UK now access news online than on television, according to new survey data from the media regulator, Ofcom. This is the first time Ofcom’s annual news consumption poll found online media use ahead of TV news. Continue reading
Despite the Conservatives’ defeat in the recent general election, the right-wing media in Britain appears to be thriving – judging by the eye-watering price for which the weekly right-wing magazine The Spectator has just been sold. Continue reading
Earlier this month a Labour backbencher asked the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, what she thought of IPSO, the self-styled ‘self-regulator’ of most of the national press. It was a written question and the written answer came from one of Nandy’s junior ministers, Stephanie Peacock. It simply said: Continue reading
This round up covers law and media developments during August since our last Law and Media Round Up on 29 July 2024. Our regular weekly round ups will resume on Monday 30 September 2024, the day before the commencement of the Michaelmas Legal Term and of the new legal year. 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
In June this year we posted about an upcoming conference celebrating 20 years of the misuse of private information tort. This conference, generously funded by Matrix Chambers and the Society of Legal Scholars will take place on 19 and 20 September 2024, at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial St, London, E1 6LS. Continue reading
Part 2 of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 contains section 3, as follows: Continue reading
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