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This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on July 19, 2011. This was at the height of what the newspaper historian Roy Greenslade called “the most astonishing 14 days in British press history, with daily shock heaped upon daily shock”. 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
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
The civil courts in England and Wales remain on “Summer Vacation” until the Michaelmas term begins on Wednesday, 1 October 2025. This Round Up covers the decisions and developments related to media and information law since the Summer Vacation began on 1 August 2025. 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 November 2024, Mr Justice Nicklin handed down Judgment in PMC v A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB), refusing to grant an anonymity order (or more precisely, a reporting restriction order) to the Claimant, PMC, a severely injured child acting through his litigation friend mother. Continue reading
In Noel Anthony Clarke v Guardian News and Media Limited [2025] EWHC 2193 (KB) Mrs Justice Steyn dismissed the actor/producer’s libel claim against The Guardian. The trial was held over six weeks in March/April 2025. In the 224-page judgment, Steyn J found that Mr Clarke was not a “credible or reliable witness” and the Guardian were successful in establishing the truth and public interest defences. Our April blog summarised the long procedural history of the libel proceedings and events leading up to trial. Continue reading
Is English privacy law now so claimant-friendly that the press cannot adequately report on serious wrongdoing, such as sexual misconduct, when it is in the public interest? This difficult issue is the focus of a new article I have written, published open-access in the Journal of Media Law. 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
On Monday 1 September 2025, comedy writer Graham Linehan, was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport where he was returning to from the US. The grounds for the arrest were that Mr Linehan was reasonably suspected of having committed an offence of inciting violence against a protected group by posts on the X (formerly Twitter) platform in April 2025. Continue reading
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