In August 2020 Nigel Wright was convicted of blackmail and contaminating food in Tesco stores. He was subsequently sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. Wright blackmailed Tesco by demanding the payment of bitcoin to the value of approximately £1.4m, failing which he would refuse to identify in which stores he’d placed contaminated baby food and/or would place further contaminated food. He was also convicted of placing metal shards in baby food. Continue reading
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This case concerns the collection of bulk communications data (BCD) from network operators by the security and intelligence agencies (SIAs). It formed part of an action brought by Privacy International challenging the SIAs’ acquisition, use, retention, disclosure, storage and deletion of bulk personal datasets (BPDs) and BCD which started in 2015 before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). Continue reading
People in England who have been told to self-isolate through NHS Test and Trace could have their details shared with the police on a “case-by-case basis” to enable them to enforce self-isolation laws. There were reports on the BBC website and in the Independent. Continue reading
It is with much sadness that we note the passing of Supreme Court of the Unites States Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on 18 September 2020. The Supreme Court of the United States released a statement in the wake of her death. Ginsberg was 87 and was a feminist icon on the Court. Her passing drew obituaries from US media far and wide; from the New York Times, CNBC News, The New Yorker and The Economist among others. Continue reading
As from 1 October 2020 Part 81 of the Civil Procedure Rules has been replaced with a wholly new set of rules introducing a simpler procedure with some clearer requirements in relating to open justice . Continue reading
On Monday 5 October 2020, there was a hearing before Mann J in the long running Mirror Phone Hacking Litigation. The judge heard claims that the Mirror Group Newspapers put private investigators on senior High Court media law judges “who granted anonymity injunctions in privacy proceedings”. Continue reading
The Michaelmas Legal Term in England and Wales began on Thursday 1 October 2020 and will end on Monday 21 December 2020. This post includes significant developments over the past few weeks, since our Summer Law and Media Round Up. 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 US Department of Justice has taken action to protect President Trump from defamation allegations arising out of his denial of allegations from columnist E Lean Carroll that he raped her. Continue reading
The Michaelmas Term legal term begins on Thursday 1 October 2020 when the Inforrm summer break comes to an end. This post includes significant developments over the past few weeks, since our Weekly Law and Media Round Up. Continue reading
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