A group that wanted to described a Tennessee state representative as “literally Hitler” in a leaflet has mounted a successful First Amendment challenge to a law that blocked false speech, including satire, against candidates in campaign literature.
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The Trinity Legal Term ended on Friday 31 July 2020 and the summer legal vacation will last for 2 calendar months, with the Michaelmas term beginning on Thursday 1 October 2020. Continue reading
The Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List, Mr Justice Warby, is one of eight new appointments to the Court of Appeal which were announced on 31 July 2020. He will take up his appointment later in the year.
The Court of Appeal in ZXC v Bloomberg [2020] EWCA Civ 611 recently confirmed that, for the purposes of the misuse of private information tort, a person will generally have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the fact that they “have simply come under suspicion” by the police or other state authority. Continue reading
This is the seventh instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Continue reading
The Trinity Legal Term will end on Friday 31 July 2020. The summer legal vacation will last for 2 calendar months, with the Michaelmas term beginning on Thursday 1 October 2020. Continue reading
The trial of the year, Depp v News Group Newspapers, continued before Nicol J on Monday 13 July 2020 with more sensational evidence from Mr Depp’s witnesses. We had posts about the hearing on Days 5 & 6, and a post about Days 7 & 8. Continue reading
The most high profile media law case of the year, Depp v News Group Newspapers, began before Nicol J on Tuesday 7 July 2020. We had a post dealing with some of the evidence given in the first week. Continue reading
The recent case of Ameyaw v McGoldrick [2020] EWHC 1741 (QB) offers a cautionary tale about McKenzie Friends and what they can and can’t do for you in court. In this case the judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, refused to allow the McKenzie Friend to make oral submissions on behalf of the claimant, saying the claimant was a well-educated intelligent woman who had extensive experience of litigation, and was perfectly capable of speaking for herself. Continue reading
On 2 July 2020 Nicol J granted Johnny Depp relief from sanctions following a failure to comply with disclosure obligations (see [2020] EWHC 1734 (QB)). There was a report of the decision in the Press Gazette. Continue reading
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