This week saw the eleventh birthday of the Inforrm blog – which began operation on 22 January 2010. Our first post – “Welcome to Inforrm” – attracted 2 visitors in January 2010 and the site had a total of 7 page views that month. Continue reading
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On 19 and 20 January 2021 Warby J heard the summary judgment application brought by the Duchess of Sussex in her case against Associated Newspapers (“ANL”). It is the Duchess’ case that ANL has “no prospect” of defending the claim, and If successful in her application, she could see the case resolved without a trial. Continue reading
On Tuesday and Wednesday 19 and 20 January 2021 Warby J will hear the Duchess of Sussex’s application for summary judgment against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of the Mail on Sunday, in her claim for misuse of private information, data protection and breach of copyright. Continue reading
The Hilary legal term begins today and ends on 31 March 2021. It seems unlikely that there will be many “live” hearings, at least for the first part of this term whilst national lockdown continues. Continue reading
A total of 373 new claims were issued in the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division (“the M&C List”) in 2020. A public search on the HM Courts and Tribunals E-Filing Service reveals interesting information about the breakdown of these cases. Continue reading
There are very few laws around fake news currently but lots of debate about their introduction. To try and stave off legislation at an EU level, several of the main platforms created and signed up to a voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation in 2018. This contains a range of measures, focussed around 5 overall pillars or goals. Continue reading
Now that the legal term has ended, Inforrm is taking a winter break for a few weeks. We will have a some occasional posts over the next fortnight but the full normal service will be resumed until 11 January 2021. Continue reading
The main purpose of this post is to show how to find cases and other materials on the site of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, better known as BAILII. There is a separate post explaining what BAILII is and where it came from: All about BAILII – part one: what it is and where it came from. Continue reading
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, better known to all who use it as BAILII. Continue reading
This is the last full week of the Michaelmas legal term which ends on Monday 21 December 2020. The next legal term, the 2021 Hilary term will begin on 11 January 2021 and our next Law and Media Round up will be published on that day. Continue reading
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