The latest photo app craze can make you look like a movie star. Zao uses artificial intelligence to replace the faces of characters in film or TV clips with images of anyone whose photo you upload to the app. Read the rest of this entry »
Journalism: The danger of crusades – FC Reporting Watch
5 09 2019
In the last few months, the Daily Express has been running a ‘Crusade’ (their label) with the banner ‘End This Injustice’. Under this banner they have published a number of accounts from mothers who tell of abuse at the hands of the fathers of their children, and a failure by the Family Court to protect them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Court Reporting, Daily Express, Family Law, The Transparency Project
Categories : Journalism, Legal
Law and Media Summer Round Up – 4 September 2019
4 09 2019
The Media and Communications List has become a Specialist List, with the significant implementation of Civil Procedure Rule 53 along with a new Practice Direction and Pre-Action Protocol. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Summer Round Up, Suneet Sharma
Categories : Legal, Media
Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or dangerous? – Hugh Corder
31 08 2019
The South African judiciary is once more centre stage in the political drama unfolding around the battle for supremacy within the governing African National Congress (“ANC”). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Hugh Corder, The Conversation
Categories : Legal, Media, South Africa
Tackling hate speech: Intersecting approaches and the Raheem Stirling case – Suneet Sharma
24 08 2019
The case of footballer Raheem Stirling provides an avenue into the oft-overlooked issue of hate speech prevention and deterrence. The Stirling case provides an opportunity to consider the adequacy of English law in tackling hate speech, a nuanced and increasingly difficult to isolate issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Hate Speech, Raheem Sterling, Suneet Sharma, The Privacy Perspective
Categories : Freedom of expression, Legal, Social Media
New rules for media and communications claims – Iain Wilson and Elisabeth Mason
22 08 2019
From 1 October 2019 new rules – in the form of a revised Part 53, Media and Communication Claims, revised/new practice directions (PD 7A, 53A and 53B) and an all encompassing Pre-action Protocol – will apply to claims in England and Wales arising from media and communications disputes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson Media Law Blog, CPR Part 53, Elisabeth Mason, Iain Wilson, Media and Communications List
Categories : Legal, Media
Reporting Family Courts: An example of why headlines matter – Lucy Reed
20 08 2019
We have seen a number of reports dealing with the sad story of a young father called Christopher Brown who took his own life by hanging. The reports follow a Coroner’s Inquest into the death and most have similar copy which suggest they are based upon a single syndicated news report. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Family Courts, Lucy Reed, The Transparency Project
Categories : Journalism, Legal, Media
Practice Note: Media and Communications List becomes a Specialist List, new CPR 53, Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocol
9 08 2019
In a major change to the media litigation landscape, wholly new version of CPR 53 and its Practice Directions have been published along with a new Pre-Action Protocol for all media and communication claims. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: CPR, Media and Communications List, Practice
Categories : Harassment, Legal, Media, Privacy
IPSO and Andrew Norfolk: They just won’t face the facts – Brian Cathcart
7 08 2019
What does a sham press regulator do when presented with detailed evidence of serious standards failures at the Times newspaper? Nothing.Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Andrew Norfolk, Brian Catchart, IPSO
Categories : Legal
Case Comment: Cape Intermediate Holdings v Dring, “A victory for open justice” – Devina Shah
6 08 2019
In a decision described as a “victory for open justice”, the Supreme Court has held that non-parties to litigation are entitled to access certain documents from a trial to which it was not a party. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Court record, CPR 39, UKSC Blog
Categories : Legal, Media, Open Justice
