Australia’s most-decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, lost his defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The full 742 page, 2618 paragraph judgment, Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 41) [2023] FCA 555, was published on 5 June 2023. Continue reading
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Many things have been said recently about the wonders of AI and how it is going to render lawyers redundant. We thought we would run a simple media law inquiry over three different AI chatbots: ChatGPT, Google Bard and Bing AI. “What are the most important media law cases in England and Wales in the past 20 years?” The results were interesting. Continue reading
The Easter Legal Term ended on Friday 26 May 2023. The Trinity term will begin on 6 June and will end on 31 July 2023. The forthcoming week is the short, Whitsun, vacation during which the High Court and the Court of Appeal will be hearing only “vacation business”. Continue reading
On 19 May 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams handed down judgment in Prismall v Google UK Limited & Another [2023] EWHC 1169 (KB). She struck out the claim by Andrew Prismall, acting as a Representative Claimant on behalf of about 1.6 million people, and entered summary judgment for the Defendants, Google UK Limited and DeepMind Technologies Ltd. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it’s hard to avoid – even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algorithms in social media get lots of attention, an important area where AI promises to have an impact is law. Continue reading
On 17 May 2023, the Court of Appeal issued the costs order [pdf] in the long running Banks v Cadwalladr case ([2023] EWCA Civ 219). Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has been ordered to pay 60% of Arron Banks’s costs of the trial and one third of the costs in the Court of Appeal after his partial libel victory on appeal. Continue reading
On 10 May 2023, Fancourt J began hearing the trial of four claims in the Mirror Group managed “hacking” litigation. The cases include those brought by the Duke of Sussex, Nikki Sanderson, Fiona Wightman and Michael Turner. Continue reading
A short update on artificial intelligence as it relates to lawyers right now. Chat GPT can now identify relevant cases when asked questions about the law. Continue reading
In Hay v Cresswell [2023] EWHC 882 (KB) handed down on 26 April 2023, Mrs Justice Heather Williams held that a sexual abuse victim, Nina Cresswell, had successfully defended a libel claim brought by the perpetrator, William Hay. Continue reading
The Metropolitan Police made fifty-two arrests during the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May 2023. In a press release, the Met stated that the arrests were for affray, public order offenses, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Continue reading
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