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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On 25 to 27 April 2023 there was a hearing in the case of Grant v NGN and Duke of Sussex NGN before Fancourt J. NGN applied to strike out claims by Hugh Grant and Prince Harry on limitation grounds. The claimants argue that the delay in filing the claims resulted from the newspaper’s concealment of its staff’s behaviour. Continue reading
It has been five years since My Clean Slate launched its “delisting service”, trying to repair people’s online reputations. Over that time it has dealt with hundreds of clients. What are the lessons? One clear lesson is perseverance. Continue reading
The figures for new claims issued in the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division (“the M&C List”) continue to show substantial annual variations. According to data derived from HM Courts and Tribunals E-Filing Service a total of 202 new claims were issued in 2022, a 64% decrease on 2021 when a total of 564 new claims were issued. That was, itself, a 50% increase on the number of claims issued in 2020 (373). Continue reading
Fox Corporation has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million (£630m) to settle a landmark defamation suit brought by the election technology company over claims repeatedly aired on Fox News suggesting its voting machines were involved in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 US presidential election. Continue reading
The new Easter legal term begins this week on Tuesday 18 April 2023 and finishes on Friday 26 May 2023. Continue reading
The latest Ministry of Justice privacy injunction statistics show that in 2022 there were 12 applications for interim privacy injunctions. This is a similar level to 2020 and 2021 (10 applications in each of those years). Continue reading
The Online Safety Bill was reintroduced to Parliament late last year, with new amendments receiving scrutiny in the House of Commons in December, before the bill entered the House of Lords in January. Continue reading
Caseboard is a new online resource which brings together material relating to each Kings Bench and Chancery Division action so that users have a single point of access for all public information on cases. Continue reading
The Hilary Legal Term ends on Wednesday 5 April 2023. The new term, Easter, begins on 18 April 2023 and finishes on 26 May 2023. Continue reading
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