On 12 October 2023, Mr Justice Jay handed down judgement in Cooper v Evans & Anor [2023] EWHC 2555 (KB) in favour of the defendants. The Judge refused the claimant’s (Mr Andrew Cooper) application for an injunction under the Representation of the People Act 1983 (“the RoPA”), which sought to prevent the republication of a political advert published on West Midlands Labour social media pages regarding the claimant, who was at the time a Conservative candidate for the Tamworth by-election (held on 19 October 2023). Continue reading
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In a little noticed or commented on proposal, the UK Government published draft Regulations last month which would remove the overarching right of data protection from UK law and limit fundamental rights or freedoms within UK data protection law (however and wherever expressed) to rights protected within the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as recognised by the Human Rights Act 1998. Continue reading
Doughty Street Chambers has announced the sudden and unexpected death of leading media law silk, Heather Rogers KC. She was one of the most highly respected and brilliant members of the media law bar and an editor of the leading textbook, Duncan and Neill. She contributed to this blog on many occasions. She will be sorely missed by her colleagues and her many friends inside and outside the law. Continue reading
On 16 October 2023, Steyn J will hear applications in the case of Donald Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence. The former President contends that the so-called “Steele Dossier” produced by the defendant breached his data protection rights. The defendant has applied to strike out the claim as an abuse of the process. The New York Times has a full report. There are also reports in the Guardian and the Independent. Continue reading
The graffiti artist known as Banksy might be unmasked in an upcoming defamation case over his use of Instagram to invite shoplifters to go to a Guess store because it had used his imagery without permission. The case could be seen as an attempt to force Banksy to relinquish his anonymity, which, many say, has been important to his success over the years. Continue reading
The government’s online safety bill, a reform years in the making, will now become law. Among the bill’s key aims is to ensure it is more difficult for young people (under the age of 18) to access content that is considered harmful – such as pornography and content that promotes suicide or eating disorders. Continue reading
Policing Minister, Chris Philp unveiled plans at the Conservative Party Conference this week to allow the police to use passports, the police national database and the immigration and asylum biometric system in order to catch criminals. Continue reading
In the dying days of the last Northern Ireland Executive the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (NI) 2022 was passed, implementing many of the recommendations of the Gillen Review Report into the law and procedures in serious sexual offences in NI. Continue reading
Today is the first day of the Michaelmas Legal Term and the beginning of the legal year. The Michaelmas Term will finish on 21 December 2023. This is our first round up of the new legal year and, from today, we will resume regular daily posting. Continue reading
Our last Law and Media Round Up was on 31 July 2023 and regular weekly round ups will not resume until the beginning of the Michaelmas term on 2 October 2023. Although we are in the English summer legal vacation there are still a number of media and law developments in this jurisdiction and abroad. In this special Summer Round Up we gather some of these together to keep our readers up to date. Continue reading
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