The Easter legal term ended on Friday 23 May and the Trinity Term will start on Tuesday 3 June 2025 and will end on Thursday 31 July 2025. Continue reading
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The defamation trial in the claim by former president of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, against the BBC, continued this week at Dublin High Court. Adams claims the BBC wrongly alleged he sanctioned the 2006 murder of informer Denis Donaldson and damaged his reputation as a peacemaker. Continue reading
On Tuesday and Wednesday 6 and 7 May 2025 Nicklin J heard a case management conference in the case of Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon v Associated Newspapers KB-2022-003316 and the associated cases of Hurley v Associated Newspapers, Sir Elton John and David Furnish v Associated Newspapers, Sir Simon Hughes v Associated Newspapers, Sadie Frost Law v Associated Newspapers and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex v Associated Newspapers. Continue reading
The defamation trial in the claim by former president of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, against the BBC, began this week in Dublin. Adams claims the BBC wrongly alleged he sanctioned the 2006 murder of informer Denis Donaldson and damaged his reputation as a peacemaker. Continue reading
This is the last day of the short Easter legal vacation. The Easter Legal term will begin tomorrow, 29 April 2025, and will run until Friday 23 May 2025. Continue reading
The recent judgment by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) granting the media partial access to information in the case of H6 vs Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/205/2023) has reignited debate about open justice and press scrutiny. The application to access the court documents is the latest in a series of challenges faced by the media when reporting on this contentious case. Continue reading
The Hilary Legal Term ends on Wednesday 16 April 2025. The short Easter Term will begin on Tuesday 29 April 2025 and run until Friday 23 May 2025. Continue reading
Over 30 Met Police officers raided a Quaker Meeting House to arrest 6 members of the activist group, Youth Demand, who have been carrying out acts of civil disobedience since last year. The arrests, which came amid concerns about plans to disrupt London next month with tactics like roadblocks, have drawn criticism in relation to the right to freedom of expression and assembly. Continue reading
In the case of Vince v Lord Bailey of Paddington ([2025] EWHC 287 (KB). Pepperall J determined the natural and ordinary meaning of comments about the claimant made by the defendant during a broadcast on GB News and dealt with his application for summary judgment. This was only partially successful and the matter must now proceed to trial. Continue reading
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was arrested and deported from Turkey on Wednesday 26 March 2025, branded as a “threat to public order”, for reporting on the country’s anti-government protests against the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu. Continue reading
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