The final hearing before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the claim brought by Vincent Kearney and the BBC against MI5, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Metropolitan Police Service, Durham Constabulary and others concluded on 3 March 2926. The open hearing focused on Mr Kearney’s claim for damages after MI5, the PSNI and the Metropolitan Police had admitted unlawfully acquiring Mr Kearney’s communication data between 2006 and 2013. Continue reading
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On 18 March 2026, the Press Justice Project will host Off the Record in London — a half-day conference examining the evolving relationship between police and the press at a time of significant legal and institutional change. Continue reading
Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and Disney+ are to come under “enhanced regulation” by the UK media regulator, Ofcom, making the streaming giants subject to the same scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV. This change stems from the Media Act 2024. Continue reading
The Inforrm Blog’s sixteenth birthday was on just over a month ago, on 22 January 2026. Our first post had 7 page views was the only post that month. Sixteen years later, we have had more than 6,500 posts and 7 million page views. Continue reading
The government announced plans to strengthen children’s online safety, including amending the Crime and Policing Bill to bring AI chatbot providers within scope of the Online Safety Act 2023’s illegal content duties and introducing new powers in the forthcoming Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Continue reading
The UK government has announced a further crackdown on social media firms and AI amid concerns about harmful content targeted at children. Continue reading
In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in a federal court in Florida. It was only the latest in a long series of high-dollar legal challenges Trump has brought against prominent media organizations, including ABC, CBS, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others. Continue reading
On Tuesday 27 January 2026, the trial of a preliminary issue on limitation in the Mirror Newspapers Hacking Litigation began before Fancourt J. The Mirror Group told the High Court it accepts phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering occurred but argues dozens of new claims should be dismissed because they were brought too late. Continue reading
The highly anticipated trial of Lawrence and ors v Associated News Ltd (ANL) KB-2022-003316 began on Monday 19 January 2026. The claimants are Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Elizabeth Hurley, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Sir Simon Hughes, Prince Harry and Sadie Frost Law. The trial is listed for 10 weeks. Continue reading
The highly anticipated trial of Lawrence and ors v Associated News Ltd (ANL) KB-2022-003316 will begin on Monday 19 January 2026. The claimants are Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Elizabeth Hurley, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Sir Simon Hughes, Prince Harry and Sadie Frost Law. The trial is listed for 10 weeks. Continue reading
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