This is the last Law and Media Round Up of 2025. The Michaelmas Legal Term ends on Friday 19 December 2025 and the Hilary Term commences on Monday 12 January 2026 when we will publish our next round up. Continue reading
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Ofcom has issued its first major fine under the Online Safety Act 2023. The AVS Group Ltd – which runs 18 adult websites – has been fined £1 million for not having robust age checks in place, plus £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests. The regulator has also reported on how the online safety landscape is changing, following new UK laws coming into effect this year. Continue reading
On Tuesday, 25 November 2025, the Home Secretary and Home Office issued a full apology to Muslim community leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin before Hill J in the High Court and paid his costs and £225,000 in damages for wrongly alleging that he had taken part in war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence. Continue reading
The Government has published its long-awaited Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, which will amend the existing Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 and grant new powers to regulators and the Government in relation to cybersecurity. Continue reading
President Donald Trump says he plans to sue the BBC for anything between $1 to 5bn after Panorama edited his 6 January 2021 speech in a way the BBC admits mistakenly implied a direct call for violence. The BBC apologised and withdrew the clip but refused compensation, arguing there is no basis for a defamation claim. Trump insists the edit “cheated” him, though no claim has yet been filed. Continue reading
On 4 November 2025, Joanna Smith DBE J handed down judgment in Getty Images (US) Inc & Ors v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch). The court found in Getty’s favour that the use of Stable Diffusion in the UK sometimes generated images bearing Getty’s trademarks. Continue reading
For most legal professionals Mazher Mahmood — the former News of the World investigations editor — is a dim memory. More than ten years ago he was caught lying on oath at the trial of the singer Tulisa Contostavlos. Continue reading
On 12 November 2025, the Press Justice Project (PJP) will host a half-day conference at Lewis Silkin LLP’s London office (255 Blackfriars Road, SE1 9AX) from 15:30–19:00 (followed by networking drinks). The event, titled “Politicians and the Press”, will bring together senior media lawyers and politicians to probe the fraught relationship between politicians and the news media. Continue reading
On Monday 27 October 2025, there was a statement in open court in Richard Taylor v Pathe Productions Ltd KB-2023-003648 before Collins Rice J. The claimant, Richard Taylor, who was the former Deputy Registrar for the University of Leicester, sued two production companies and the actor Steve Coogan who made the 2022 film, ‘The Lost King’ about the search to find Richard III’s remains, centering the role of Phillipa Langley. Continue reading
In January 2025, Hugh Tomlinson KC published an article on this blog proposing a “better alternative” to identifying anonymous online wrongdoers in media disputes than Norwich Pharmacal Orders (“NPOs”) – the third party disclosure procedure under CPR 31.17. But what if there was a third, even better alternative? Continue reading
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