Australia’s most-decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, lost his defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. The full 742 page, 2618 paragraph judgment, Roberts-Smith v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited (No 41) [2023] FCA 555, was published on 5 June 2023. Continue reading
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On 17 May 2023, the Court of Appeal issued the costs order [pdf] in the long running Banks v Cadwalladr case ([2023] EWCA Civ 219). Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has been ordered to pay 60% of Arron Banks’s costs of the trial and one third of the costs in the Court of Appeal after his partial libel victory on appeal. Continue reading
On 10 May 2023, Fancourt J began hearing the trial of four claims in the Mirror Group managed “hacking” litigation. The cases include those brought by the Duke of Sussex, Nikki Sanderson, Fiona Wightman and Michael Turner. Continue reading
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
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
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 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
Football pundit Gary Lineker has returned to live presenting of the BBC’s football coverage after a temporary suspension while he was investigated for breaching impartiality rules. Lineker was told to step back from hosting Match Of The Day last week after he published a tweet criticising a new government migrant policy. Continue reading
The Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill was reintroduced into Parliament this week. The bill reforms provisions relating to automated decision making, makes changes to the obligations of data controllers and processors and amends the existing law relating to international transfers of personal data. Continue reading
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