It was a relatively quiet year for media law cases, with only three published judgments from the Northern Ireland High Court. These were all interim decisions concerning local or regional publications. There were no Court of Appeal media law judgments in 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
Northern Ireland: Overview of media law cases in 2018 – Ciaran O’Shiel and Charlotte Turk
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Categories : Northern Ireland
Round Up of Northern Ireland Decisions in 2017 – Olivia O’Kane
13 03 2018
This is a round up of the 2017 decisions by the Courts of Northern Ireland in libel, privacy and other media law cases along with case summaries dealing with the issues and decisions in each case. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland: Defamation claims in 2017, a substantial reduction in the number of cases brought – Olivia O’Kane
8 03 2018I have now obtained the figures concerning the numbers of defamation cases issued in Northern Ireland in 2017. These figures are based on a search of the Court’s records for the period 1 January to 31 December 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland: Defamation claims in 2016 – Olivia O’Kane
13 02 2017I have now obtained the figures concerning the numbers of defamation cases issued in Northern Ireland in 2016. These figures are based on a search of the Court’s records for the period 1 January to 31 December 2016. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel, Northern Ireland
The Facebook Ireland cases: Intermediary Liability and Defences under the E-Commerce Regulations, Part 2, Comment – Aidan Wills
21 01 2017
The liability of intermediaries, such as social media companies, and the scope of the defences under the 2002 Regulations/e-Commerce Directive is a matter of considerable significance as many thousands of content-related complaints are made on a daily basis.
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Tags: Aidan Wills, CG, ECommerce Directive, JR20
Categories : Data Protection, Northern Ireland, Social Media
The Facebook Ireland cases: Intermediary Liability and defences under the E-Commerce Regulations, Part 1, the Judgments – Aidan Wills
20 01 2017
The courts in Northern Ireland have handed down two important judgments on the civil liability of social media companies for content posted by users. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Northern Ireland, Social Media
Northern Ireland: Reform of the law of defamation, the defence of honest opinion – Eoin O’Dell
20 07 2016
In Northern Ireland, the Minister for Finance has just published a Review of the Law of Defamation, prepared for it by Andrew Scott (Associate Professor of Law, LSE). Prof Scott had prepared a consultation paper for the Northern Ireland Law Commission (NILC) in November 2014. The consultation period closed on 20 February 2015. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cearta.ie, Eoin O'Dell, Honest Opinion
Categories : Libel, Northern Ireland
Case Preview, Northern Ireland: CG v Facebook Ireland, Facebook appeals damages award in “Keeping Kids Safe from Predators” case – Aidan Wills
2 04 2016On Monday and Tuesday, 4 and 5 April 2016 the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland will hear an appeal from the judgment of Stephens J in CG v Facebook Ireland Ltd & Anor [2015] NIQB 11. The case will require the Court to determine a number of important issues of principle relating to intermediary liability. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Harassment, Northern Ireland, Privacy
Case Law, Northern Ireland: Galloway v Frazer, Google Inc (YouTube) and Ors, the Kitchen Sink against the “Internet Behemoth” – Ashley Hurst and Emma Cross
25 02 2016
In Galloway v William Frederick Frazer, Google Inc t/a YouTube and others, Mr Justice Horner in the High Court of Northern Ireland refused an application by Google Inc. (“Google”) to set aside an order granting leave to George Galloway to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction on Google. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Libel, Northern Ireland, Social Media
Northern Ireland District Judge acquits Pastor of “gross offence” against Muslims – Rosalind English
18 02 2016
“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation”. (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī , 13th Century Persian Islamic scholar and poet)These words were the last in the ruling by DJ McNally in the Belfast county court, acquitting Pastor McConnell of grossly offending Muslims in a sermon that had been delivered in church but also transmitted over the internet (DPP v McConnell [2016] NI Mag 1). Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Caselaw, Freedom of expression, Northern Ireland
