In Part 1, we looked at judgments from the Crown Court and High Court in Northern Ireland dealing with a source disclosure order and an interim application concerning Facebook. In Part 2, we consider the Court of Appeal’s judgment involving reporting restriction orders and Sir John Gillen’s report into the law on serious sexual offences. Read the rest of this entry »
Northern Ireland: Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases in 2019, Part 2 – Ciaran O’Shiel and Charlotte Turk
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Tags: A L Goodbody, Charlotte Turk, Ciaran O'Shiel, Reporting Restrictions
Categories : Northern Ireland, Open Justice
Northern Ireland: Overview of internet intermediary and media law cases in 2019, Part 1 – Ciaran O’Shiel and Charlotte Turk
5 02 2020
It was a relatively quiet year, with only three published judgments from the Northern Ireland courts (the same as in 2018). There was one Court of Appeal case, involving reporting restriction orders, with the Crown Court and High Court delivering judgments dealing with a source disclosure order and ‘revenge porn’ images. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: A L Goodbody, Charlotte Turk, Ciaran O'Shiel
Categories : Internet, Northern Ireland, Social Media
Northern Ireland: Overview of media law cases in 2018 – Ciaran O’Shiel and Charlotte Turk
25 01 2019It 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 »
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Tags: Case Law
Categories : Northern Ireland
Round Up of Northern Ireland Decisions in 2017 – Olivia O’Kane
13 03 2018This 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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Tags: Aidan Wills, CG, ECommerce Directive, J20
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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Tags: Aidan Wills, Misuse of Private Information
Categories : Data Protection, Harassment, Northern Ireland, Privacy
