People in England who have been told to self-isolate through NHS Test and Trace could have their details shared with the police on a “case-by-case basis” to enable them to enforce self-isolation laws. There were reports on the BBC website and in the Independent. Continue reading
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It is with much sadness that we note the passing of Supreme Court of the Unites States Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who passed away on 18 September 2020. The Supreme Court of the United States released a statement in the wake of her death. Ginsberg was 87 and was a feminist icon on the Court. Her passing drew obituaries from US media far and wide; from the New York Times, CNBC News, The New Yorker and The Economist among others. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
“Plandemic”. This was the name of a 26-minute video spreading misinformation about Covid-19 which went viral (pun intended) after it was posted online on Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and a separate website set up to share the video in early May 2020. The New York Times reports that it had been viewed 8 million times within a week of its release. Continue reading
Kevin Rudd’s petition to parliament for a royal commission into the dominance of the Murdoch media in Australia is entitled to be seen as more than an embittered ex-politician’s desire for revenge. Continue reading
As from 1 October 2020 Part 81 of the Civil Procedure Rules has been replaced with a wholly new set of rules introducing a simpler procedure with some clearer requirements in relating to open justice . Continue reading
On Monday 5 October 2020, there was a hearing before Mann J in the long running Mirror Phone Hacking Litigation. The judge heard claims that the Mirror Group Newspapers put private investigators on senior High Court media law judges “who granted anonymity injunctions in privacy proceedings”. Continue reading
It is a critical time for public interest journalism. Trust in the mainstream media is a major problem as fake news spreads unabated on social networks. Continue reading
Since the early months of 2020 and the WHO’s declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, governments worldwide have declared national states of emergency and the pandemic has placed a significant burden on global health infrastructures, especially in contexts with existing constraints of infrastructural or institutional weaknesses. Continue reading
The removal of the right to jury trial in defamation cases by the Defamation Act 2013 has meant that the Courts can determine issues such as meaning as preliminary issues at an early stage. While preliminary issue trials on meaning have now become the norm, the issues and practices that surround them are far from settled. This post considers some recent trends and issues that have arisen in practice. Continue reading
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