From court cases to conspiracy theories, the royal family’s right to privacy is, somewhat ironically, nearly always in the spotlight. Continue reading
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A statistical analysis of the civil High Court judgments published in 2023 showed that, out of 116 cases where one or more parties had been anonymised, 67 (or nearly 60%) did not have a corresponding anonymisation order published on the Judiciary website. While around half of these (34) did make some reference to anonymity or reporting restrictions in the judgment itself, the remainder (33) made no such reference. Continue reading
Should anyone be left to the mercy of trial by media? ‘Never ever. Under no circumstances,’ underlines judge Kūris in his elaborated dissenting opinion in Mesić v. Croatia (no. 2), criticising the Chamber reasoning that sets ‘a very low standard for the protection of personality rights’. Continue reading
Former leader of the Labour Party and Independent MP, Jeremy Corbyn, has vowed to sue Nigel Farage for defamation over Farage’s allegation that Corbyn subscribes to an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Farage made the comments on his GB News TV show and reiterated them on Twitter. The BBC, The Independent, Sky News, the Telegraph, The Evening Standard, The Spectator, Politico and The National Scot covered the story. 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
On Friday 22 March 2022, Cambridge’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) is holding a Spring Conference on the topic of Data Protection Reform. Continue reading
The first and most obvious problem with the Bill is that it does nothing to address the most common scenarios and concerns in SLAPP cases. In particular: the problem of a imbalance of resources between wealthy claimants and individual journalists and the problem of legal complaints made in relation to what are, in fact, true allegations. Continue reading
The Private Member’s Bill on SLAPPs, introduced by backbench Labour MP, Wayne David, has had its second reading in the House of Commons. The “Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill”, sets out to make a generalised anti-SLAPP provision, very much in line with the provisions in sections 194 and 195 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) which were confined to allegations relating to “economic crime”. Continue reading
On 22 February 2024, it became law that the press must comply with the Information Commissioner’s Office’s journalism code of practice or else face sanctions for its breach. This event has gone unnoticed, largely, but for those of us interested in securing access for justice against press malpractice it represents a major development. For, in principle at least, victims now have a cost-effective means of securing that justice through independent press regulation, just as Lord Justice Leveson envisaged. Continue reading
On 27 February 2024, judgment on meaning was handed down by Lewis J in the long-running litigation between the Dyson Group companies and the broadcasters Channel 4 and ITN, Dyson Technology Ltd & Anor v Channel Four Television Corporation & Anor [2024] EWHC 400 (KB). Lewis J held that the news item first broadcast on Channel 4 News on 10 February 2022 made defamatory allegations of fact and of opinion. Continue reading
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