This round up covers law and media developments during August since our last Law and Media Round Up on 1 August 2022. Our regular weekly round ups will resume on Monday 3 October 2022, the first day of the Michaelmas Legal Term and of the new legal year. Continue reading
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On 7 July 2022, the Law Commission published its final report on intimate image abuse (IIA), with recommendations to create a comprehensive criminal offence that provides effective protection against all manifestations of IIA. The report should be commended for addressing the existing sporadic IIA offences which are not fit for purpose and leave many instances of abuse unpunished. Continue reading
The short Easter legal term ended on Thursday 27 May 2022. The Trinity legal term will begin on Tuesday 7 June 2022 and end on Friday 29 July 2022. Inforrm will not be taking a Whitsun break and will continue posting as usual. Continue reading
The Easter Legal Term begins tomorrow, 26 April 2022 and will end on 27 May 2022. This term will see the long awaited trial in the so-called, “Wagatha Christie” libel case, Vardy v Rooney which is due to commence on 9 May 2022 and is listed for 7 days. As we mention below, judgment was given in the PTR last week.
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On 7 April 2022, the Attorney General was granted an interim injunction restraining the BBC from broadcasting a programme that identified an alleged MI5 covert human intelligence source (“X”), Attorney General v British Broadcasting Corporation [2022] EWHC 380 (QB). Continue reading
The Sun has settled a defamation claim brought by an immigration solicitor it accused of “shamelessly touting” a price list of legal aid fees for migrants arriving in small boats. It has agreed to pay “a very substantial five-figure sum” to cover damages and costs and has published a correction on its website. There was a piece on the Doughty Street Chambers website about the case. Continue reading
On 8 and 9 December 2021, the settlement of 15 phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers was announced in a series of statements in open court. Most attention was given to the statement read by actress Sienna Miller, which made a number of allegations against The Sun for what was described as “prolonged” and “substantial” phone hacking, and leaking news that Ms Miller was pregnant. Continue reading
Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has successfully passed the first stage of his libel claim against journalist Catherine Belton and publisher HarperCollins for allegations made in the best-selling book, Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On The West (Abramovich v HarperCollins and Catherine Belton [2021] EWHC 3154 (QB)). Continue reading
On Monday 11 October 2021, the Labour Party named Seumas Milne, Karie Murphy, Georgie Robertson, Laura Murray and Harry Hayball as the individuals responsible for leaking the report entitled “The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014-2019.” The individuals continue to deny any involvement or complicity in the leak whatsoever. Continue reading
The 6-hour Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Messenger and Oculus outage on Monday 4 October 2021 has been described as the largest global outage ever recorded, with 10.6 million reports worldwide. The outage drew significant coverage from CNN, the Independent and the Telegraph. Continue reading
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