On 16 March 2026, Fancourt J handed down judgment in the case of Sculfor and Ors v MGN [2026] EWHC 597 (Ch). The first claimant, the model Paul Sculfor, was successful on the limitation issue being tried but the other four were held to be statute barred under the Limitation Act 1980. Continue reading
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The government announced plans to strengthen children’s online safety, including amending the Crime and Policing Bill to bring AI chatbot providers within scope of the Online Safety Act 2023’s illegal content duties and introducing new powers in the forthcoming Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Continue reading
This is the last Law and Media Round Up of 2025. The Michaelmas Legal Term ends on Friday 19 December 2025 and the Hilary Term commences on Monday 12 January 2026 when we will publish our next round up. Continue reading
On Tuesday, 25 November 2025, the Home Secretary and Home Office issued a full apology to Muslim community leader Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin before Hill J in the High Court and paid his costs and £225,000 in damages for wrongly alleging that he had taken part in war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence. Continue reading
President Donald Trump says he plans to sue the BBC for anything between $1 to 5bn after Panorama edited his 6 January 2021 speech in a way the BBC admits mistakenly implied a direct call for violence. The BBC apologised and withdrew the clip but refused compensation, arguing there is no basis for a defamation claim. Trump insists the edit “cheated” him, though no claim has yet been filed. Continue reading
On Monday 27 October 2025, there was a statement in open court in Richard Taylor v Pathe Productions Ltd KB-2023-003648 before Collins Rice J. The claimant, Richard Taylor, who was the former Deputy Registrar for the University of Leicester, sued two production companies and the actor Steve Coogan who made the 2022 film, ‘The Lost King’ about the search to find Richard III’s remains, centering the role of Phillipa Langley. Continue reading
On Friday 17 October 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in the case of handed down judgement in the appeal of Blake v Fox [2025] EWCA Civ 1321. Continue reading
Michaelmas term began on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 and will continue until Friday 19 December 2025. Continue reading
Trinity term came to an end on Thursday 31 July 2025. The civil courts in England and Wales are now on “Summer Vacation” for 2 months until the Michaelmas term begins on Wednesday, 1 October 2025. Continue reading
The French court of appeal has overturned the defamation convictions of Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey, who falsely claimed in a 2021 YouTube video that First Lady Brigitte Macron was born male, under the name of her brother. Continue reading
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