Is English privacy law now so claimant-friendly that the press cannot adequately report on serious wrongdoing, such as sexual misconduct, when it is in the public interest? This difficult issue is the focus of a new article I have written, published open-access in the Journal of Media Law. Continue reading
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In June this year we posted about an upcoming conference celebrating 20 years of the misuse of private information tort. This conference, generously funded by Matrix Chambers and the Society of Legal Scholars will take place on 19 and 20 September 2024, at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial St, London, E1 6LS. Continue reading
On 3 July 2024 HHJ Parkes KC handed down judgment on a strike out application in Pacini & Anor v Dow Jones & Co Inc [2024] EWHC 1709 (KB). The case will be of interest to anyone thinking about the complex relationship between defamation, privacy and data protection in English law. Continue reading
This post is written to promote an upcoming conference on Campbell v MGN Ltd on 19 and 20 September 2024 in London, funded by the Society of Legal Scholars and Matrix Chambers. Further details about the conference and how to register interest in participating are at the end of the post below. Continue reading
Next week, on 30 November and 1 December 2021, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in ZXC v Bloomberg LP. The case gives the court an opportunity to answer one of the most important questions which has emerged in English privacy law in recent years: does a person who has not been charged with an offence have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a police investigation into their activities? Continue reading
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