On Tuesday 18 September, the Law Society held a public debate on the Defamation Bill, asking the panel – including two QCs, a libel reform campaigner and an in-house newspaper lawyer – what they thought of its measures. Much was said about what was missing in the final bill. But I would add something that was missing in the consultative process: data. Continue reading
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The recommended procedure and law around privacy injunctions “isn’t quite fit for purpose” according to Gideon Benaim, a partner at Michael Simkins LLP (formerly of Schillings), in an article published, in the Guardian (and reposted on Inforrm). I would like to respond with a couple of questions/points. Continue reading
This post is an update to Inforrm’s previous tally of defamation cases, which tracked Defamation Trials, Summary Determinations and Assessments in 2011; 2010 and 2005-2009. Additionally, the Ministry of Justice’s Impact Assessment on the Defamation Bill [PDF] records approximate data for the outcomes of 145 unspecified sample cases 2009-10. Continue reading
Seven years after Azelle Rodney was shot dead, following an operation by the Metropolitan Police, a Public Inquiry chaired by Sir Christopher Holland, is hearing full oral evidence to ascertain the circumstances in which he died and to make appropriate recommendations. According to the charity INQUEST, it is the first time in England that an inquiry has been set up to establish how a person came to their death, replacing the role of the inquest. Additionally, it says, the case “has been complicated due to sensitive evidence relating to the police operation“. Continue reading
Lord Justice Leveson’s enormous task is to examine the culture, practices and ethics of the media, with a special emphasis on the “press”. This is because it was serious concerns about the behaviour of UK national newspapers that instigated the national Inquiry into media relationships with the public, the police and politicians. Continue reading
Parliamentarians are still in recess, Lord Justice Leveson has finished taking evidence for Part 1 of his Inquiry, the Michaelmas legal term has not yet begun, but there have been more than enough media law related developments to justify a mid-summer round up, including new dates for the autumn calendar. Continue reading
A year on from the introduction of the Master of the Rolls’ Practice Guidance, six privacy injunctions have been discharged, but with the claimant’s anonymity maintained in each case. The British media, however, hasn’t had much to say. Continue reading
This is the final Inforrm Law and Media Round Up before the summer. The Parliamentary recess has begun and the Trinity legal term ends tomorrow – the Michaelmas legal term does not start until October. Over the next couple of months the courts and parliament will be quiet and Inforrm will be taking a summer break. Continue reading
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