As we noted in our weekly Law and Media Round Up, on 22 April 2015 the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council heard a libel appeal from Dominica in the case of Pinard-Byrne v Linton. The plaintiff is seeking to overturn a judgment of the the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of Dominica that the publications were protected by Reynolds qualified privilege (25 March 2013 [pdf]). Continue reading
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On 24 October 2013, it was announced that the newspaper industry’s associations, through PressBoF, were applying to the High Court for judicial review of the decision to reject their application for a Royal Charter. This application was not in fact issued until 28 October 2013. Continue reading
This is the week of the Privy Council and Press Charters. The Privy Council is due to meet on 9 October 2013 and it seems that the the PressBoF Royal Charter [doc] may be on the agenda. A Committee of the Privy Council has been considering this charter and may be formally reporting to the Privy Council. Continue reading
Meeting of the Privy Council
The Privy Council is in the news following the unfortunate decision of the Prime Minister to ignore a key Leveson recommendation and to constitute a “recognition body” by Royal Charter, rather than by statute. Continue reading
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