The Hilary Legal Term ends on Wednesday 1 April 2026. The short Easter term will begin on Tuesday 14 April 2026 and will end on Friday 22 May 2026. There will be no Round Up next week but normal service will resume on Monday 13 April 2026. Continue reading
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The final hearing before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the claim brought by Vincent Kearney and the BBC against MI5, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Metropolitan Police Service, Durham Constabulary and others concluded on 3 March 2926. The open hearing focused on Mr Kearney’s claim for damages after MI5, the PSNI and the Metropolitan Police had admitted unlawfully acquiring Mr Kearney’s communication data between 2006 and 2013. Continue reading
Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and Disney+ are to come under “enhanced regulation” by the UK media regulator, Ofcom, making the streaming giants subject to the same scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV. This change stems from the Media Act 2024. Continue reading
On Tuesday 27 January 2026, the trial of a preliminary issue on limitation in the Mirror Newspapers Hacking Litigation began before Fancourt J. The Mirror Group told the High Court it accepts phone hacking and other unlawful information gathering occurred but argues dozens of new claims should be dismissed because they were brought too late. Continue reading
Happy New Year to all readers. The Hilary Term begins on Monday 12 January 2026 and runs to Wednesday 16 April 2026. This Round Up covers news items since our last edition on 15 December 2025. 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
Ofcom has issued its first major fine under the Online Safety Act 2023. The AVS Group Ltd – which runs 18 adult websites – has been fined £1 million for not having robust age checks in place, plus £50,000 for failing to respond to information requests. The regulator has also reported on how the online safety landscape is changing, following new UK laws coming into effect this year. 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
The Government has published its long-awaited Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, which will amend the existing Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 and grant new powers to regulators and the Government in relation to cybersecurity. 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
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