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Now that the legal term has ended, Inforrm is taking a winter break for a few weeks. We will have a some occasional posts over the next fortnight but the full normal service will be resumed until 11 January 2021. Continue reading
This is the last full week of the Michaelmas legal term which ends on Monday 21 December 2020. The next legal term, the 2021 Hilary term will begin on 11 January 2021 and our next Law and Media Round up will be published on that day. Continue reading
The Times has paid £30,000 in damages and apologised after suggesting an advocacy organisation was acting as an apologist for a suspected terror attacker. The Times published a story five days after the attack which wrongly claimed Cage had “backed the Reading attack suspect”. Continue reading
On Friday 27 November 2020, at the conclusion of a Case Management Conference in the Mirror Group phone hacking litigation the managing judge, Mr Justice Mann, announced that he would be stepping down from that role after 7 years. Continue reading
On 19 November 2020, Warby J heard the trial of preliminary issue on meaning in Vardy v Rooney, handing down judgment the following day, 20 November 2020 [2020] EWHC 3156 (QB). Continue reading
The trial of the preliminary issue as to meaning in the libel case brought by Rebekah Vardy against Colleen Rooney will be heard by Warby J on Thursday 19 November 2020. The Sun’s report of the forthcoming hearing is entitled “Judge bags wags: Meghan Markle’s privacy judge to head Coleen Rooney and Becky Vardy’s explosive libel trial”. Continue reading
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is its newsletter dealing with recent developments in the field. Continue reading
On 2 November 2020, Nicol J handed down judgment in Depp v News Group Newspapers ([2020] EWHC 2911 (QB)). He held that the allegations against Mr Depp in the newspaper article which labelled him a “wife beater” were substantially true and that his claim for libel therefore failed. Continue reading
On Monday 2 November 2020 Nicol J will hand down judgment in the most high profile media law case of the year, Johnny Depp v News Group Newspapers. The trial was heard on heard on 7 to 10, 13 to 17, 20 to 24, 27 and 28 July 2020 and was fully covered on Inforrm. Continue reading
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