Lessons from Legal Regulation for Leveson (PDF)
The Chief Executive speaks at the Regulatory Policy Institutes Hertford Seminar in media regulation post-Leveson.
Legal Services Board, 12th February 2013
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
“Proposals for a new law which would require newspaper editors to seek regulatory approval for certain types of stories are flawed and should be abandoned, a number of peers have said.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s data protection watchdog has outlined its intention to set new guidelines for journalists on the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“In this extract from After Leveson, a book edited by John Mair, John Jewell, of the Cardiff school of journalism, takes us on the long journey that led publishers, editors, journalists and phone hacking victims to the royal courts of justice for the Leveson inquiry. His story begins 66 years ago…”
The Guardian, 21st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Carina Trimingham, the partner of the former energy secretary Chris Huhne, has withdrawn her appeal against a high court ruling rejecting her privacy claim against the Daily Mail.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Shereener Browne analyses the recent decision in T, R (on the application of) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & Ors and its impact on employment law.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 18th February 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“Private firms will soon be able to buy people’s medical and genetic data without their consent and, in certain cases, acquire personal information that might enable them to identify individuals.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Poll shows overwhelming support for missing Madeleine’s father on how Leveson inquiry findings must be enforced.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, is among 144 people who have won substantial damages after settling their phone-hacking claims against the News of the World, the high court has heard.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rupert Murdoch’s hopes of drawing a line under the financially toxic phone-hacking scandal will be derailed in the High Court on Friday when details of more hacking victims are announced.”
The Independent, 7th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Following the decision to restrain publication of semi-nude photos of Kate Winslet’s husband (Mr Rocknroll), Chloe Strong, barrister at 5RB Chambers, discusses the case and what it means for privacy disputes.”
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5RB, 24th January 2013
Source: www.5rb.com
“The government’s plans to track everybody’s web and mobile phone use rest on some ‘pretty heroic assumptions’, the head of MI5 has told MPs and peers.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Enforcement bodies have been warned about disproportionately invading traders’
privacy when carrying out checks over the way age-restricted products are sold.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeal has ruled that the statutory requirement that criminal convictions and cautions must be disclosed in an enhanced criminal record check (‘ECRC’) in the context of particular types of employment interfered with the appellants’ right to respect for private life under Article 8.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 30th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“UK laws that set out a ‘blanket’ requirement that job applicants disclose to employers all of the ‘recordable’ criminal convictions and police warnings they have been given are incompatible with individuals’ right to privacy, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The statutory regime requiring the blanket disclosure of all convictions and cautions relating to recordable offences against an individual was disproportionate to (i) the general aim of protecting employers and, in particular, children and vulnerable adults who were in their care, and (ii) the particular aim of enabling employers to make an assessment as to whether the individual was suitable for a particular kind of work.”
WLR Daily, 29th Janaury 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A man from Brighton who wants records of his political activities removed from a police database has taken his case to the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 29th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has today [29 January] handed down an important judgment in R (T & others) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester & others [2013] EWCA Civ 25. The case concerned the blanket requirement in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, section 113B of the Police Act 1997 and articles 3 and 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 that criminal convictions and cautions must be disclosed in an enhanced criminal record check (‘ECRC’) in the context of particular types of employment (such as with children or vulnerable adults), even if those convictions or cautions would otherwise be deemed spent by the 1974 Act.”
Panopticon, 29th January 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“For months, the Leveson Inquiry dominated the news, as a succession of high-profile witnesses gave evidence – actors Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, singer Charlotte Church; the parents of Milly Dowler and Madeleine McCann; editors, proprietors, police chiefs, politicians.”
BBC News, 27th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
