“Footage of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi badly injured shortly before his death was not too graphic to broadcast despite hundreds of complaints from viewers, media regulator Ofcom has ruled.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A cartoonist is suing the BBC for £2m over claims that the corporation copied his animations and used them in a CBeebies show.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BBC Worldwide is suing an Italian television network owned by Silvio Berlusconi over claims that it has copied Strictly Come Dancing.”
BBC News, 21st September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The BBC faces a legal challenge over a report it has kept secret – but the case is being brought from beyond the grave.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Public authorities should have to publish annual reports that prove they comply with new UK equality laws from 2012, proposed new regulations say.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Media regulator Ofcom, rather than the BBC, should have the final say over complaints about impartiality and accuracy with the corporation’s programmes, according to a House of Lords committee report.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Top Gear episode which caused controversy with jokes about Mexicans has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As mainstream media shies away from legal coverage, Joshua Rozenberg talks to Alex Aldridge about the 25 years under his belt that have made him the UK’s best-known legal commentator.”
Legal Week, 24th March 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A man has failed in his attempt to show that his gameshow idea was copied by the BBC. A High Court judge refused to allow a full trial on the claims, calling them ‘simply unreal.’ ”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th September 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“His identity remained a mystery for eight years despite his star billing on one of the BBC’s biggest shows. But today the Stig, the anonymous Top Gear driver disguised beneath a white crash helmet and blacked-out visor, was finally unmasked by a high court judge.”
The Guardian, 1st September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The BBC has been granted a request for its High Court bid to block the Stig from revealing his identity to be heard behind closed doors.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC is facing a human rights battle with ‘The Stig’, the mystery stunt driver on Top Gear, in an effort to stop him disclosing his identity.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th August 2010
Soruce: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC does not have to publish a report into its Middle East coverage, the Court of Appeal has ruled. A Freedom of Information (FOI) Act exemption for journalism applies to material even if it is held for other purposes, said the Court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 25th June 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
British Broadcasting Corporation and another v Sugar (No 2) [2010] EWCA Civ 715; [2010] WLR (D) 157
“Once it was established that information, requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, was held by the BBC as a public authority for the purposes of journalism (a word that was to be given its natural meaning), it was effectively exempt from production under the 2000 Act, even if the information was also held by the authority for other purposes.”
WLR Daily, 24th June 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The BBC, a terror suspect and two independent film-makers challenged the control order system last night in a broadcast that broke the suspect’s bail conditions.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Scottish National party will go to court today in an attempt to force the BBC to give its leader Alex Salmond a place in the final leaders’ debate later this week.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A publisher should not be responsible for a libel created by the out-of-context publication of material by a search engine, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The BBC yesterday won the right to keep secret the production costs of some of its most famous programmes, including Top Gear, in a ruling at the High Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC faces a multimillion-pound legal bill after settling a libel battle with one of Britain’s most successful fertility doctors.”
The Times, 9th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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