“PhonepayPlus has fined a company £20,000 after determining that it was in ‘serious’ breach of its rules around the promotion of premium rate services (PRS) to children after two sisters ran up a bill of more than £2,500 texting the service.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The internet registry for .uk domain names has proposed a new code that would allow it to prevent members associating themselves with its brand if they display a lack of professionalism, integrity or accountability.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers have expressed concern over the European Commission’s overhaul of the EU’s online privacy rules that will see companies facing fines of as much as 2 per cent of annual turnover for breach of code.”
The Lawyer, 25th January 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The judge in Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp’s tax trial has banned the use of Twitter in court after a breach of reporting restrictions.”
Legal Week, 24th January 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Organisations that share control over the content of video-on-demand (VOD) programmes should write contracts that set out who has overall editorial responsibility for the material, Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“A juror who researched a defendant’s past on the internet and shared the information with fellow jurors has been found guilty of contempt of court.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The fate of a juror accused of contempt of court after causing a trial to collapse by carrying out internet research at home hangs in the balance after the High Court reserved its judgement yesterday. Dr Theodora Dallas’s actions led to the trial of Barry Medlock, accused of causing grievous bodily harm, to be abandoned in July last year after she revealed to fellow jurors he had previously been tried for rape but acquitted.”
The Independent, 20th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The London-based lawyer at the centre of a long-running row over internet piracy has been suspended for two years and ordered to pay £76,000 in costs.”
The Guardian, 18th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Last month, the Lord Chief Justice delivered guidance clearing the way for Tweeting from Court.”
The Lawyer, 16th January 2012
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“If you lose your mobile phone with highly confidential and private information on it, all may not be lost. The unscrupulous finder may be prevented from blurting its contents all over the web, even if the identity of that person is unknown to you or the court. It requires considerable input of computer expertise, but it is possible, as this case (cleverly taken in the Technology and Construction Court) illustrates.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th Janaury 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A man who falsely accused his neighbour of being one of James Bulger’s killers has been spared an immediate prison sentence.”
The Guardian, 11th Janaury 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A recent United Nations Human Rights Council report examined the important question of whether internet access is a human right.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A woman who had sexually explicit self-portraits uploaded onto the internet after her mobile phone was stolen has won a landmark legal judgement forbidding anyone from sharing the photos online.”
The Independent, 10th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“At last the courts move into the 21st century! Yesterday, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) announced that tweeting from court could be carried out by journalists and legal commentators without them seeking advanced permission. Otherwise judges will decide who can and can’t tweet from a courtroom.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Despite uncertainty over who’s a legal commentator or journalist and who isn’t, Lord Judge’s guidance shouldn’t lead to problems.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists no longer have to make an application to tweet, text or email from courts in England and Wales following new guidance issued by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The integrity of the jury system is under challenge from temptations to trawl the internet for information about defendants, the lord chief justice will warn. In the wake of a series of prosecutions of jurors who went online, Lord Judge has called for greater awareness about the technological dangers threatening the justice system.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Lib Dem MP’s former aide, who ran a campaign to prevent the closure of a local swimming pool popular with children, avoided a jail sentence today after admitting child porn offences.”
The Independent, 7th December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading is to launch an investigation into Groupon after the daily deals website was found to have broken UK advertising regulations almost 50 times in less than a year.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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