BBC fined £400,000 over phone-ins – BBC News
“The BBC has been fined £400,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for misleading its audiences by ‘faking’ phone-ins.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: media
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“It was not for the media to expose sexual conduct between consenting adults which did not involve any significant breach of the criminal law except where there was a countervailing public interest because at least one of the established limiting principles, such as victimisation or corruption of the young, came into play.”
The Times, 30th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Legal Opinion: Privacy on parade in Fleet Street and the law courts – The Independent
“Our shy and retiring privacy law is rarely out of the media spotlight. The media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown suggests why we should be grateful that it exists.”
The Independent, 30th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Max Mosley case: are judges strangling the freedom of the press by stealth? – The Times
“A ‘dangerous’ precedent of which the victim is public morality; a ruling that trivialises ‘unspeakable and indecent behaviour’ that is ‘depraved, brutal and repugnant’, thundered Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, this week.”
The Times, 29th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily
Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 1777 (QB); [2008] WLR (D); [2008] WLR (D) 259
“Sado-masochistic behaviour, even where it involved adultery, was not a matter of genuine public interest justifying interference by the media in an individual’s private life. Exemplary damages were not available in a claim for infringement of privacy: a claim for compensatory damages could reflect an element of aggravation. Certain principles were applicable in the assessment of compensatory damages for infringement of privacy.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2008
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.
Media: Mosley to sue News of the World for libel after high court success – The Guradian
“Max Mosley is suing the News of the World for libel, having last week won a record £60,000 in damages from the paper for invasion of privacy.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Channel 4 ruled ‘unjust and unfair’ in climate change documentary – The Guardian
“Ofcom has ruled that Channel 4 breached broadcasting codes on impartiality and was ‘unjust and unfair’ in the way it represented individuals in its controversial documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Decision expected on Mosley privacy case next week – The Independent
“A ruling is expected next week in motorsport Max Mosley’s groundbreaking privacy case at the High Court.”
The Independent, 14th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Editor defends decision to run exposé of Mosley orgy – The Independent
“The editor of the News Of The World has defended the paper’s allegation that Max Mosley had engaged in ‘sick Nazi orgy’. Colin Myler claimed while being cross-examined at the High Court that the 68-year-old Formula One boss had instigated a ‘crime upon himself’ when he was caned until blood was drawn.”
The Independent, 10th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Max Mosley’s case is the frontline in a legal battle for freedom of expression – The Independent
“The case that could define the future freedom of the British press contains some of the key ingredients of a Whitehall farce: a seemingly respectable middle-aged man caught with his pants down, drinking tea and chattering away to scantily clad women in the language of the sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!: ‘Zey need more of ze punishment, I zink.'”
The Independent, 7th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
BBC admits error in broadcasting fatal Jerusalem shooting on 10pm news – The Guardian
“The BBC has admitted it was wrong to broadcast during its 10pm news bulletin the graphic footage of a man being shot dead in Jerusalem.”
The Guardian, 4th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Kangaroo referred to Competition Commission – The Guardian
“The Office of Fair Trading has today referred Kangaroo – the proposed video-on-demand joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 – to the Competition Commission.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
BBC mini series Criminal Justice paints a distorted picture of the criminal justice system – The Bar Council
“Tonight the BBC airs the first episode in its five part drama series Criminal Justice. The series shows the experience of a young man falsely accused of a crime and his journey through the criminal justice system. The character, Ben Coulter, is first a police suspect, later a defendant and then a prisoner.”
The Bar Council, 30th June 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
TV’s legal fictions don’t do the profession justice – The Guardian
“Most people’s knowledge of the English legal system comes from watching TV drama. In most states of the US, trials are televised. Viewers see what actually goes on in a courtroom, including the functions and conduct of the judges and lawyers. Here, a modest scheme to televise some proceedings (though not criminal trials) seems to have been quietly dropped. So the main avenue for describing our legal system is through fiction: novels, films and – the most important in terms of the numbers reached – television.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s privacy complaint rejected by PCC – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission today rejected a complaint about privacy from Harry Potter author JK Rowling.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
GCap fine record £1.1m by Ofcom for phone-in scam – The Times
“GCap, the commercial radio group behind Capital 95.8 and Classic FM, has been fined a record £1.1 million by Ofcom, the media regulator, for manipulating phone-in quizzes to stop prizes from being won too quickly. ”
The Times, 26th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Ofcom looks into Capital Radio’s £155k contest after winner deemed ‘ineligible’ – The Guardian
“Media regulator Ofcom is looking into a Capital Radio competition that had to be reopened after the £155,000 winner was found to be ineligible.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Dacre promises new look at rules on hacking by journalists – The Guardian
“The editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, has promised to re-examine the rules that prevent journalists hacking into computers to obtain personal information, to clarify and possibly tighten them, after becoming chairman of the body responsible for the editors’ code that governs newspapers and magazines.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
