‘The future of the only government-approved press watchdog, Impress, is in doubt after an internal report concluded that its chief executive had brought the organisation into disrepute and that his position would be untenable if the Daily Mail and the Sun had applied to join.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Claims in the Mail on Sunday that global warming data had been exaggerated in order to secure the Paris climate change agreement have been criticised by the UK’s press regulator.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new ruling by the Court of Appeal has confirmed that it will not be as challenging for people to bring defamation claims before the courts in England and Wales under new defamation laws as many media organisations may have hoped, a specialist in media litigation has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A Court of Appeal ruling has dealt a blow to hopes that the 2013 Defamation Act would raise the bar to libel actions in England and Wales courts. In Bruno Lachaux v Independent Print Limited and Evening Standard Limited, and Bruno Lachaux v AOL (UK) Limited, the court dismissed an appeal by publishers against a High Court finding that a French national living in Dubai had been caused “serious harm” by the publication of allegations by his former wife.’
Law Society's Gazette, 12th September 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The media regulator has found that Channel 4 News seriously breached the broadcasting code by naming the wrong man as the Westminster terror attacker, and has heavily criticised the programme for a string of major mistakes in recent years. Ofcom has taken the highly unusual step of forcing Channel 4 News to make an on-air broadcast of the outcome of its investigation.’
The Guardian, 12th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Croydon has secured an injunction to prevent a former headteacher and an educational advocate from disclosing information about a school that it considers confidential.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th September 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The publisher of the Sun and the defunct News of the World has settled 17 cases of phone hacking and illegally obtaining personal information, avoiding a high-profile court case.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A campaigning group opposed to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Sky is threatening a legal challenge to the media regulator’s ruling that the broadcaster would remain “fit and proper” to hold a UK licence if it was snapped up by 21st Century Fox.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The director of public prosecutions has today condemned ‘inaccurate’ media coverage of the Crown Prosecution Service’s approach to rape cases, stressing that prosecutions and convictions have significantly increased.’
Law Society's Gazette, 14th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A “heavy handed approach” often in the name of national security has seen the UK slip in the rankings of countries with the world’s freest press, according to a new report by Reporters Without Borders.’
The Independent, 14th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Seedy legal plea to name couple filmed having sex by police officer Adrian Pogmore is anything but a matter of high principle.’
The Guardian, 13th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Social services were blamed for missing abuse while police and NHS failings were brushed under the carpet. Here’s what has happened since.’
The Guardian, 3rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Sun newspaper is to pay “substantial damages” to former EastEnders boss Sean O’Connor, after wrongly accusing him of bullying.’
BBC News, 4th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A local radio station in Sheffield has been taken off air by Ofcom after it broadcast 25 hours of lectures by an alleged former al-Qaida leader.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Madonna and her twin daughters, Stella and Estere, have accepted undisclosed damages from Associated Newspapers over a “serious invasion of privacy”.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v. Times Newspapers [2017] UKSC 49, Supreme Court. The outcome of this case is summed up in its title, an unsuccessful attempt to retain anonymity in press reporting. It is a stark instance of how someone involved in investigations into very serious offences cannot suppress any allegations which may have surfaced in open court, even though no prosecution was ever brought against them.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th July 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘More than 100 people in the UK have been convicted of terrorism offences related to Syria and Iraq since 2014, research by the BBC has revealed.’
BBC News, 6th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lawyers and other users of the new media and communications list are unhappy with how the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) apply to the field, and particularly costs budgeting, according to the outcome of a consultation launched by Mr Justice Warby.’
Law & Religion UK, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Google, Facebook, Twitter and other intermediaries increasingly face a broadly united front of protest. Is it time to regulate? asks Richard Spearman QC.’
Counsel, June 2017
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
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