Category: media

Examining the effectiveness of celebrity injunctions – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted June 1st, 2016 in anonymity, appeals, children, confidentiality, families, freedom of expression, human rights, injunctions, internet, jurisdiction, media, news, parliament, privacy, Supreme Court by sally

‘Is the Supreme Court’s decision in PJS v NGN [2016] UKSC 26, [2016] All ER (D) 135 (May), as Lord Toulson suggests, out of touch with reality? Sara Mansoori, barrister at Matrix Chambers, considers the wider consequences of the case and suggests that even when information is in the public domain, the law of privacy can prevent repetition of that information where such repetition can cause unwarranted distress.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 25th May 2016

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Using the courts to silence the press abuses our freedoms and makes our judges look foolish – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 23rd, 2016 in appeals, freedom of expression, human rights, injunctions, internet, interpretation, media, news, privacy, Supreme Court by sally

‘I recently wrote on these pages criticising celebrity injunctions taken out to gag English newspapers, even when the stories were freely reported in other countries. The expensive celebrity game reminded me, I wrote, of the Spycatcher farce and the series of trials during which Margaret Thatcher tried to prevent British newspapers from publishing extracts from Peter Wright’s MI5 memoir, despite the book being freely obtainable outside England.’

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

The celebrity threesome case risks undermining the law – The Guardian

Posted May 20th, 2016 in children, confidentiality, injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest, Supreme Court by sally

‘Perhaps for the first time – and almost certainly for the last, since he is about to retire – Lord Toulson is the hero of the press. As the sole dissenting judge in the Supreme Court ruling on the current celebrity injunction of speculation, he would have allowed the claimant’s name to be published – at least by news organisations that were prepared to run the risk of paying damages for breaching the claimant’s privacy.’

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The Guardian, 19th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Supreme court upholds ‘celebrity threesome’ injunction – The Guardian

Posted May 20th, 2016 in confidentiality, injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest, Supreme Court by sally

‘The supreme court has extended the interim privacy injunction preventing identification of a celebrity who has been involved in a three-way sexual encounter.’

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The Guardian, 19th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Celebrity injunction: PJS cannot be named, says Supreme Court – BBC News

Posted May 19th, 2016 in appeals, injunctions, internet, media, news, privacy, public interest, Supreme Court by sally

‘An injunction banning the naming of a celebrity involved in an alleged extra-marital relationship should stay in place, the Supreme Court has ruled.’

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BBC News, 19th May 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Supreme court to give ruling on ‘celebrity threesome’ injunction – The Guardian

Posted May 19th, 2016 in appeals, injunctions, internet, media, news, privacy, Supreme Court by sally

‘The supreme court is set to deliver its long-awaited decision on a privacy injunction preventing identification of a celebrity said to have taken part in a three-way sexual encounter.’

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The Guardian, 19th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Celebrity threesome’ injunction decision due on Thursday – The Guardian

Posted May 17th, 2016 in appeals, injunctions, internet, media, news, privacy, Supreme Court by sally

‘The supreme court will on Thursday deliver its long-awaited decision on a privacy injunction preventing identification of a celebrity involved in a three-way sexual encounter.’

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The Guardian, 16th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Daily Mail publisher fined £40,000 over pixellated photograph – The Guardian

Posted May 13th, 2016 in anonymity, child abuse, fines, guilty pleas, media, news, victims by sally

‘Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, has been fined £40,000 after pleading guilty to identifying a man who claims to be the victim of a VIP paedophile ring.’

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The Guardian, 12th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police watchdog to investigate Hillsborough inquest spin claims – The Guardian

Posted May 13th, 2016 in complaints, inquests, media, news, ombudsmen, police, professional conduct, sport, unlawful killing by sally

‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into allegations that South Yorkshire police tried to influence daily media coverage of the Hillsborough inquests and spin what the force considered to be evidence favourable to it.’

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The Guardian, 12th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hillsborough verdict sparks call to rebalance police and criminal justice system – The Guardian

Posted May 11th, 2016 in bereavement, bills, codes of practice, complaints, criminal justice, inquests, legal aid, legal representation, media, misfeasance in public office, news, ombudsmen, police, professional conduct, sport, time limits, unlawful killing, victims by sally

‘A cross-party campaign for radical reform of the police and criminal justice system in light of the Hillsborough inquests verdict has been launched by the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham.’

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The Guardian, 11th May 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

South Yorkshire PCC Alan Billings to investigate Hillsborough police ‘spin’ – BBC News

Posted May 9th, 2016 in evidence, inquests, media, misrepresentation, news, police, professional conduct, sport, unlawful killing by sally

‘South Yorkshire’s re-elected police and crime commissioner will investigate claims that a former police press officer was asked to “spin” news during the Hillsborough inquests.’

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BBC News, 7th May 2016

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Hillsborough inquest timeline: the long wait for justice – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2016 in accidents, bereavement, civil justice, coroners, criminal justice, Crown Prosecution Service, disciplinary procedures, disclosure, documents, duty of care, evidence, families, inquests, inquiries, judicial review, juries, media, negligence, news, police, private prosecutions, professional conduct, prosecutions, sport, unlawful killing by sally

‘The families of the 96 people fatally injured at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final have been fighting for the truth for 27 years.’

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The Guardian, 26th April 2016

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Court of Protection orders continued reporting restrictions after death – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 27th, 2016 in anonymity, consent, Court of Protection, families, freedom of expression, human rights, media, medical treatment, news, privacy, public interest, reporting restrictions, suicide by sally

‘The Court of Protection has just ruled that where a court has restricted the publication of information during proceedings that were in existence during a person’s lifetime, it has not only the right but the duty to consider, when requested to do so, whether that information should continue to be protected following the person’s death.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th April 2016

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Misuse of your private information – Can You Put A Value On That? – 4 KBW

Posted April 26th, 2016 in appeals, damages, human rights, interception, media, news, privacy, telecommunications by sally

‘The Supreme Court has refused MGN Limited permission to appeal the decision in Representative Claimants -v- Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1291 – the Court of Appeal’s decision regarding the appropriate level of damages in eight phone-hacking ‘test cases’. This decision itself was an unsuccessful appeal by MGN against the High Court decision in Gulatti & Ors v MGN Limited [2015] EWHC 1482.’

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4 KBW, 8th April 2016

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Woman who died after ‘losing sparkle’ cannot be named, court rules – The Guardian

Posted April 25th, 2016 in anonymity, bereavement, consent, Court of Protection, inquests, media, medical treatment, news, public interest, reporting restrictions by sally

‘The court of protection has declined to name a 50-year-old woman who died after refusing life-saving kidney treatment because she said life had lost its “sparkle”.’

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The Guardian, 25th April 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Doing time: confessions of a crime reporter – The Guardian

Posted April 25th, 2016 in criminal justice, media, news by sally

‘Duncan Campbell has reported on the most infamous cases of the past 50 years, from the Rosemary West trial to the Hatton Garden heist. The veteran journalist recalls a life in crime.’

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The Guardian, 23rd April 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Why do UK media fail to cover the deaths of black people in custody? – The Guardian

Posted April 20th, 2016 in death in custody, media, minorities, news by sally

‘A journalist argues that, unlike in the US, such deaths do not generate a national conversation because mainstream media platforms marginalise diverse voices.’

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The Guardian, 19th April 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Celebrity injunction should be lifted, Court of Appeal rules – BBC News

Posted April 19th, 2016 in appeals, human rights, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

‘An injunction banning the media in England and Wales from reporting the identity of a married celebrity who allegedly took part in a threesome has been lifted.’

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BBC News, 18th April 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Can privacy survive publicity? – Judgment in PJS – Panopticon

Posted April 19th, 2016 in human rights, injunctions, internet, media, news, privacy by sally

‘It has long been clear that, so far as the common law is concerned, there is no neat dividing line between information which is private and that which is public. Thus, depending on the circumstances, information relating to an individual’s private life which has entered the public domain may yet engage privacy rights (see further e.g. McKennitt v Ash [2005] EWHC 303 (QB) and Green Corns v Claverley [2005] 958 (QB) and Rocknroll v News Group [2013] EWHC 24 (Ch)). However, what is the position where, notwithstanding that an injunction restrains the publication of the information domestically, the information is being extensively published and shared online elsewhere around the world?’

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Panopticon, 18th April 2016

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Celebrity injunction: blogger defies legal threats as more papers print details – The Guardian

Posted April 13th, 2016 in appeals, contempt of court, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

‘Attempts to silence a blogger who published the identities of a celebrity couple at the centre of a UK press injunction appear to have backfired, as newspapers in Canada and Sweden published details of the story.’

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The Guardian, 13th April 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk