media – Page 53 – Current Awareness

Should TV cameras be allowed in British courts? – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 9th, 2013 in courts, media, news, Scotland, video recordings by sally

“A Scottish trial has been filmed for TV. Could this ever happen in England, asks Neil Midgley.”

Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2013

The Daily Telegraph have recently introduced a limited paywall. Users will be permitted to view 20 Daily Telegraph articles per month for free, after which they will need to pay a subscription fee to access content.

Sunday Times wins long-running libel trial against East End businessman – The Guardian

Posted July 4th, 2013 in defamation, media, news, trial without jury by sally

“The Sunday Times has won a long-running libel trial brought by an East End businessman it accused of running a vast criminal empire in London.”

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The Guardian, 4th July 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Canoe man’ email hack was a warranted invasion of privacy, rules Ofcom – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 3rd, 2013 in electronic mail, interception, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“Sky has avoided regulatory action over its admission that it hacked into emails belonging to a man who faked his own death and those belonging to his wife.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2013

Source: www.out-law.com

Press regulation royal charter not imminent – BBC News

Posted July 3rd, 2013 in charters, media, news, regulations, victims by sally

“A royal charter to regulate the press will not be introduced until the autumn at the earliest, the BBC has learnt.”

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BBC News, 3rd July 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Television cameras may be allowed to film in crown courts – The Guardian

Posted July 2nd, 2013 in consent, courts, Crown Court, judiciary, media, news, sentencing, witnesses by sally

“The government is risking a fresh row with the judiciary by raising the prospect that television cameras could be allowed to film within crown courts.”

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The Guardian, 1st July 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Comic Relief archbishop of Canterbury sketch cleared by watchdog – The Guardian

Posted July 1st, 2013 in Christianity, complaints, media, news, ombudsmen by sally

“Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief sketch, which prompted almost 2,500 complaints to the BBC, has been cleared by Ofcom.”

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The Guardian,1st July 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sky News cleared over ‘canoe man’ email hacking – The Guardian

Posted July 1st, 2013 in computer crime, interception, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“BSkyB has been cleared of breaking the broadcasting code for hacking the emails belonging to John Darwin, the ‘canoe man’ accused of faking his own death, following an investigation by Ofcom.”

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The Guardian, 1st July 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

RIPA: hacked voicemails and undercover officers – Panopticon

Posted July 1st, 2013 in appeals, conspiracy, human rights, interception, investigatory powers, jurisdiction, media, news, police, privacy, telecommunications by sally

“The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) has featured prominently in the news in recent weeks, both as regards undercover police officers/’covert human intelligence sources’ and as regards the phone-hacking scandal.”

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Panopticon, 28th June 2013

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Phone hacking: Go-ahead for Brooks and Coulson cases – BBC News

Posted June 28th, 2013 in costs, interception, media, news, prosecutions, telecommunications by sally

“Five former News of the World staff members, including ex-editors Rebekah Brooks
and Andy Coulson, have lost a legal attempt to block their prosecution on phone
hacking charges.”

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BBC News, 28th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Daily Mail in £100,000-plus payout over Syrian chemical weapons story – The Guardian

Posted June 27th, 2013 in damages, defamation, media, news, weapons by sally

“The Daily Mail has apologised and paid £110,000 in libel damages to a London defence firm it wrongly linked with an alleged chemical weapons plot in Syria.”

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The Guardian, 26th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Sun gets regulator reprimand and apologises for misleading on European human rights – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted June 26th, 2013 in complaints, criminal records, EC law, human rights, media, news by sally

“Remember Inhuman Rights, The Sun’s garbled reporting of this Court of Appeal decision on Criminal Record Bureau checks? In February, I wrote this: No, The Sun, the Human Rights Act is not the EU. My complaint was about the headline, which screamed ‘Now EU could let fiends like him prey on your children’. This was obvious nonsense, since the judgment had nothing to do with the EU.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Lord Justice Leveson to be invited to give evidence to MPs – The Guardian

Posted June 25th, 2013 in evidence, judges, media, news, select committees by sally

“Lord Justice Leveson is to be invited to give evidence for the first time to MPs about his report on the future of press regulation and the resulting impasse over setting up a new industry watchdog.”

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The Guardian, 25th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Forrest: child protection experts warn against romanticising case – The Guardian

Posted June 25th, 2013 in abuse of position of trust, child abduction, child abuse, children, media, news, sexual grooming, teachers by sally

“To glance at some headlines, a reader might think this was a conventional love story: ‘I still love him’; ‘He’s wonderful, I’ll fight for him’. But this was, child protection professionals agree, a relationship built around abuse.”

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The Guardian, 24th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Pressure grows on Lord Leveson to explain why he ignored hacking beyond the press – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2013 in evidence, inquiries, interception, media, news, police, privacy, private investigators by sally

“Lord Justice Leveson is facing mounting questions over why he decided to ignore a bombshell report detailing serious and widespread corruption among police and private investigators that was passed to his inquiry.”

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The Independent, 24th June 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Psychic TV channels fined over Michael Jackson and Milly Dowler claims – The Guardian

Posted June 21st, 2013 in codes of practice, fines, media, news, psychics by sally

“Two television channels have been fined a total of £22,500 after they featured psychics making claims about Michael Jackson and Milly Dowler. Psychic Today and Big Deal were in breach of broadcasting rules after they showed a psychic telling viewers she had been involved in the police investigation into the death of the murdered schoolgirl, the regulator, Ofcom, said.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Daily Mail to pay £125,000 libel damages over TV psychic ‘scam’ claim – The Guardian

Posted June 20th, 2013 in damages, defamation, media, news, psychics by sally

“The Daily Mail has apologised and agreed to pay £125,000 in libel damages to a TV psychic it falsely accused of using a hidden earpiece to scam a theatre audience.”

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The Guardian, 20th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ofcom investigates broadcasting of Lee Rigby footage – BBC News

Posted June 17th, 2013 in armed forces, BBC, children, complaints, media, murder, news, ombudsmen, video recordings by sally

“TV watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into the broadcasting of footage from the scene of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.”

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BBC News, 17th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Sir Mark Hedley: The judge who opened the doors to Britain’s most secretive court – The Independent

Posted June 17th, 2013 in Court of Protection, judges, learning difficulties, legal aid, media, medical treatment, mental health, news, reporting restrictions by sally

“Sir Mark Hedley decided that the public should know about the judiciary’s highly sensitive rulings. He tells Emily Dugan why.”

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The Independent, 16th June 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Paul Gascoigne launches libel action against Daily Star – The Guardian

Posted June 14th, 2013 in defamation, media, news, privacy by sally

“Paul Gascoigne has launched a six-figure legal claim against the Daily Star over a leaked mobile phone video allegedly stolen from his flat.”

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The Guardian, 14th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney general joins calls for police to confirm names in ‘secret arrests’ – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2013 in anonymity, attorney general, media, news, police, privacy, public interest by sally

“The attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has intervened in the debate over so-called secret arrests and said police should confirm the name of a suspect if they have been correctly identified by the media.”

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The Guardian, 4th June 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk