“The Leveson inquiry into press standards helped drive the number of defamation cases against British newspapers and broadcasters to a five-year low in the 12 months to May 2012, according to a leading legal publisher.”
The Guardian, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson is ‘loading a gun’ at the newspaper industry according to Chris Blackhurst, editor of The Independent.”
BBC News, 30th August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The advertising watchdog has told BSkyB to stop exaggerating the speed of its film download service, after rival BT complained its claim that it was ‘instant’ was misleading.”
The Guardian, 29th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“So there you have it. We spend a whole year discussing press ethics and then, for the sake of a peek at Prince Harry’s bum, half the world seems ready to say that the editor of The Sun can make up his own ethics.”
Legal Week, 24th August 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Where editors would once have cried ‘publish and be damned’, this time they bowed to warnings.”
The Independent, 24th August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The royal family moved to block the British publication of grainy mobile phone pictures of Prince Harry naked in a Las Vegas hotel room after the images were widely circulated online.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“One of the possibilities being considered by Lord Justice Leveson as he writes the Report for Part 1 of his Inquiry is whether there should be compulsory regulation of the print media. One, widely discussed possibility is a statutory framework which would require any publisher with turnover or readership above a set threshold to join a ‘regulatory body’: compulsory regulation for large publishers.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Last night on the BBC’s Newsnight, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, named one of the women whose evidence has led Swedish prosecutors to seek the extradition of Julian Assange.”
Head of Legal, 21st August 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“Former England manager Steve McClaren failed in a high court bid over the weekend to prevent the Sun publishing a front-page story about an alleged extramarital affair.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“In Montford v IC and BBC (EA/2009/0114), the appellant had asked the BBC various questions about its expenditure in relation to Cambridge Media and Environment Program, which researched and planned a programme of seminars that had been running since 2005 at which BBC editorial staff discussed issues such as environmental change and world development, with the objective of improving BBC journalism in those areas.”
Panopticon, 17th August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Anna Heenan, solicitor and David Salter, Joint Head of Family Law at Mills & Reeve LLP analyse July’s financial remedies and divorce news and cases.”
Family Law Week, 10th August 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A judge has said the BBC does not have to disclose unbroadcast footage of the aftermath of the shooting of Mark Duggan to the Metropolitan police.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BSkyB has won its appeal against Ofcom’s decision to force the company to cut the amount it charges rivals to show its flagship Sky Sports channels.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Media companies that provide video-on-demand (VOD) services are responsible for ensuring compliance with VOD advertising rules when advertising appears as a direct result of a user choosing to view VOD programmes, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The competition regulator has said that BSkyB has too much power over pay-TV rivals, raising the possibility that the satellite company could face another investigation.”
The Guardian, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday has lost its bid to appeal against a high court order to pay £15,000 in privacy damages to a child whose alleged father is a ‘philandering’ politician.”
The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Directors within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation could face corporate charges and prosecution for neglect of their duties, in plans that are being examined by the Crown Prosecution Service.”
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The Guardian, 31st July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high court has maintained the anonymity of several sports stars and public figures even though their privacy injunctions have been lifted.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police have won access to a witness statement filed by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire relating to who instructed him to intercept PR consultant Nicola Phillips’s voicemail.”
The Independent, 30th July 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Tonight (28 July) I am talking with Alex Novarese, Editor in Chief of Legal Week. The legal world is changing. Legal news reporting is changing – the way legal services are delivered is changing and even the Bar is getting in on the act to compete for work.”
Charon QC, 28th July 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
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