“The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that an internal BBC report into its coverage of the Israeli Palestinian conflict was ‘information held for purposes journalism art or literature’ and therefore need not be released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“On the panel tonight – Carl Gardner, David Allen Green, Dr Evan Harris and Charon QC.”
Charon QC, 9th February 2012
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The private lives of celebrities are of legitimate interest to the media, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled in landmark judgments involving a cocaine-possessing German TV actor and Princess Caroline of Monaco. The decisions by the Strasbourg court establish significant legal precedents for privacy cases in British courts, tipping the balance back towards freedom of expression.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists who break the law could be spared trial if they acted in the public interest, under guidance to be produced by the Director of Public Prosecutions.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Pub landlords will be able to broadcast FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches legitimately using foreign satellite decoders providing they can obtain a clean feed of the games, broadcast sound during live play only, and do not charge customers entry to their bar, according to a High Court ruling.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Fifteen more phone-hacking claims against the News of the World have been settled, with substantial damages awarded to well-known figures and members of the public, but more than 50 cases are still outstanding.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Lancashire detective exposed by the Times for writing an anonymous blog about crime issues is to sue the newspaper for damages after it emerged that a reporter initially identified him by hacking into his emails.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The media can legitimately publish articles and photographs about celebrities without their approval providing they have balanced their rights to freedom of expression with the individuals’ privacy rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th February 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Social media undoubtedly poses a challenge for enforcement, but the Contempt of Court Act is a sound piece of legislation.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has rejected as ‘inadmissible’ Times Newspaper’s challenge to its 2009 conviction for contempt of court. The decision, which was made by six judges, is a good example of an early stage ‘strike-out’ by the Court which is nonetheless a substantial, reasoned decision (see our posts on the ‘UK loses 3 out of 4 cases at the court’ controversy).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 8th February 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The BBC, ITN and Sky have joined forces in an unprecedented letter to David Cameron and the other main party leaders calling for the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be lifted.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police has a team of up to 20 detectives based at News Corporation’s internal investigation unit in Wapping, a move which leading media and human rights lawyers say puts press freedom in jeopardy.”
The Guardian, 5th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal, has lost his appeal against an earlier high court ruling requiring him to reveal who at the News of the World instructed him to hack into Steve Coogan’s voicemails.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission has unveiled a blueprint for a ‘totally new’ newspaper watchdog which he hopes will eradicate ‘bad journalism’ and practices that have brought ‘shame’ on the industry.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Newspapers should be fined if they are found to be in ‘systemic’ breach of the standards set out in the industry’s code of practice, the director of the Press Complaints Commission has conceded at the Leveson inquiry.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former director says body is merely a complaints handler after it is criticised for its failure to investigate phone hacking.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The unanswered questions in Surrey Police’s handling of the investigation and subsequent murder inquiry of Milly Dowler in 2002, and the force’s close contact with journalists from the News of World, is to be investigated by the police’s internal watchdog authority, the IPCC.”
The Independent, 25th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson has been urged to do what he could to ensure reform to libel laws is not delayed because of his inquiry into press ethics.”
The Guardian, 24th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Media regulator Ofcom has rejected three complaints about comedian Ricky Gervais’s use of the word ‘mong’ during his Channel 4 show Science.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ofcom has reprimanded, ITV for misleading viewers and breaking the broadcasting code, after video game footage was mistakenly used in a documentary sequence purporting to show the IRA shooting down a helicopter with weapons supplied by Muammar Gaddafi.”
The Guardian, 23rd January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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