“Sheila Henry, the mother of 26-year-old Christian Small who died in the blast at King’s Cross, has been put forward as a lead case in the civil litigation cases against the News of the World.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ofcom has rejected a complaint from a former Sunday Times reporter accused in a Channel 4 documentary of attempting to improperly obtain tax details about the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell.”
The Guardian, 12th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first of the Guardian Law book club’s choices will probably define ‘the rule of law’ for a century. But the lecture it was based on went almost unnoticed.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that the ban on broadcasting in courts is to be lifted. Broadcasting will initially be allowed from the Court of Appeal, and the Government will ‘look to expand’ to the Crown Court later. All changes ‘will be worked out in close consultation with the judiciary’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Some judges fear that the presence of cameras in court rooms might encourage their colleagues to put on a performance.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is set to give evidence alongside several key victims of press intrusion as the first witnesses in the judicial inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron’s plan to allow TV cameras into court will shed light on the judicial process but, crucially, leave parts in the dark.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society has written to the Leveson Inquiry to express its concerns over fresh allegations that lawyers acting for phone-hacking victims have been targeted by private investigators.”
Legal Week, 5th September 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Judges’ sentencing of offenders is to be televised under plans to be unveiled by the prime minister shortly, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Terms of reference for the judge-led inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson will hold his first preliminary hearing for the judicial inquiry into phone hacking on Tuesday to decide which newspaper groups and other organisations will be eligible to be ‘core participants’.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Law Society debate will this month consider how superinjunctions can survive in an era of social media.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 1st September 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The names of several News of the World journalists who ordered a private detective to hack into mobile phones belonging to six public figures will not be publicly disclosed after Scotland Yard intervened to prevent their publication.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Conservative party will not face an official inquiry into allegations that it broke electoral law by failing to declare News International’s payments to its former head of communications, Andy Coulson, after the elections watchdog concluded that there was insufficient evidence of a breach.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ofcom has launched a one-year pilot during which broadcasters can make on-air references to any website where the audience can access paid-for applications in order to participate in voting or competitions.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“By his own admission, the Mastermind appearance was not Simon Curtis’s finest hour.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking affair, is suing the now defunct tabloid’s publisher News International in an attempt to force the company to pay his legal bills.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has forced a magazine to apologise for printing an altered photograph of the Duchess of Cambridge.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
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