“Media law has become an intensely controversial area and the demand for reform is growing, with editors and politicians attempting to influence the debate.”
The Lawyer, 3rd May 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“While the northern hemisphere is paralysed by the seismic shift that has caused the Icelandic volcano, Mt Eyjafjallajökull, to erupt, the case of the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) against Dr Simon Singh promises to have an equally seismic effect on the legal landscape of libel in the UK and the defence of fair comment – especially in the area of scientific debate.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 22nd April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A Saudi businessman who is being sued over a suspected multibillion-dollar fraud is invoking English libel law in what experts say is the latest high-profile example of ‘libel tourism’.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Measures rushed through parliament at the ‘eleventh hour’ to allow greater media reporting of the family courts will put vulnerable children at risk, lawyers have warned.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th April 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Independent News & Media Ltd and others v A [2010] EWCA Civ 343; [2010] WLR (D) 94
“Hearings held in the Court of Protection would normally be held in private but in certain circumstances the media could be authorised to attend and report proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 12th April 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A judicial committee has been set up to investigate the use of ‘super injunctions’, the gags on the press which newspapers are not even allowed to acknowledge the existence of.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jude Law has settled a breach of privacy action with Hello! magazine, with the magazine agreeing to pay £9,500 in damages and undertaking not to publish any pictures of the Alfie star with his children until they are 18.”
The Guardian, 8th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to cut the profits of law firms who bring libel claims against the media have been dropped, MPs have been told. Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, had promised an overhaul of Britain’s libel laws after a review found the rules had a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression. Among the reforms was a draft law to reduce the fees charged by ‘no-win no-fee’ lawyers in defamation cases from 100 per cent to 10 per cent.”
The Independent, 8th April 2010
Soruce: www.independent.co.uk
“Superinjunctions are to be examined by a powerful committee of judges and lawyers, it was announced today, after months of speculation about the impact of the legal restrictions on press freedom.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A legal review of the use of superinjunctions to suppress media reporting has been ordered by the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 5th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading should investigate the recent trend of councils producing their own local newspapers, according to a committee of MPs that accuses some authorities of using public cash to finance publications that are little more than political propaganda.”
The Guardian, 6th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A controversial court which hears all of its cases in secret will open its doors to the media from today, following a successful legal challenge by The Independent which was immediately hailed as a ‘hugely important’ victory for transparency.”
The Independent, 1st April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Sky should face a cap on the amount it can charge rival broadcasters to show its premium sports channels, the media regulator said in a ruling that could herald a significant shake-up of the pay-TV market.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“ASA censures campaign for misleadingly implying that, unlike analogue, there would never be interruptions in digital signal.”
The Guardian, 31st March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former BBC Radio 4 Today editor Rod Liddle has been censured by the press watchdog for a blog on the Spectator website in which he incorrectly claimed that the ‘overwhelming majority’ of violent crime in London was carried out by young Afro-Caribbean men.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Commons Speaker Lord Martin has spoken up in defence of ‘no win, no fee’ libel lawyers – whose fees the government is trying to curtail.”
BBC News, 25th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has accepted a public apology and substantial libel damages at the High Court over false newspaper allegations that he had a serious gambling problem.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The News of the World phone-hacking scandal took a fresh twist yesterday as it emerged that Britain’s second most senior law officer is to examine concerns of collusion between the newspaper and police.”
The Independent, 14th March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Jack Straw, today launched a robust defence of giving a new identity to criminals such as Jon Venables when they face the serious possibility of being killed or injured on their release.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over ‘savage’ allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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