“The media bidding war over the 13-year-old boy who fathered a child is to be investigated by the newspaper watchdog.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ministers have ordered a review of child employment laws as a public outcry grows over the Channel 4 series, Boys and Girls Alone, which follows a group aged 8-11 who are left without adult supervision in isolated cottages in Cornwall.”
The Times, 14th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The powerful newspaper editor Paul Dacre recently railed against unelected judges for creating “a privacy law by stealth”. Though the UK has not, historically, had such a law, increased court intervention has led to the emergence of a makeshift precedent-based privacy law, which Dacre feels will undermine democracy and shackle an otherwise free press. However, it has developed at least partially because of the inadequacy of alternative processes for those that feel aggrieved.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“MoD accused of waging ‘black propaganda’ campaign against human rights activists.”
The Independent, 7th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission has investigated whether an article published on The Daily Telegraph website under the headline ‘Man cut off own head with chainsaw’, contained excessive detail about the method of suicide used in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Code. The Commission found a breach of the Code.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The BBC has been fined £95,000 by media watchdog Ofcom for broadcasting 13 quizzes which listeners could not win.”
BBC News, 18th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Family court hearings are for the first time to be opened to accredited media, Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced today, in an oral statement in the House of Commons.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The secrecy of the family courts – in which nearly 95,000 cases are heard in private each year – is to end under reforms announced yesterday that will allow the media access to all levels of the system. The move could mean that social workers and expert witnesses who fail children, and now enjoy the protection of anonymity, will in future be named publicly when criticised by judges.”
The Times, 17th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson has accused Cosmopolitan magazine’s UK edition of running fabricated quotes in a cover story interview and is threatening to sue the title.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Clarkson has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom of causing offence after making a joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Singer Madonna is claiming more than £5m in damages after the Mail on Sunday published private photographs of her wedding to film director Guy Ritchie.”
The Guardian, 8th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Competition Commission has provisionally concluded that a proposed joint venture among the UK’s biggest broadcasters will restrict competition in the supply of video on-demand (VOD) services in the UK.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Judges traditionally have not spoken to news organisations. But there are real signs of a change in the relationship between judges and the media in recent weeks, with judges themselves taking a new approach.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“‘Hypocrite!’ cry the lawyers and privacy claimants. Well they might. The outrageous claim by Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, that Mr Justice Eady is condoning ‘depraved’ practices by applying the law is rich, coming from him.”
The Times, 20th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Heather Mills has made a series of complaints to the UK’s press watchdog about alleged harassment, inaccurate reporting and invasion of privacy over articles in four newspapers, including the Sun and Daily Mail.”
The Guardian, 18th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“‘It seems strange that, at a time when the BBC is under attack for producing offensive and infantile broadcasts at enormous public expense and of little public service value, it proposes to reduce Law in Action, which makes a real contribution to public awareness of what could otherwise remain a dry, esoteric and hidden subject.'”
The Times, 16th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“This comment was issued in response to a speech by Mr Paul Dacre, Editor of the Daily Mail, to the Society of Editors.”
The Judiciary of England and Wales, 10th November 2008
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Senior lawyers hit back yesterday at the editor of the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, after he railed against the ‘wretched’ Human Rights Act and a high court judge whose judgments he described as ‘arrogant and amoral’.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Lord Chancellor rode to the rescue today of the High Court judge accused by a leading newspaper editor of creating a privacy law by the back door.”
The Times, 10th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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