Media lawyers in the driving seat as Mosley crashes and burns in ECHR – The Lawyer

“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) won favour with newspaper media lawyers last week after it rejected a bid by ­former International ­Automobile Federation (FIA) president Max Mosley to force newspapers to warn people beforehand if they are going to publish details of their private lives.”

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The Lawyer, 16th May 2011

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Max Mosley loses European privacy case – The Guardian

“Max Mosley, the former Formula One boss, lost his legal challenge to force newspapers to warn people before publishing stories exposing their private lives, after a European court ruled on Tuesday that such as system would have a ‘chilling effect’ on the press.”

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The Guardian, 10th May 2011

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Related link: Max Mosley judgment in full

Max Mosley privacy ruling due in Strasbourg – The Guardian

Posted May 10th, 2011 in human rights, injunctions, media, news, notification, privacy by sally

“Human rights judges are due to rule on ex-Formula One boss Max Mosley’s attempt to force newspapers to warn people before exposing their private lives.”

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The Guardian, 10th May 2011

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British lawyer uses Facebook to serve court summons – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 15th, 2011 in internet, news, notification, solicitors by sally

“A lawyer has used Facebook to serve a court summons, in what is believed to be the first such case in Britain.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2011

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Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry – WLR Daily

Posted August 2nd, 2010 in appeals, extraterritoriality, law reports, notification, proceeds of crime by sally

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry [2010] EWCA Civ 907; [2010] WLR (D) 213

“An information notice served on the London address of persons not in the United Kingdom at the time of service was validly served for the purposes of recovery proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2010

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R (F (A Child)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Thompson) v Same – WLR Daily

R (F (A Child)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Thompson) v Same [2010] UKSC 17; [2010] WLR (D) 98

“The indefinite notification requirements for sexual offenders who had been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment or more were incompatible with the right to respect for private and family life because they did not contain any mechanism for reviewing the justification for continuing the requirements in individual cases.”

WLR Daily, 21st April 2010

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HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyd’s Underwriters subscribing to Policy 621/ PKID00101 and others – WLR Daily

Posted November 7th, 2008 in contracts, insurance, law reports, negligence, notification by sally

HLB Kidsons (a firm) v Lloyd’s Underwriters subscribing to Policy 621/ PKID00101 and others; [2008] WLR (D) 344

“Where a professional indemnity insurance policy required the insured to notify to the insurers of any potential claims against the insured ‘as soon as practicable’ the insured could satisfy the policy requirement if he made an attempted notification of circumstances which might give rise to a claim for professional negligence, which was understood by the underwriters to be such and which was made within the insured period. However, a notification served after the policy had expired relating to new potential claims was not an effective notification.”

WLR Daily, 6th November 2008

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