“That’s why it should be a matter for parliament, not a running battle between the media and the courts.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Website operators have a year to change the way they use cookies to comply with new laws, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said. Those that make no effort to change could still face sanctions, though, the ICO said.”
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OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Human Rights Act should be amended urgently to end the ‘shambles’ of judges gagging newspapers over the private lives of celebrities, the former head of the press watchdog says today (24 May).”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Related link: Lord Wakeham on the Human Rights Act – the letter in full
“The present furore over superinjunctions is one in the eye for some London firms of celebrity lawyers, who have made large sums out of their new tools of ‘reputation management’.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of other reporting restrictions remain in force, and the public knows next to nothing about them.”
The Independent, 25th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A superinjunction obtained by the father-in-law of the television chef Gordon Ramsay has been partially lifted by an order of the court of appeal.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission chair, Baroness Buscombe, has claimed the organisation would have helped stop publication of allegations that Ryan Giggs had an affair with a former reality TV star.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Cameron has suggested that the UK’s current law on privacy is ‘unsustainable’ and needs to ‘catch up’ with the advent of social media, which has left the press at a disadvantage.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first modern battle for commonsense press freedoms was fought and won over three decades ago as Margaret Thatcher and massed ranks of lawyers toiled to suppress Spycatcher and its revelations about MI5’s lurid history.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The most senior judges in England and Wales veered towards confrontation with parliament on Friday when they challenged the media over reporting statements made by MPs and peers to prise open privacy-protecting injunctions.”
The Guardian, 21st May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Mr Justice Tugendhat insisted anyone who uses the internet to breach a court order still leaves themselves open to a claim for damages.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A report by a top judge is likely to recommend the media are allowed into court when injunctions and so-called super-injunctions are being sought.”
BBC News, 20th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will not introduce a privacy law, Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, has said. Instead, Parliament will consider producing more detailed guidance for judges to interpret the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“What better evening to launch the second edition of Tugendhat and Christie’s The Law of Privacy and the Media than the day on which the European Court of Human Rights handed down its hotly anticipated decision in Mosley v the United Kingdom? On 10 May, the publishers Oxford University Press must have been slapping themselves on the back for their good timing. The judges and senior practitioners present talked of little else.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Justice secretary says he will consider legislation, but admits there may be quicker, less controversial ways of tackling issue.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“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.”
The Lawyer, 16th May 2011
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The model Imogen Thomas’s legal fight to name the married footballer with whom she had an affair took a dramatic twist when she found herself accused of allegedly blackmailing the man with demands for first £50,000 and then £100,000.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Before an independent review, we need to decide who is entitled to privacy and what constitutes public interest.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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