Category: privacy

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted July 30th, 2008 in law reports, media, privacy by sally

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Queen’s Bench Division

“It was not for the media to expose sexual conduct between consenting adults which did not involve any significant breach of the criminal law except where there was a countervailing public interest because at least one of the established limiting principles, such as victimisation or corruption of the young, came into play.”

The Times, 30th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.

Legal Opinion: Privacy on parade in Fleet Street and the law courts – The Independent

Posted July 30th, 2008 in media, privacy, special report by sally

“Our shy and retiring privacy law is rarely out of the media spotlight. The media lawyer Amber Melville-Brown suggests why we should be grateful that it exists.”

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The Independent, 30th July 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Max Mosley case: are judges strangling the freedom of the press by stealth? – The Times

Posted July 30th, 2008 in media, privacy, special report by sally

“A ‘dangerous’ precedent of which the victim is public morality; a ruling that trivialises ‘unspeakable and indecent behaviour’ that is ‘depraved, brutal and repugnant’, thundered Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, this week.”

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The Times, 29th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 29th, 2008 in damages, law reports, media, privacy by sally

Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2008] EWHC 1777 (QB); [2008] WLR (D); [2008] WLR (D) 259

“Sado-masochistic behaviour, even where it involved adultery, was not a matter of genuine public interest justifying interference by the media in an individual’s private life. Exemplary damages were not available in a claim for infringement of privacy: a claim for compensatory damages could reflect an element of aggravation. Certain principles were applicable in the assessment of compensatory damages for infringement of privacy.”

WLR Daily, 28th July 2008

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 canny kiss and tell – The Guardian

Posted July 28th, 2008 in defamation, privacy, special report by sally

“The News of the World editor, Colin Myler, will this week be examining the complex balance sheet resulting from his near-£1m legal battle with Max Mosley. But the financial penalties are by no means fatal, either for Myler’s career or for the fortunes of his paper. In short, this is very far from the end of the world for the News of the World. Or the end of the line for kiss and tell.”

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The Guardian, 28th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Podcast 75: Carl Gardner on the Mosley judgment, privacy and exemplary damages – Charon QC

Posted July 26th, 2008 in damages, defamation, podcasts, privacy by sally

“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, barrister and author of the Head of Legal blog, about the judgment of Mr Justice Eady in Mosley. We examine the developing law on privacy, exemplary damages and question whether the decision was in fact a ‘landmark’ decision in some aspect, including, as a side effect, the law on consent generally after R v Brown.”

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Charon QC, 26th July 2008

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Punishment that was not a crime: why Mosley won in the high court – The Guardian

Posted July 25th, 2008 in defamation, news, privacy by sally

“It was at 7:50am on Thursday July 10 when it all started to go really wrong for the News of the World. It was then, on the fourth day of Max Mosley’s privacy action, that the paper’s barrister, Mark Warby QC, received the devastating news from his clients. Woman E, the dominatrix paid £12,000 to secretly film Mosley in a sadomasochistic orgy, wasn’t coming to court that morning to appear as the paper’s star witness after all. ‘Her emotional and mental state is such that it would not be fair or reasonable to call her to give evidence’, Warby told the judge, Mr Justice Eady.”

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The Guardian, 25th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

How red-top lawyer Mr Justice Eady became privacy judge – The Times

Posted July 25th, 2008 in judges, privacy, special report by sally

“Mr Justice Eady has created almost single-handedly what is now a privacy law in Britain through a series of recent rulings that he sees as remedying a ‘glaring deficiency in our law’. ”

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The Times, 25th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Illegal filesharing: ISPs pledge not to ‘spy’ on web users – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2008 in copyright, internet, news, privacy by sally

“Internet service providers have pledged not to ‘spy’ on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.”

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The Guardian, 24th July 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Max Mosley wins ‘Nazi’ sex case against the News of the World – The Times

Posted July 24th, 2008 in defamation, news, privacy by sally

“Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which accused him of taking part in a Nazi-style orgy.”

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The Times, 24th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Labour has nearly doubled the number of laws that give officials access to your home – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 21st, 2008 in news, privacy by sally

“More than a 1,000 laws now exist that allow the authorities into homes, it has emerged.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

‘No decision’ on giant database – BBC News

Posted July 18th, 2008 in interception, internet, news, privacy, telecommunications, terrorism by sally

“No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.”

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BBC News, 17th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

MPs’ addresses to remain secret – BBC News

Posted July 18th, 2008 in news, parliament, privacy by sally

“MPs have won their battle to keep their addresses private.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Hospitals ‘could aid crime fight’ – BBC News

Posted July 18th, 2008 in hospitals, news, police, privacy by sally

“Hospitals should share data with police when patients are admitted because of a violent attack, a crime expert says.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Decision expected on Mosley privacy case next week – The Independent

Posted July 16th, 2008 in media, news, privacy by sally

“A ruling is expected next week in motorsport Max Mosley’s groundbreaking privacy case at the High Court.”

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The Independent, 14th July 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Max Mosley case: bend over, free speech, this is going to hurt – The Times

Posted July 14th, 2008 in freedom of expression, news, privacy by sally

“Max Mosley is suing for breach of privacy over reports he participated in a sadomasochistic ‘Nazi orgy’. The case has big implications for tabloid culture and freedom of expression”

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The Times, 13th July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Mother sues over tale of ‘drunken party’ lifted from Bebo – The Independent

Posted July 11th, 2008 in defamation, internet, news, privacy by sally

“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived.

But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.”

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The Independent, 11th July 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Editor defends decision to run exposé of Mosley orgy – The Independent

Posted July 10th, 2008 in freedom of expression, media, news, privacy by sally

“The editor of the News Of The World has defended the paper’s allegation that Max Mosley had engaged in ‘sick Nazi orgy’. Colin Myler claimed while being cross-examined at the High Court that the 68-year-old Formula One boss had instigated a ‘crime upon himself’ when he was caned until blood was drawn.”

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The Independent, 10th July 2008

Source: www.independent.co.uk

UK privacy watchdog says EU laws are not good enough – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 8th, 2008 in EC law, news, privacy by sally

“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a research firm to look into how the law could be changed.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2008

Source: www.out-law.com

Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 8th, 2008 in internet, news, privacy by sally

“A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service might break the law. But the company says that its technical measures will safeguard people’s privacy.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2008

Source: www.out-law.com