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Published: 22.01.07 :
Hold The Front Page - Festive Fizz Across The Board
Christmas and New Year were hectic for media law watchers, with developments on many fronts.
The ‘Suffolk murders’ arrests saw the Attorney General issue a formal, if somewhat vague, ... Read more »
Published: 16.01.07 :
Hold The Front Page - Another Pro-Privacy ruling from Their Lordships
A landmark Court of Appeal ruling (McKennitt v Ash) has confirmed that the press must tread carefully when revealing details about private lives of those who feature in their pages.
It comes aft... Read more »
Published: 02.01.07 :
Hold The Front Page - Media Law Round-Up
The media have enjoyed notable victories for press freedom in the last few weeks. The Law Lords breathed new life into the Reynolds defence of qualified privilege for “responsible journalism&rdq... Read more »
Published: 19.12.06 :
Hold The Front Page - Recent Developments in Privacy
The hush of privacy has descended further with an adulterer winning a temporary injunction banning the betrayed husband from naming him in the media.
Mr Justice Eady imposed the order after the ad... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 : Press Gazette Legal Update - Trade Marks and the Olympics
Press Gazette Legal Update - Trade Marks and the Olympics (30th June 2006)
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Published: 27.09.06 : Western Morning News Legal Brief on Internet Libel
Western Morning News Legal Brief on Internet Libel (11th May 2006)
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Published: 27.09.06 : The Risks of Booting Up and Clicking Mice
The Risks of Booting Up and Clicking Mice (PA Media Lawyer Online 24 March 2006) Download PDF Article (18k) ...
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Published: 27.09.06 : Useful Defences In Internet Libel
Useful Defences In Internet Libel - Cathryn Smith - 31 March 2006
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Published: 27.09.06 : Qualified Privilege - Riddled with holes
Qualified Privilege - Riddled with holes (New Law Journal 13 Jan 06)
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Published: 27.09.06 : Freedom of Information
WMN October 2005 - Solicitor Nigel Hanson, of Foot Anstey’s media group, reviews the operation of the Freedom of Information Act.
IT MUST have been satisfying for job applicant Malcolm Hann...
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Published: 27.09.06 :
New costs sanction worsens chill on journalism
New costs sanction worsens chill on journalism - October 2004
JOURNALISTS will have to avoid another potential pitfall in their reporting of criminal matters this month – part of a tighteni... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 :
Surviving the legal minefield
Surviving the legal minefield (September 2004)
It’s easy to fall foul of the law. And you ignore the consequences at your peril, writes Cathryn Smith
PUBLISHING is one of the most dyn... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 :
Youth Courts And The Press – Uncertainty Reigns!
Its been a stressful few months for the Editors of two regional newspapers who were prosecuted for publishing photographs which allegedly identified Defendants who had appeared in their local Youth ... Read more »
Published: 21.09.06 :
Data Protection: The Information Commissioner Gets Tough
Western Morning News - Data Protection: the Information Commissioner gets tough (21st September 2006)
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Published: 01.11.04 : View the full ’as published’Freedom of Information Act 2000
November 2004 - Freedom of Information - Media Boon or Bane?
NEXT year promises to be a bonanza for journalists.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) comes fully into force on January ...
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Published: 27.09.06 : Submissions to the Inquiry into the UK ‘Compensation Culture’
Submissions to the Inquiry into the UK ‘Compensation Culture’ by The Constitutional Affairs Select Committee - November 2005
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Published: 27.09.06 :
Imposition of Anti Social Behaviour Orders – Section 39 CYPA 1933 order lifted
White brothers, Weston super Mare
Ben White, 17 and Robert, 15, described as “notorious tearaways” had ASBOs renewed in March 2002. The orders prevented them from entering the ce... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 :
S.11 Contempt of Court Act
Littlewood
The Defendant was charged with serious sexual offences against young boys and child cruelty. The charges related to the time when he worked as Deputy Manager and Manager at three ... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 :
S.39 Adult Defendant
G. Mitchell, Exeter Crown Court
An order was made under which the reporting of the adult defendant’s name and address was prevented to protect a minor witness. In that case Judge Nelig... Read more »
Published: 27.09.06 :
S.4(2) Contempt of Court Act 1981 and S.159 Criminal Justice Act 1988
Littlewood
Defendant charged with serious sexual offences against young boys and child cruelty, sought an order under S.4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act to prevent the publication of his na... Read more »
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