Monthly Archives: March 2011

Midweek media law mop up: Mooting, souped up injunctions and CFA reform

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

This week’s mop up comes in a snatched break at the The Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition in Oxford organised by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy. There are 27 international teams of law … Continue reading →

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End of week media law mop-up: Free expression awards, hyper injunctions & digital open justice

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

A busy few days has condensed / delayed this week’s round up but here’s a quick summary of the must read media law news … Defamation Press Gazette>>MPs: Libel reform needs to stop companies suing Inforrm>>Opinion: “Defamation: clarification or negotiation?” … Continue reading →

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Opening up UK courts online

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

A topic Meeja Law will keep returning to. Read Lord Neuberger’s speech on ‘Open Justice Unbound’. Read Adam Wagner’s round-up post on the UK Human Rights Blog. Please comment here, there, or get in touch via jt.townend@gmail.com to get this … Continue reading →

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15 cases against Solicitors From Hell

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

The Solicitors From Hell legal saga continues. Since the start of 2010 there have been 15 cases against the name-and-shame site’s owner, Rick Kordowski, with four currently awaiting permission to appeal. The outcome of only four cases is known, with … Continue reading →

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Reframing Libel: the papers

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

In November 2010, leading academics, lawyers and journalists gathered at City University London to discuss the future of libel reform at the Reframing Libel event. A book of working papers is soon to be published. In the meantime, to coincide … Continue reading →

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Guardian's editorial legal director on how the injunction became 'super'

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

One of the highlights for me at Tuesday’s Defamation & Privacy conference was a speedy history of super injunctions by Gillian Phillips, director of editorial legal services for the Guardian. It built on a presentation by One Brick Court’s Manuel … Continue reading →

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Midweek media law mop up: Defamation, defamation, defamation

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

The Meeja Law must-read feeds (see @medialawUK & @meejalaw on Twitter) are clogged up with defamation stories this week, following the government’s publication of its draft bill. Here are a selection of those articles, plus a few other topics defining … Continue reading →

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The government's draft defamation bill

Posted on March 15, 2011 by
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The story behind ICorrect

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Yesterday I raised some questions about new site ICorrect, asking where it fitted into the libel / media regulation picture. For those who missed the story, a new site was launched allowing correctors, who pay $1,000 a year ($5,000 for … Continue reading →

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IBC Defamation & Privacy conference

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Live blog at this link.

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