I contribute to a number of leading law and media sites, including The Guardian, Index on Censorship, the Media Standards Trust and BBC College of Journalism and write a weekly round-up of media law developments for the Inforrm media law blog.
Here are some of my recent articles about media law and ethics (2011-13). My academic publications are listed here and on Academia.edu.
Recent media publications
- ‘Media and Law Review of the Year: Parts 1, 2 and 3’, Inforrm Blog, January 2013
- ‘Leveson and access to justice’, The Justice Gap, 30 November 2012,
- ‘A dearth of data about defamation cases in England and Wales’, Inforrm Blog, 25 September 2012
- ‘Defamation Trials, Summary Determinations and Assessments: 2011 to 2012′, Inforrm blog, 7 September 2012
- ‘How open is the court at the Azelle Rodney Inquiry?’, The Justice Gap, 6 September 2012
- ‘Leveson’s Legacy: Beyond Dusty Tomes and 21st Century Buzzwords’ CGCS Media Wire, 14 September 2012
- ‘How should privacy injunctions be reported?’, Inforrm blog, 10 September 2013,
- ‘An elephant in courtroom 73? Social media, regulation and the law’, 10 August 2012, CGCS Media Wire
- ‘Analysis: Privacy cases re-visited, a year on from Super Injunction Spring‘, Inforrm blog, 8 August 2012
- IBC Conference: Twelve months of defamation and privacy in England and Wales, Inforrm, Friday 4 May 2012
- Opinion: Legal and ethical issues for televising and tweeting court, Inforrm, Tuesday 24 April 2012
- News – Lord Hunt: Journalism is already ‘subject to the most extensive legal inhibitions, guidance and codes’, Inforrm, Thursday 5 April 2012
- McNae’s: still essential, 21 editions later, Inforrm, Friday 30 March 2012
- Court short of basic information, The Guardian, Monday 5 March 2012
- Media Law academic research – updated, Inforrm, Wednesday 15 February 2012
- Press ‘omerta’: How newspapers’ failure to report the phone hacking scandal exposed the limitations of media accountability, Inforrm (with Daniel Bennett) Friday 10 February 2012
- Media law academic articles round up, the past 6 month, Inforrm, Thursday 2 February 2012
- Legal questions about Twitter ‘censorship’ and country-specific content control – Judith Townend, Inforrm, Tuesday 31 January 2012
- Media Law Review of the Year 2011: Defamation, Contempt, Privacy and a Public Inquiry, Inforrm, Fri 30 December 2011
- Law and Media Tweets and Tweeters Updated – 105 people to follow, Inforrm, Thu 22 December 2011
- Public Inquiry by tweet – Part 2 – “Woman on the left”, Inforrm, Fri 25 November 2011
- Debate report – Could television regulation save the press?, Inforrm, Wed 16 November 2011
- Leveson: Public Inquiry by tweet, Inforrm, Tue 15 November 2011
- Analysis: How much will the papers pay for a kiss and tell? Inforrm, Tue 1 November 2011
- The law that wants to be free, The Guardian, Thursday 13 October 2011
- Old Firm sectarianism bill: Free speech threat, Index on Censorship, Tuesday 30 August 2011
- Access to Law Online: Ten of the best free resourcesInforrm, Wednesday 17 August 2011
- Case law on injunctions is still the preserve of the few, The Guardian, Monday 8 August 2011
- Are privacy injunctions a necessary evil?, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 29 June 2011
- News – Debate: Privacy, free speech and the feral press, Inforrm, Wednesday 29 June 2011
- Retired High Court judge and former newspaper lawyer launch Early Resolution libel dispute scheme, Inforrm, Tuesday 21 June 2011
- Superinjunction Spring: publicity issues in the Court of Protection, Inforrm, Wednesday 8 June 2011
- Privacy Injunctions 2010-2011, Inforrm, Thursday 2 June 2011
- How many super injunctions and anonymous privacy injunctions are there?, Inforrm,Thursday 2 June 2011
- News: Master of the Rolls’ super injunction report, definitions, uncertainties and procedural recommendations, Inforrm, Saturday 21 May 2011
- Lord Neuberger’s report cuts through the superinjunction hysteria, The Guardian, Friday 20 May 2011
- Should press be gagged when reporting parliament?, Index on Censorship, Friday 20 May 2011
- News: Guardian editor on the tangle of libel, privacy, phone hacking and self-regulation, Inforrm, Thursday 12 May 2011
- What now for contemptuous tweeting and media innuendo in the privacy injunction saga?, Inforrm, Monday 9 May 2011
- News “This house believes English libel laws are fit for purpose” – a Queen Mary/City University Seminar, Inforrm, Friday 6 May 2011
- How the media told the phone hacking story, Part 2, Inforrm, Friday 29 April 2011
- How the media told the phone hacking story, Part 1, Inforrm, Thursday 21 April 2011
- News: Mr Justice Vos recommends four phone hacking test cases and trial at end of year, Inforrm, Saturday 16 April 2011
- Opinion: “Civil claims and police investigation may not lead to truth and reconciliation in phone hacking”, Inforrm, Friday 15 April 2011
- Privacy injunction hearings: not ‘super’ but anonymous, bbc.co.uk, Thursday 14 April 2011
- Hyped up injunctions, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 23 March 2011
- Open justice must be digital too, Index on Censorship, Monday 21 March 2011
- A “good” bill but government is yet to tackle ISPs and corporations, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 16 March 2011
- How the injunction became “super”, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 16 March 2011
- Royalty free Freedom of Information, Index on Censorship, Thursday 3 March 2011
- Four year legal battle ends for Labour Home bloggers, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 2 March 2011
- Ukrainian businessman’s case against Ukrainian newspaper does not belong in UK court, Index on Censorship, Thursday 24 February 2011
- Global media watches Libya despite access restrictions, Index on Censorship, Tuesday 22 February 2011
- What does the Protection of Freedoms bill mean for free speech?, Index on Censorship, Thursday 17 February 2011
- News: ‘Freedom of Information in the Wikileaks Era’: Is the whistleblowing site doing more harm than good, asks panel, Inforrm, Wednesday 2 February 2011
- Libel and the public – we’re all publishers now, Media Standards Trust, Thursday 13 January 2011
