Judith Townend contributes to a number of leading law and media sites, including Inforrm, Index on Censorship, the Media Standards Trust and BBC College of Journalism.
Here are some of her recent articles about media law and ethics (2011):
- The law that wants to be free, The Guardian, Thursday 13 October
- Old Firm sectarianism bill: Free speech threat, Index on Censorship, Tuesday 30 August
- Access to Law Online: Ten of the best free resources – Judith Townend, Inforrm, Wednesday 17 August
- Case law on injunctions is still the preserve of the few, The Guardian, Monday 8 August
- Are privacy injunctions a necessary evil?, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 29 June
- News – Debate: Privacy, free speech and the feral press, Inforrm, Wednesday 29 June
- Retired High Court judge and former newspaper lawyer launch Early Resolution libel dispute scheme, Inforrm, Tuesday 21 June
- Superinjunction Spring: publicity issues in the Court of Protection, Inforrm, Wednesday 8 June
- Privacy Injunctions 2010-2011, Inforrm, Thursday 2 June
- How many super injunctions and anonymous privacy injunctions are there?, Inforrm, Thursday 2 June
- News: Master of the Rolls’ super injunction report, definitions, uncertainties and procedural recommendations, Inforrm, Saturday 21 May
- Lord Neuberger’s report cuts through the superinjunction hysteria, The Guardian, Friday 20 May
- Should press be gagged when reporting parliament?, Index on Censorship, Friday 20 May
- News: Guardian editor on the tangle of libel, privacy, phone hacking and self-regulation, Inforrm, Thursday 12 May
- What now for contemptuous tweeting and media innuendo in the privacy injunction saga?, Inforrm, Monday 9 May
- News “This house believes English libel laws are fit for purpose” – a Queen Mary/City University Seminar, Inforrm, Friday 6 May
- How the media told the phone hacking story, Part 2, Inforrm, Friday 29 April
- How the media told the phone hacking story, Part 1, Inforrm, Thursday 21 April
- News: Mr Justice Vos recommends four phone hacking test cases and trial at end of year, Inforrm, Saturday 16 April
- Opinion: “Civil claims and police investigation may not lead to truth and reconciliation in phone hacking”, Inforrm, Friday 15 April
- Privacy injunction hearings: not ‘super’ but anonymous, bbc.co.uk, Thursday 14 April
- Hyped up injunctions, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 23 March
- Open justice must be digital too, Index on Censorship, Monday 21 March
- A “good” bill but government is yet to tackle ISPs and corporations, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 16 March
- How the injunction became “super”, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 16 March
- Royalty free Freedom of Information, Index on Censorship, Thursday 3 March
- Four year legal battle ends for Labour Home bloggers, Index on Censorship, Wednesday 2 March
- Ukrainian businessman’s case against Ukrainian newspaper does not belong in UK court, Index on Censorship, Thursday 24 February
- Global media watches Libya despite access restrictions, Index on Censorship, Tuesday 22 February
- What does the Protection of Freedoms bill mean for free speech?, Index on Censorship, Thursday 17 February
- News: ‘Freedom of Information in the Wikileaks Era’: Is the whistleblowing site doing more harm than good, asks panel, Inforrm, Wednesday 2 February
- Libel and the public – we’re all publishers now, Media Standards Trust, Thursday 13 January
