Category Archives: media regulation

Coming soon: People Power – A user’s guide to democracy

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

An “accessible guide to democracy in Britain” will be published by Bantam Press (Transworld) next month, covering topics including national and local government,  free speech, the internet and the rule of law. The author of People Power, Dan Jellinek, is … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up – 13 May 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

Last week’s round up: The Guardian is attempting to overturn the Attorney General’s veto of the publication of Prince Charles’ correspondence with seven Government departments. An application for judicial review was heard over two days last week by the Lord … Continue reading →

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Announcement: Launch of new survey on the legal experiences and views of journalists and online publishers

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

A new survey for journalists and bloggers, which can be found at this link, aims to collect information about their experiences of and views on libel and privacy law A system of arbitration is at the heart of Lord Justice … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up – 29 April 2013

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

The biggest news of the week is that the Defamation Bill received Royal Assent and is now the Defamation Act 2013, three years after the publication of Lord Lester’s original Defamation Bill. Inforrm reported the news and context here; a … Continue reading →

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The legal relevance of being a ‘blog’: a ‘pretty straightforward’ definition?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

We are comfortable that there is a clear articulation of “blog” and “news”. Blogs are to do with the expression of the point of view of an individual or group of individuals. That is pretty straightforward, although, as with everything … Continue reading →

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What’s libel got to do with it? Looking at the Royal Charter’s Arbitration process proposals

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

A crucial part of the draft Royal Charter is Clause 22, Schedule 3, on Arbitration services. Carl Gardner has previously written about the reasons that a lone blogger might want to be able to access these. Draft Royal Charter, Clauses … Continue reading →

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Consultation for bloggers: ‘small-scale’ publishers and media regulation

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

The Leveson Inquiry’s focus was on the “press”, but a new system of media regulation implemented through a Royal Charter and the Crime and Courts Bill could have a much wider remit, depending on how a “small-scale” publisher is defined. … Continue reading →

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Leveson and access to justice

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Will Leveson’s ‘Arbitration Service’ improve access to justice in civil legal disputes? In Volume IV of his report, Lord Justice Leveson has recommended a new arbitration service for civil legal claims as part of a new system of independent self-regulation … Continue reading →

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Beyond Leveson: Legal protection for online and ‘citizen’ media

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

I’ve previously written about Leveson’s online elephant (as had Index on Censorship’s Marta Cooper before me). As the debate intensifies over the shape of ‘press’ regulation (the key question is whether or not a new regulator should be underpinned by … Continue reading →

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Gideon Benaim: Payments for private information and the regulation of journalism

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Gideon Benaim, partner at Michael Simkins LLP (formerly of Schillings), has responded to my question about the potential regulation of payments for private information, in a blog post for Inforrm. He argues that “unless there is a legitimate public interest … Continue reading →

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