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- 5RB – media & entertainment law
- BBC College of Journalism – Law
- BBC Freedom of Information
- Blackstone's Statutes Media Law 3e – resources
- British Journal of Photography – campaigns
- Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism
- Channel 4 Producer's Handbook – Media Law
- City Legal Research
- CRITique commercial law blog
- David Banks
- David Price Guide to Media Law
- Delia Venables’ legal resources
- Digital Media Law (US)
- Digital Media Law Project
- Don’t Get Fooled Again
- Drawnalism
- EPUK resources
- George Brock
- Guardian Freedom of Information
- Guardian Legal Network
- Guardian.co.uk – media law
- Heather Brooke’s blog
- HMCS glossary of legal terms
- I’m a Photographer Not a Terrorist
- Index on Censorship
- Informationa Rights and Wrongs
- Inforrm blog
- IP Media Law
- Jack of Kent
- Jonathan Hewett
- Journal Local
- Journalism.co.uk – media law
- Law Bore
- Learn WordPress.com
- Learnmore
- LSE Media Law Policy Project
- Matt Buck
- McNae’s student resources
- Media Standards Trust
- MediaPaL@LSE
- MediaWise
- Ministry of Justice
- mySociety
- Ofcom Watch
- One Brick Court – news
- out-law.com
- panGloss
- PCC – links to regulators
- Photo Legal
- Press Gazette – media law
- Recent decisions in England&Wales Court of Appeal (civil)
- Recent decisions in England&Wales High Court (Queen’s Bench)
- Reframing Libel Symposium
- Robert Sharp
- ScraperWiki
- TabloidWatch
- Talk About Local
- The Private Lives of Others
- The Small Places
- UK Human Rights Blog
- Wannabe Hacks
- WhatDoTheyKnow
Tag Archives: libel
Monitoring the effect of changes to defamation statute and procedure
The Defamation Act 2013 is now in force. In a press release the government claims it “reverses the chilling effect on freedom of expression current libel law has allowed, and the prevention of legitimate debate we have seen in the … Continue reading
Law and Media Round Up – 13 May 2013
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
Posted in blogging, defamation, journalism, media law, media law resources, media regulation, privacy Tagged attorney general, defamation, guardian, libel, prince charles Leave a comment
What’s libel got to do with it? Looking at the Royal Charter’s Arbitration process proposals
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
Posted in access to justice, blogging, civil litigation, defamation, media law, media regulation Tagged ADR, arbitration service, defamation, libel, royal charter 2 Comments
Law and Media Round Up – 11 February 2013
This week’s Law and Media Round Up – 11 February 2013, at Inforrm’s Blog.
Law and Media Round Up – 17 December 2012
Defamation, privacy, phone hacking litigation and media regulation in this week’s Law and Media Round Up, which can be read in full at the Inforrm blog.
Posted in blogging, media law mop-up, media law resources Tagged inforrm, libel, phone hacking, price v powell Leave a comment
Upcoming JUSTICE event: Life and law online – defamation, freedom of expression and the web
Meeja Law is pleased to be supporting JUSTICE’s upcoming defamation and freedom of expression event on 20 November 2012. JUSTICE, a law reform and human rights charitable organisation, will be exploring developments in libel, privacy and freedom of expression online … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, defamation, events, freedom of expression, human rights, media law, promotion Tagged defamation, JUSTICE, libel, Life and law online Leave a comment
A dearth of data about defamation cases in England & Wales
On Tuesday evening (18 Sept), the Law Society held a public debate on the Defamation Bill, asking the panel – including two QCs, a libel reform campaigner and an in-house newspaper lawyer – what they thought of its measures. Much … Continue reading
Defamation Trials, Summary Determinations and Assessments: 2011 to 2012
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
This post is an update to Inforrm’s previous tally of defamation cases, which tracked Defamation Trials, Summary Determinations and Assessments in 2011; 2010 and 2005-2009. Additionally, the Ministry of Justice’s Impact Assessment on the…
Law and Media Round Up – 25 June 2012
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
Parliament continues to consider the Defamation Bill 2012, with the public bill committee meeting on Tuesday 26 June (see below, “Next week in Parliament”). Last week the committee rejected an amendment which would have…
Posted in media law mop-up, media law resources, Uncategorized Tagged carnegie trust, leveson inquiry, libel, twitter joke trial Leave a comment
Law and Media Round Up – 30 April 2012
Originally posted on Inforrm's Blog:
It was the week the newspaper proprietors came to Leveson. Predictably, Murdochs Snr and Jnr dominated the media coverage, but John Ryley (head of news, Sky News) Aidan Barclay (Telegraph Media Group) and Evgeny…
Posted in media law, media law mop-up, media law resources, media regulation, Uncategorized Tagged inforrm, james murdoch, jeremy hunt, libel, privacy, rupert murdoch Leave a comment