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Law and Media Round Ups – 3 / 10 June 2013

jtownend — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:09:18 +0000

You can find recent law and media round ups at Inforrm’s blog:

I would also highly recommend another round up on the media law scene, on law and technology, compiled by Ms Lods. Her latest post is here.

Law and Media Round Up – 6 May 2013

jtownend — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:27:58 +0000

On 3 May 2013, journalists, lawyers, academics and campaigners marked World Press Freedom Day. Article 19 launched ‘The Right to Blog’ – a new policy paper “that calls for lawmakers to better promote and protect the rights of bloggers domestically and internationally”.

via Law and Media Round Up – 6 May 2013 | Inforrm’s Blog.

Law and Media Round Up – 25 February 2013

jtownend — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:18:27 +0000

This week’s law and media round up at Inforrm’s Blog.

I forgot to post the round up for 18 February which can be found here.

Law and Media Mid-Summer Round Up – 29 August 2012

jtownend — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:51:18 +0000

Reblogged from Inforrm's Blog:

Parliamentarians are still in recess, Lord Justice Leveson has finished taking evidence for Part 1 of his Inquiry, the Michaelmas legal term has not yet begun, but there have been more than enough media law related developments to justify a mid-summer round up, including new dates for the autumn calendar.

Monday media law mop-up

jtownend — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:14:48 +0000

I’m trialling a Monday media law round-up. Please let me know what you think and if it’s useful. Keeping it simple for now…

A lot to mop up on this bank holiday morning following the Xmas/NY break. The hot ML news issue is Contempt of Court, as newspapers and tweeters push the boundaries with reports and commentary on the Joanna Yeates murder case (I suspect many of the people I follow on Twitter aren’t typical because they were all worrying about the CoC issues and warning their followers to take care). The pieces to read:

Media Guardian>>Yeates murder: Attorney General warns press to beware of contempt http://bit.ly/hKEehy
Media Guardian>>Joanna Yeates murder case puts media coverage in the spotlight http://bit.ly/h5Nuak
David Banks>>Molecular chemistry, contempt of court and the reporting of the Joanna Yeates case http://bit.ly/ffjRtL
Inforrm>>Media Responsibility and Chris Jeffries http://bit.ly/dGwb7q
Enemies of Reason>> Chris Jeffries and trial by media http://bit.ly/ftNSFF

Libel

Jack of Kent, aka David Allen Green, has launched a defamation series on his blog. The first post looks at the purpose of defamation law.
The Clift v Slough Borough Council case discussed in Heather Brooke’s book, The Silent State, featured on the 5RB site, following a judgment in the Court of Appeal in favour of the claimant, released on 21st December. 5RB reported: “In a significant decision for all public authorities, it was held that a public authority should only be entitled to rely on the defence of qualified privilege in respect of a defamatory publication if it the publication was consistent with its public law duties.” Further commentary by lawyer Francis Davey on Nearly Legal at this link.

Meanwhile the Wikileaks and phone hacking stories rumble on. Follow @WLLegal, for links to articles about the legal aspects of Wikileaks. Roy Greenslade reports on former NOTWer Paul McMullan’s chance encounter with Hugh Grant. Apparently the pair discussed the ethics of phone hacking, when the former tabloid hack gave the actor a lift after his car broke down on the A256 in Kent.

You can find a full stream of aggregated media law news via @medialawUK on Twitter; and Meeja Law tweets go out via @meejalaw. Contact me via @jtownend or jt.townend [at] gmail.com.