Monthly Archives: March 2011

Midweek media law mop up: Mooting, souped up injunctions and CFA reform

This week’s mop up comes in a snatched break at the The Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition in Oxford organised by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy. There are 27 international teams of law … Continue reading

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End of week media law mop-up: Free expression awards, hyper injunctions & digital open justice

A busy few days has condensed / delayed this week’s round up but here’s a quick summary of the must read media law news … Defamation Press Gazette>>MPs: Libel reform needs to stop companies suing Inforrm>>Opinion: “Defamation: clarification or negotiation?” … Continue reading

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Opening up UK courts online

A topic Meeja Law will keep returning to. Read Lord Neuberger’s speech on ‘Open Justice Unbound’. Read Adam Wagner’s round-up post on the UK Human Rights Blog. Please comment here, there, or get in touch via jt.townend@gmail.com to get this … Continue reading

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15 cases against Solicitors From Hell

The Solicitors From Hell legal saga continues. Since the start of 2010 there have been 15 cases against the name-and-shame site’s owner, Rick Kordowski, with four currently awaiting permission to appeal. The outcome of only four cases is known, with … Continue reading

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Reframing Libel: the papers

In November 2010, leading academics, lawyers and journalists gathered at City University London to discuss the future of libel reform at the Reframing Libel event. A book of working papers is soon to be published. In the meantime, to coincide … Continue reading

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Guardian's editorial legal director on how the injunction became 'super'

One of the highlights for me at Tuesday’s Defamation & Privacy conference was a speedy history of super injunctions by Gillian Phillips, director of editorial legal services for the Guardian. It built on a presentation by One Brick Court’s Manuel … Continue reading

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Midweek media law mop up: Defamation, defamation, defamation

The Meeja Law must-read feeds (see @medialawUK & @meejalaw on Twitter) are clogged up with defamation stories this week, following the government’s publication of its draft bill. Here are a selection of those articles, plus a few other topics defining … Continue reading

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The government's draft defamation bill

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The story behind ICorrect

Yesterday I raised some questions about new site ICorrect, asking where it fitted into the libel / media regulation picture. For those who missed the story, a new site was launched allowing correctors, who pay $1,000 a year ($5,000 for … Continue reading

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IBC Defamation & Privacy conference

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