Champing at the bit to round up this week’s British media law news, because there’s been so much of interest. Since I missed last week’s missive, I’ve added a few older ones too.
First up, libel. A number of cases and articles to flag up:
- Meeja Law>> Ukrainian businessman’s case against a Ukrainian newspaper has been thrown out of court
- Inforrm>> A brief discussion of ‘libel tourism’ in its weekly round up
- Inforrm>> Jury Awards in Defamation Cases in Ireland – Joseph O’Malley
- Press Gazette>> Libel damages for Newsround presenter from Indy
- Index on Censorship>>Four year battle ends for Labour Home Bloggers
- Media Guardian>> Real Climate faces libel suit
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Media Guardian>> Court rules that newspaper does not have to identify commenters
- Inforrm>> Libel, Privacy and Forgetting: Claims by Rehabilitated Offenders – Hugh Tomlinson QC
- Private Eye>> “The most sued man in Britain”
- Press Gazette>> Sikh Holyman libel tourism case finally thrown out
- Press Gazette>> Turkish PM accepts substantial Telegraph libel damages
- Simon Singh>> Despite claims to the contrary, CFAs did not help free speech in BCA v Singh
- Law Gazette>> Lawyer wins £10,000 damages from Solicitors from Hell owner
Court access
- Media Guardian>> Court allows journalists into care hearing
Contempt
- Press Gazette>> Mail and Sun found guilty over gun pics contempt
- UK Human Rights blog>> Warning for bloggers and tweeters as newspapers found guilty of contempt of court
- Media Guardian>> Full judgment: Attorney general v Associated Newspapers and News Group Newspapers
Julian Assange
- Thinq>> WikiLeaks’ Assange applies to trademark his name
- Liberal Conspiracy>> Assange goes off deep end (contains half the Private Eye story)
- John Kampfner>> Julian Assange and the Big Picture
In other Wikileaks news, and on a far more grave note, it’s alarming to learn that Bradley Manning has been charged with aiding the enemy, which his lawyer says carries with it the risk of the death penalty.
Phone hacking
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Media Guardian>>Phone-hacking libel claim contested by Metropolitan police
- Independent>> Sheridan’s lawyer claims phone may have been hacked
FoI
- Index on Censorship>> Royalty free Freedom of Information
- FoI Man>> Are journalists paranoid about FoI?
Misc
- Journalism.co.uk>> European parliament delays vote on Hungary’s controversial media law
- Independent>> Stephen Glover: The witch hunt at the Telegraph will backfire (and see Private Eye here)
- A bit of fun to accompany new site http://churnalism.com: Tom Scott’s Journalism Warning Labels
Tips & tools
- Colin Meek & I have written an advanced guide to Twitter research
Events
Meeja Law is pleased to be supporting IBC’s upcoming Privacy & Defamation Conference on 15 March 2011:
From super-injunctions to secret recordings; from cost shifting to Clift; and from online infringements to official secrets: join some of the country’s top media lawyers to discuss the year’s most challenging topics at IBC Legal’s 18th annual Defamation & Privacy conference.
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