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Blogroll
- 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
Monthly Archives: March 2012
McNae’s: still essential, 21 editions later
A journalist with no formal legal training gave his name to the industry’s media law “bible”. Leonard McNae, 1902-1996, wrote the first Essential Law for Journalists for the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ), which was published as … Continue reading
Miscarriages of justice – ‘a bit 1980s’? No longer teatime telly but the issue lives on
Investigative journalists are no longer given adequate airtime or resources to dig up miscarriages of justice, according to a new publication by The Justice Gap. The collection of essays by lawyers, journalists, academics and campaigners launched at an event at … Continue reading
Law and Media Round Up – 26 March 2012
Inforrm's Blog Media law news this week was dominated by the Tulisa privacy injunction and the long-awaited judgment in Flood v TimesNewspapers. Tulisa used a YouTube video, which has now attracted over 3.5 million views, to “set the record straight” … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, media law mop-up
Tagged cairns v modi, gordon ramsay, inforrm, tulisa
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Geoffrey Robertson QC: Press ‘must do better to protect open justice’
Originally posted on Law, Justice and Journalism:
By PA Media Lawyer The press needs to lift its game if the principle of open justice is to be maintained, a senior QC has warned. Part of the rationale for open justice…
Digital age poses challenge for jury trials
Originally posted on Law, Justice and Journalism:
By PA Media Lawyer The jury system might need to be changed to allow jurors to play a more active part in trials as a result of the advances in technology which brought…
Posted in academic research, blogging, courts, data, digital open justice
Tagged city university london, ian cram, justice wide open
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Law and Media Round Up – 19 March 2012
Inforrm's Blog It was the thirteenth week of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry. As Natalie Peck reported for Inforrm here, the Inquiry heard from former Times in-house lawyer, Alastair Brett, crime reporters and senior figures from the Metropolitan Police force, … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, media law, media law mop-up, media law resources
Tagged leveson inquiry, libel reform, super injunctions
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Law and Media Round Up – 12 March 2012
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Posted in media law mop-up, media law resources
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Originally posted on Law, Justice and Journalism:
On Wednesday 29 February 2012, academics, lawyers and journalists gathered to discuss open justice in the digital age at City University London. The programme included context and history, issues for the media and…
Posted in courts, digital open justice, events
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Inforrm's Blog On Sunday it was reported that the Scottish lawyer Paul McBride QC, 47, has died in his sleep on a visit to Pakistan. At age 35, he was appointed the youngest ever QC in the UK. Last year … Continue reading
Posted in media law mop-up
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