Monthly Archives: December 2012

Media PLE: Educating the public about the legal risks of social media use

Posted on December 19, 2012 by jtownend

This morning’s Radio 4 Today programme raised the issue of social media users’ “ignorance” around legal issues, with the Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer, who has today issued Interim guidelines on “prosecuting cases involving communications sent via social media”. … Continue reading →

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Law and Media Round Up – 17 December 2012

Posted on December 17, 2012 by jtownend

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.

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Law and Media Round Up – 2 December 2012

Posted on December 3, 2012 by jtownend

This week’s round up leads with Leveson, of course, but there are other media law developments too: in O’Dwyer v ITV [2012] EWHC 3321, Maisto v Kyrgiannakis and Mengi v Hermitage [2012] EWHC 3445 (QB). Full Law and Media Round … Continue reading →

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